NFL: Saints Bounty Thread

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(09-04-2012 10:42 AM)AsylumGuido Wrote:  Yes, I agree that the Saints got paid for hard hits that could have caused injuries. They have agreed to that, as well. But, that not what they were accused of doing and it is not what their punishment was based upon. It was based upon a supposed bounty system that targeted specific players for intentional injury for posted amounts. Goodell gave Favre, Warner, Cam Newton and the other that Ornstein joked about in an email as examples. He claimed Vilma offered $10000 to injure Favre and Warner. Vilma has vehemently denied that from the first minute it came out and several people who were in every one of those meeting swore in court that it never happened.

This is what makes the penalties EXCESSIVE, but not FALSE.