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of course the NFL knows it goes on elswhere, this should be a better deterrent than a letter
Sean Payton Suspended For Year - Can We Finagle Brees Out of Them?
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3 1sts and Matt Moore.
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So for three years the Saints had bounties to injure multiple players yet there were next to no documented injuries. Either they failed hard or the whole situation has been completely overblown by the media and their hard on for scandals and controversies. Sean Payton is probably thinking to himself why he didn't just tell his players to go around stomping on opposing players, they would have got off easy then.
They covered it up for three years after they where told to make sure it was not happening. It is the intent and cover up that got them not the bounties themselves.
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So I guess if you botch a robbery attempt you should be exempt from prosecution? No harm no foul, right?
There haven't been any denials from the Saints organization or the people involved; everyone agrees there was a bounty system. They aren't being penalized for successfully injuring people. They're being penalized for instituting a bounty system, regardless of its effectiveness.
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Trying to compare a criminal act to physical contact in a football game? As a Saints fan I don't condone what has happened but the media makes it seem like they were paid to sever limbs. I just hate these situations where 90% of the truth is still in some document at league HQ yet they won't share it with the public. Instead they pull parts out like "Pay to Injure" and name 4 random QB's over a three year period who were targeted and ask the fans to accept the punishment. As a fan I want to see who got paid, who was targeted, who was involved, the teams, money, everything... why they pull tidbits of information out I'll never know.
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Um, what the Saints were doing was a criminal act (this has been stated several times) and if any players around the league that have been injured in a Saints game want to take it to court they can and have a very good chance at winning too.
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By the way it's being said Jeremy Shockey was the snitch about the bounty system.
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It's been stated many times that the courts have trouble distinguishing the intent in on field incidents. If Brett Farve thought he was targeted and went to court he would never win.
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Drew Brees has got to have at least five years of elite play left in the tank. I'd do it.
Apparently the NFL puts out a notice to all teams yearly stating that bounties are illegal, and they're even required to post some sort of poster or sign stating this in each team's locker room. Guess the Saints didn't get the memo.
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A lot of NFL teams have bounties or player pools for stuff.
The Saints just got caught. I can assure you that a number of NFL teams have been scrambling to cover their asses for a while now.
The Saints just got caught. I can assure you that a number of NFL teams have been scrambling to cover their asses for a while now.
I guess what trumps this is the FACT that many Saints, and Bills players have come forward and stated that the bounty system, in fact was true. So much for the courts having trouble distinguishing anything when players AND coaches admitted to doing it.. Try again...