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	<title>Comments on: Roger Goodell stands by Saints&#8217; suspensions: &#8220;We were lied to&#8221;</title>
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		<title>By: Deb</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Deb]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 15:51:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[@tagg41 ...

Are you five? That is just a pitiful post. You weren&#039;t targeted. Your coaches took money from a felon to bypass the salary cap and run an illegal bounty program to injure players. Why do you think a felon would want to fund your illegal bounty program if he weren&#039;t hoping to make money on it? You know ... by placing a few bets. The Saints are lucky the NFL has tried to sweep this thing under the rug as quickly as possible without revisiting your last Super Bowl run. Grow up.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@tagg41 &#8230;</p>
<p>Are you five? That is just a pitiful post. You weren&#8217;t targeted. Your coaches took money from a felon to bypass the salary cap and run an illegal bounty program to injure players. Why do you think a felon would want to fund your illegal bounty program if he weren&#8217;t hoping to make money on it? You know &#8230; by placing a few bets. The Saints are lucky the NFL has tried to sweep this thing under the rug as quickly as possible without revisiting your last Super Bowl run. Grow up.</p>
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		<title>By: tagg41</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 04:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[we have come back from KATRINA &amp; we&#039;ll make it through this(even with the haters) our defense is ok,but its our high powered offense that whens games. PAYTON is gone,but DREW BRESS is the real coach &amp; play caller. he runs the whole team. he is the only QB that lead a teams chant! we will win in spit of goodell trying to stop us from breaking another record....1st team to play a home game super bowl. thats why we was targeted.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>we have come back from KATRINA &amp; we&#8217;ll make it through this(even with the haters) our defense is ok,but its our high powered offense that whens games. PAYTON is gone,but DREW BRESS is the real coach &amp; play caller. he runs the whole team. he is the only QB that lead a teams chant! we will win in spit of goodell trying to stop us from breaking another record&#8230;.1st team to play a home game super bowl. thats why we was targeted.</p>
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		<title>By: hairpie</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 02:50:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Deb is on a roll....]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Deb is on a roll&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>By: Deb</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Deb]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 01:25:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[@geauxmez ...

You do realize it&#039;s the responsibility of the criminal justice system to punish people guilty of breaking laws, right? No one in the league found &lt;em&gt;guilty&lt;/em&gt; in a court of law of those crimes has been just excused of punishment and sent back onto the field. The commissioner has no right to punish people simply for being accused of a crime with no evidence of wrongdoing--although that hasn&#039;t stopped him from doing it. 

Your coach was guilty of taking money from a felon to fund an illegal program designed to cause serious injury to other players while cheating the salary cap. If you can&#039;t understand how serious that is, you need to rethink.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@geauxmez &#8230;</p>
<p>You do realize it&#8217;s the responsibility of the criminal justice system to punish people guilty of breaking laws, right? No one in the league found <em>guilty</em> in a court of law of those crimes has been just excused of punishment and sent back onto the field. The commissioner has no right to punish people simply for being accused of a crime with no evidence of wrongdoing&#8211;although that hasn&#8217;t stopped him from doing it. </p>
<p>Your coach was guilty of taking money from a felon to fund an illegal program designed to cause serious injury to other players while cheating the salary cap. If you can&#8217;t understand how serious that is, you need to rethink.</p>
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		<title>By: glowingstone</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 01:10:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some of the NFL&#039;s marquee (and most marketable) stars were targeted with bounties, and a year&#039;s suspension is the penalty?  My take-away from this is that the league knows that this is not a problem unique to the Saints.  This isn&#039;t a penalty to the Saints as much as it is a warning to the rest of the league.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Some of the NFL&#8217;s marquee (and most marketable) stars were targeted with bounties, and a year&#8217;s suspension is the penalty?  My take-away from this is that the league knows that this is not a problem unique to the Saints.  This isn&#8217;t a penalty to the Saints as much as it is a warning to the rest of the league.</p>
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		<title>By: geauxmez</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[geauxmez]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 23:12:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[soooo. there are players who have been charged for assault, aggravated battery, drug use, rape murder, and the list goes on.... but none of them were suspended for a year? Just when mr. goodell thinks he can make a buck. this has smelled fishy from the beginning.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>soooo. there are players who have been charged for assault, aggravated battery, drug use, rape murder, and the list goes on&#8230;. but none of them were suspended for a year? Just when mr. goodell thinks he can make a buck. this has smelled fishy from the beginning.</p>
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		<title>By: jollyjoker2</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 23:08:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You tell a bunch of dirt bags to knock it off ...and they keep going for two more years! Wow. I would have banned them both for several years, more draft picks and seen that the GM was out on his ear.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You tell a bunch of dirt bags to knock it off &#8230;and they keep going for two more years! Wow. I would have banned them both for several years, more draft picks and seen that the GM was out on his ear.</p>
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		<title>By: trapshoot</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[trapshoot]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 22:34:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stiff penalty gives the NFLcredibility.   Severe?, yes.  Correct penalty?  Another yes.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Stiff penalty gives the NFLcredibility.   Severe?, yes.  Correct penalty?  Another yes.</p>
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		<title>By: iced107</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 22:22:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;Plus, Bill Romanowski makes a good point here:

