Saints violate "bounty rule"

[Bulldogs]

Apparently from 2009-11 the Saints had players put money in a cash pool, and were paid for hurting players or knocking them out of games. I'm sure they aren't the only team, but there was a huge investigation by the NFL and they were caught. They will now probably be penalized. Thoughts?

I'll get a link in a second.

[vidae]

It's all over NFLN now. They're screwed.

[Bulldogs]

Here's the link.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/76...ogram-nfl-says

[FlyingElvis]

Oh yay, a "scandal" to which the media will immediately attach the word "gate."


Que the idealist fools who will feel like this is some atrocity that their organization Would never do.

[Matthew Jones]

And now Williams is playing for Jeff Fisher, whose Titans teams were consistently regarded as extremely dirty by opposing players. What a surprise.

[Crazy_Chris]

Yea I have been seeing this all over twitter... I am not shocked, it was fairly obvious that the Saints defense were trying to hit Brett even if it was late in the '09 NFCCG.

Edit:Adam Schefter tweeted that Gregg Williams administered the bounty program

[Ravens1991]

I cant believe they got caught honestly. One year Suggs said on first take talked about how they dont like rookie RBs talking **** so the bounty was out on Mendenhall and the bounty is out on Ward. When they said bounties were illegal he said he thought a bounty was people just looking for people with no $ involved and we werent caught.

[Bulldogs]

They are saying it was the reason Kurt Warner and Brett Favre got hurt against them. I remember that Warner hit being huge, he got jacked up by some defensive end after throwing a pick. They for sure weren't the only team doing this, hell, I'd guess the majority of the teams have something like this.

[mightytitan9]

After all that and they still couldn't stop anyone on D

[NOLAFan]

sounds like Greg Williams to me

[Saints-Tigers]

Maybe they should start a new pool, where players get money for being good on defense.

[njx9]

Originally Posted by FlyingElvis

Oh yay, a "scandal" to which the media will immediately attach the word "gate."


Que the idealist fools who will feel like this is some atrocity that their organization Would never do.

still bitter?

:P

[BmoreBlackByrdz]

I mean, with all the rules built up to help the offenses these days, I guess this is what defenses are forced to do. lol

[FlyingElvis]

Originally Posted by njx9

still bitter?

:P

I'm sure I have no idea what you mean.


Also,

[Jimmy]

Originally Posted by FlyingElvis

Oh yay, a "scandal" to which the media will immediately attach the word "gate."


Que the idealist fools who will feel like this is some atrocity that their organization Would never do.

Slaughtergate!

[Giantsfan1080]

This is so dumb. I hope the penalty isn't anything crazy.

[Crazy_Chris]

The program runs in violation of league rules, and the investigation showed that Saints players received $1,500 for a “knockout” hit and $1,000 for a “cart-off” hit with payouts doubling or tripling during the team's three playoffs appearance.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d...itter_breaking

[SuperPacker]

Originally Posted by Jimmy

Slaughtergate!

Injurygate?

[FlyingElvis]

Originally Posted by Jimmy

Slaughtergate!

Originally Posted by SuperPacker

Injurygate?

You both give the media too much credit. It's a lock to be BountyGate.

[njx9]

Originally Posted by Giantsfan1080

This is so dumb. I hope the penalty isn't anything crazy.

you know it will be. i mean, ignore the bounty, they were thinking about hitting offensive players. the league can't let **** like that stand.

[bigbluedefense]

Good. I like bounties. **** offense.

They can go after defenders knees, cheap shot them (Looking at you Hines), pull on their face masks, etc.

But god forbid you hit an offensive player. All these damn diva WRs who can't get touched and then dance and celebrate after every first down like they're hot ****.

**** that. Hit em in the mouth. More teams should do this, if not already. Bring back real defense. Intimidation is a big part of defense. Stop wuffisying the league.

[mightytitan9]

if it went on for a year I don't think it'd be anything to serious, but for the length of time it could end up costing them a decent chunk of money and or draft pick

[OSUGiants17]

[boknows34]

Statement from Tom Benson.

"I have been made aware of the NFL’s findings relative to the “Bounty Rule” and how it relates to our club. I have offered and the NFL has received our full cooperation in their investigation. While the findings may be troubling, we look forward to putting this behind us and winning more championships in the future for our fans."

[asdf1223]

The NFL should take away the Saints first round pick for this.