Comments on: FOX considers hiring Sean Payton

By: Deb

Deb — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 23:33:17 +0000

Sorry I wasn’t around when this article posted. You’re out of your mind. A suspension from the NFL should mean a suspension from all NFL-related activities. This is a multi-millionaire we’re talking about, not some working stiff who needs to go out and make a living. And I can just imagine what you’d be saying if Fox had put a suspended player–say, like Roethlisberger–on the air for the four weeks of his suspension. You sure as heck wouldn’t be calling it the “right position to take”–and you know it. Why don’t we have guys in Attica anchor the NBC Nightly News?

By: terry51025

terry51025 — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 10:29:33 +0000

Good move Fox. Now you can teach younger viewers that cheating and headhunting on the field can get you higher rewards, even when the NFL sets you down for one-year. What a truly dumb decision.

By: itsmammoth

itsmammoth — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 20:40:12 +0000

Wife and Kids – “Ouch….”

By: rcali

rcali — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 17:54:44 +0000

See, it does pay to cheat and not follow the rules.

By: seenoland54

seenoland54 — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 16:48:21 +0000

“You no all you people that are callin the saints classless, and takin shots at us saints fans. I garuntee that if it was yalls team in this perdicument yall would be defendin them, and not callin yourselves classless…”

We sent our dog killer packing from Atlanta, but then again, New Orleans fans used to show some class (and a pleasure to host when they came to town) but they have been losing class for years now so defending cheaters and liars just fits. I feel sorry for the old time Saints fans that still show their class while in a sea of scumbag fans, players and management.

By: laserw

laserw — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 16:40:16 +0000

Time to start writing FOX to protest this possibility. Payton should be shunned and compelled to spend an entire season so he GETS IT! He is responsible for his team and its conduct.

If this Yutz gets on Fox I’ll add him in my weekly complaint email to Fox along with Troy Aikman – the most biased sportscaster in history – the things he says and the way he says it – and he constantly does NFC east games AND cowboy games. Before Fox it used to be verboten to call a game that had a team you used to play for.

Hell, no! Payton must gooooooo!

By: someonestolesociofan

someonestolesociofan — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 16:20:07 +0000

So a key question: Would comments he makes about specific players from the booth be construed as “tampering”? If he hypothetically opines about how much he would love to coach a specific player, and that player shows up on his doorstep in 2013, is he guilty?

By: vikingdoode

vikingdoode — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 16:06:47 +0000

Oh puke watch out Bradshaw he’ll pay Long to take you out

By: effjohntaylornorelation

effjohntaylornorelation — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 15:57:34 +0000

In the Fox executive’s assessment he forgot a few of Payton’s most important attributs; Like prescription pill a user, liar, cheater, underhanded, and coercive to name a few. Does TV have Know no shame?

By: joemac1114

joemac1114 — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 15:39:29 +0000

Nothing done a Rupert Murdoch owned company surprises me much any more.

By: laxcoach37

laxcoach37 — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 14:51:28 +0000

I like Payton as a Coach and while I favor the Saints ( not a bigbfan, but love their uniform, hey Im being honest… Being a Fins Fan with Aqua and Orange is notbideal, anyway, you pick a Team forvlifecwhen your 9 years old and unless your a bandwagon roller, like 90% of you! )

Anyway, my point is that he is and should be in trouble because of the cover-up, not the Bounties themselves. This should not be rewarded. Only in America is an ousted ” leader” rewarded for misconduct.

By: modellforprez

modellforprez — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 14:51:04 +0000

I wonder how many teams did what the patriots “hate em” did and the saints “no bias” did and DID NOT GET CAUGHT. its funny after 9-11 the country rallied for the pats for obvious reasons and after katrina a lotta people rallied for the saints funny how stuff plays out.

By: christopher525

christopher525 — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 14:36:56 +0000

@randomguy9999: You pretty much described the typical politician.

By: jg725

jg725 — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 14:22:45 +0000

if payton is suspended without pay from the nfl for his conduct in the nfl – why should he be able to derive an income from any nfl-related activities?????

By: gergie1957

gergie1957 — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 14:21:23 +0000

I love all the Saints fans praising Peyton here, you understand New Orleans chances of winning another Superbowl with this guy is pretty much over.

Unless of course the NFL reinstates the bounty system.

By: vetdana

vetdana — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 14:09:12 +0000

Fox better rethink this !!…….there are a great many fans who will switch pregame alliances should this happen !….. and …..Ratings mean Everything !!

By: electionconfidential

electionconfidential — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 14:08:11 +0000

I’ll never watch that guy. He shouldn’t get rich off of putting Favre and Manning out of the game through bounties. He should be arrested, not hired.

By: shawndc04

shawndc04 — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 14:03:26 +0000

Commit a crime, make a dime.

By: laeaglefan

laeaglefan — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 14:02:12 +0000

What I’d like to know is why Payton can’t just go out and get a “real job” like the rest of us. Oh yes, that’s right….he doesn’t have any other marketable skills besides coaching football. Maybe the local high school team needs a coach? He’s not banned from coaching, only from coaching in the NFL.

By: waltdawg

waltdawg — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 13:53:29 +0000

Is it just me or does it seem like Payton is more about losing the money than the fact that he will not be coaching.

By: georgiavol91

georgiavol91 — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 13:39:20 +0000

The guy is a turd, period. And I don’t want to hear him flapping his gums.

By: rjmcoltsfan

rjmcoltsfan — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 13:34:45 +0000

Seriously? FOX should be banned for a year, too, if they do this! Ridiculous – reward for a serious violation – NOT!

By: nfl fan

nfl fan — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 13:15:56 +0000

If FOX has any integrity, they will honor the one year ban. He was suspended for a reason.

By: gdeli

gdeli — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 13:11:59 +0000

don’t do it! he needs to be on rush’s or howard stern’s crazy shows.

By: 104312conundrum

104312conundrum — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 13:08:31 +0000

@sinestrojoe:
F’in classic!

By: abninf

abninf — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 13:06:25 +0000

CBS, ESPN, and NBC considered him, and it didn’t make the headlines until Fox considered him. Interesting.

By: zn0rseman

zn0rseman — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 13:06:21 +0000

I can see it now…

Joe Buck throws down a white envelope on the table filled with $20,000.00.

“Sean Payton does not finish this broadcast! I’ll cover any fines you get, but I want his jaw broken like Brett Favre’s ankle! When you’re done with him, I want him to look like Tony Kornheiser!”

By: ob1canobie

ob1canobie — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 13:03:05 +0000

If he profits from this suspension he should be banned for life! The NFL should have told him that upfront. Or otherwise you mess with the integrity of the game and blatantly attempt to destroy a man’s career and/or life and you get a bonus from FOX.

By: TheWizard

TheWizard — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 12:54:12 +0000

This is the network that has Aikman do nearly every Dallas game, might as well put Payton on the Saints games.

By: charger383

charger383 — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 12:54:05 +0000

After the way the NFL treated Jim Tressel?