Maybe there should be a bounty program on members of the league who have buried data on brain injuries for years. #hypocrisy&quot;

Portnoychunk: Oh yeah, because Romanowski is a bright, stand-up guy. Please.
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I&#039;d say you just made his point....





Guestsinger: Didn’t he do steroids? Doesn’t that limit is credibility when it comes to discusses of protecting players. From themselves?
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Unless steroids are being linked to causing brain damage, thats not even the same thing remotely - at all.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Plus, Bill Romanowski makes a good point here:</p>
<p>Maybe there should be a bounty program on members of the league who have buried data on brain injuries for years. #hypocrisy&#8221;</p>
<p>Portnoychunk: Oh yeah, because Romanowski is a bright, stand-up guy. Please.<br />
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<p>I&#8217;d say you just made his point&#8230;.</p>
<p>Guestsinger: Didn’t he do steroids? Doesn’t that limit is credibility when it comes to discusses of protecting players. From themselves?<br />
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<p>Unless steroids are being linked to causing brain damage, thats not even the same thing remotely &#8211; at all.</p>
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		<title>By: honkerdawg</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 21:54:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Suspend the players for a year also]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Suspend the players for a year also</p>
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		<title>By: deathmonkey41</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 21:37:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amazing how Goodall&#039;s stance on destroying evidence in investigations because it&#039;s not helpful to release it to the public has changed.... Does anyone know if his stomach has ever been pumped for Robert Kraft&#039;s semen?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Amazing how Goodall&#8217;s stance on destroying evidence in investigations because it&#8217;s not helpful to release it to the public has changed&#8230;. Does anyone know if his stomach has ever been pumped for Robert Kraft&#8217;s semen?</p>
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		<title>By: irishnativeson</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[irishnativeson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 21:32:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rule #1 don&#039;t hire a commissioner who always looks like someone just hurt his feelings.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rule #1 don&#8217;t hire a commissioner who always looks like someone just hurt his feelings.</p>
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		<title>By: packerbadger</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[packerbadger]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 21:07:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who Dat?!  

Saints just got Datted!!  lol]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Who Dat?!  </p>
<p>Saints just got Datted!!  lol</p>
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		<title>By: irishnativeson</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 21:05:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What if players got paid to make plays? What if they received bonuses for making outstanding plays and the bonuses increased for making more of them? At least they aren&#039;t paying rookies exorbitant salaries anymore for their &quot;reputation&quot;. Chris Johnson is probably a poor example but he earned his rookie contract and Matt Forte did as well, only in a different way. Professional athletes aren&#039;t known for their humble nature, youth and agility are finite propositions.  &quot;The game&quot; is a business, it can bring glory, fame and wealth and some people  never have to play a down.  Being well past my athletic prime I&#039;d still give a testicle to be able to play a game for money but that time has past, the possibility of becoming wealthy being associated with the game has not.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What if players got paid to make plays? What if they received bonuses for making outstanding plays and the bonuses increased for making more of them? At least they aren&#8217;t paying rookies exorbitant salaries anymore for their &#8220;reputation&#8221;. Chris Johnson is probably a poor example but he earned his rookie contract and Matt Forte did as well, only in a different way. Professional athletes aren&#8217;t known for their humble nature, youth and agility are finite propositions.  &#8220;The game&#8221; is a business, it can bring glory, fame and wealth and some people  never have to play a down.  Being well past my athletic prime I&#8217;d still give a testicle to be able to play a game for money but that time has past, the possibility of becoming wealthy being associated with the game has not.</p>
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		<title>By: bangitfootball</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:58:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bill Romanowski

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Maybe there should be a bounty program on members of the league who have buried data on brain injuries for years. #hypocrisy
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Oh please Bill, give me a break you hypocrite. Maybe if some NFL players werent steroided out,HGH out, and raged out during games things might be a little safer for the players  lol.]]></description>
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<p>Maybe there should be a bounty program on members of the league who have buried data on brain injuries for years. #hypocrisy<br />
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Oh please Bill, give me a break you hypocrite. Maybe if some NFL players werent steroided out,HGH out, and raged out during games things might be a little safer for the players  lol.</p>
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		<title>By: moseszd</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:55:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[somekat says:Mar 21, 2012 3:59 PM 


&lt;i&gt;They paid players and didn’t report it. How much is irrelivant. They took money from a 3rd party to pay the players, another obvious violation, that puts anything the league does in doubt. If a 3rd party can pay player, how long before a guy singns a contract for 1 million a year, but gets paid another 4 on the side?
&lt;/i&gt;

Eddie DeBartolo did that.  $400K to Brent Jones.  Cost the 49ers a 3rd and a 5th.  And they self-reported the crime instead of trying to cover it up.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>somekat says:Mar 21, 2012 3:59 PM </p>
<p><i>They paid players and didn’t report it. How much is irrelivant. They took money from a 3rd party to pay the players, another obvious violation, that puts anything the league does in doubt. If a 3rd party can pay player, how long before a guy singns a contract for 1 million a year, but gets paid another 4 on the side?<br />
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<p>Eddie DeBartolo did that.  $400K to Brent Jones.  Cost the 49ers a 3rd and a 5th.  And they self-reported the crime instead of trying to cover it up.</p>
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		<title>By: bobhk</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:50:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[marima07 says:
Mar 21, 2012 2:47 PM
Clearly the biggest sin in all of this was the Saints’ lying to the commissioner. The pay-for-injury system would still be punished, but the lying pushed Goodell over the edge.

At least Belichick came clean right away when confronted by the league, otherwise I believe he would have been suspended too.
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You guys are simplistic. Coming clean does not mean your penalty should be less. 
A guy who commits a murder can get a plea bargain if he admits to it but it&#039;s not a given. 

Fact is Belicheat got off much easier. It should have been stiffer penalty. He should have served a 4 game suspension.
All that said, Bounty gate is more serious.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>marima07 says:<br />
Mar 21, 2012 2:47 PM<br />
Clearly the biggest sin in all of this was the Saints’ lying to the commissioner. The pay-for-injury system would still be punished, but the lying pushed Goodell over the edge.</p>
<p>At least Belichick came clean right away when confronted by the league, otherwise I believe he would have been suspended too.<br />
&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br />
You guys are simplistic. Coming clean does not mean your penalty should be less.<br />
A guy who commits a murder can get a plea bargain if he admits to it but it&#8217;s not a given. </p>
<p>Fact is Belicheat got off much easier. It should have been stiffer penalty. He should have served a 4 game suspension.<br />
All that said, Bounty gate is more serious.</p>
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		<title>By: jnbnet</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:42:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[fballguy says: 
Mar 21, 2012 2:46 PM 
Didn’t Belicheat lie too? He said he hadn’t recorded prior to the Jets game Mangini blew the whistle on. Then quietly tapes were produced from the early 2000′s.

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Child!  Get your facts straight.  It will make you look a little less stupid.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>fballguy says:<br />
Mar 21, 2012 2:46 PM<br />
Didn’t Belicheat lie too? He said he hadn’t recorded prior to the Jets game Mangini blew the whistle on. Then quietly tapes were produced from the early 2000′s.</p>
<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br />
Child!  Get your facts straight.  It will make you look a little less stupid.</p>
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		<title>By: moseszd</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:39:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Patriots didn&#039;t lie.   They didn&#039;t cover up.   They did break the rules.   But they didn&#039;t cover up.

Also, about five years ago they put in place a new by-law that said coaches, front-office and ownership had to cooperate with NFL investigations.   That&#039;s why the Saints got so hammered.   They lied about it for three years instead of coming clean and stopping.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Patriots didn&#8217;t lie.   They didn&#8217;t cover up.   They did break the rules.   But they didn&#8217;t cover up.</p>
<p>Also, about five years ago they put in place a new by-law that said coaches, front-office and ownership had to cooperate with NFL investigations.   That&#8217;s why the Saints got so hammered.   They lied about it for three years instead of coming clean and stopping.</p>
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		<title>By: ojordonez</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:37:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[mortimeryoung says: Mar 21, 2012 2:49 PM

I guess you gotta be a dynasty before you can really get away with cheating.



LOL a dynasty?? They are far from that. A true dynasty is a team that dominates their sport for multiple seasons or years. Saints have one asterisk season after all this.


LMAO dynasty...whew thanks for the laugh]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>mortimeryoung says: Mar 21, 2012 2:49 PM</p>
<p>I guess you gotta be a dynasty before you can really get away with cheating.</p>
<p>LOL a dynasty?? They are far from that. A true dynasty is a team that dominates their sport for multiple seasons or years. Saints have one asterisk season after all this.</p>
<p>LMAO dynasty&#8230;whew thanks for the laugh</p>
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		<title>By: vikesfansteve</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:29:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beyond being caught cheating, lying and denying having a bounty system is the officiating in the NFCCG.  The officials ignored the late hits and low hits right in front of them.  Not throwing flags and then having 5 straight replays called in the Saints favor when the 4th down replay clearly showed they were not only stopped short but fumbled. Bounties are basically a bribe.  The real story is who bribed the officials to look the other way.  Just like the refs in the NBA.  The NFL needs to dig deep into investigating the refs.  Same thing with the steelers vs Seahawks SB.  The NFL is reluctant because dirty officials will taint the league forever.  That is the real story though.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Beyond being caught cheating, lying and denying having a bounty system is the officiating in the NFCCG.  The officials ignored the late hits and low hits right in front of them.  Not throwing flags and then having 5 straight replays called in the Saints favor when the 4th down replay clearly showed they were not only stopped short but fumbled. Bounties are basically a bribe.  The real story is who bribed the officials to look the other way.  Just like the refs in the NBA.  The NFL needs to dig deep into investigating the refs.  Same thing with the steelers vs Seahawks SB.  The NFL is reluctant because dirty officials will taint the league forever.  That is the real story though.</p>
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		<title>By: iamwhodat</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[iamwhodat]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:27:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Free Sean Peyton!]]></description>
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		<title>By: zn0rseman</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[zn0rseman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:25:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Slap on the wrist.

Ask any Vikings fan if they&#039;d give up two second round picks to have the 2009 Lombardi Trophy.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Slap on the wrist.</p>
<p>Ask any Vikings fan if they&#8217;d give up two second round picks to have the 2009 Lombardi Trophy.</p>
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		<title>By: djjasonpaul</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:23:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Roger Goodell sucks and is ruining the game of football. It&#039;s a mans sport, it&#039;s not soccer or baseball, hitting is part of the game. If they want to hit people hard they will no matter if there is money involved or not. This is another disgrace to football!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Roger Goodell sucks and is ruining the game of football. It&#8217;s a mans sport, it&#8217;s not soccer or baseball, hitting is part of the game. If they want to hit people hard they will no matter if there is money involved or not. This is another disgrace to football!</p>
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		<title>By: airnrodgers</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[airnrodgers]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:23:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hurricane Rodger just hit New Orleans]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hurricane Rodger just hit New Orleans</p>
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		<title>By: cincyorangenblack</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[cincyorangenblack]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:21:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[aren&#039;t defensive incentive laden contracts &quot;related&quot; to this but just in a more official capacity?....]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>aren&#8217;t defensive incentive laden contracts &#8220;related&#8221; to this but just in a more official capacity?&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>By: bangitfootball</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[bangitfootball]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:19:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What a corporate wussy lawyer ruled politically correct league the NFL has become.  WHAT A BUNCH OF PANSIES FROM THE TOP DOWN.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What a corporate wussy lawyer ruled politically correct league the NFL has become.  WHAT A BUNCH OF PANSIES FROM THE TOP DOWN.</p>
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		<title>By: deconjonesbitchslap</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[deconjonesbitchslap]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:15:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[they even had $5000 to get Rodgers on a stretcher in week 1.  more money if you took them out on a stretcher, and more if it was the playoffs.

Every player on that defense should be banned from the league. 

they should lose 1,2,3 round picks for 5 years, and be fined atelast 25 million. any offensive player that knew about this should be banned for the year.

they were out to put people in hospitals. the saints were a hit squad for 3 years.  shame on you.  that superbowl as far as im concerned is worthless now. you&#039;re infamous.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>they even had $5000 to get Rodgers on a stretcher in week 1.  more money if you took them out on a stretcher, and more if it was the playoffs.</p>
<p>Every player on that defense should be banned from the league. </p>
<p>they should lose 1,2,3 round picks for 5 years, and be fined atelast 25 million. any offensive player that knew about this should be banned for the year.</p>
<p>they were out to put people in hospitals. the saints were a hit squad for 3 years.  shame on you.  that superbowl as far as im concerned is worthless now. you&#8217;re infamous.</p>
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		<title>By: ampats</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ampats]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:09:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Deb,
You go girl !!! You hit it right on the head.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Deb,<br />
You go girl !!! You hit it right on the head.</p>
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		<title>By: patpatriotagain</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[patpatriotagain]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:07:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[not only did belichick not lie about it. the video taper was wearing patriots gear. not posing as a fan in the stands like every other team was doing]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>not only did belichick not lie about it. the video taper was wearing patriots gear. not posing as a fan in the stands like every other team was doing</p>
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