NFL: Saints Bounty Thread

[AsylumGuido]

(09-04-2012 05:22 PM)ATLBound Wrote:  On the contrary sir, this was his first statement after announcing the penalites for the players back in May.

I know, exactly. But, it was when he announced the punishment for the front office personnel almost two months earlier that he made public the accusations against the players that was wholly predicated on bounties placed on specific players to be targeted for intentional injury and gave the example of Vilma placing $10000 dollars on Brett Favre. That matched the first three caveats of his later statement.

"I focused on players who were in leadership positions at the Saints; contributed a particularly large sum of money toward the program; specifically contributed to a bounty on an opposing player;"

But, now you are telling me the punishment was instead for the add-ons after that initial announcement?

"demonstrated a clear intent to participate in a program that potentially injured opposing players; sought rewards for doing so; and/OR obstructed the 2010 investigation."

It sounds to me like he couldn't prove what he initially declared and he couldn't let up on the players since he already went WAY overboard on the front office people, so he added the second part, picked a few of the supposed 22-27 and let them have it.

So, yes, we both agree the punishment was excessive. But, I also believe the accusations were false in that they were not convicted of what they were originally charged. They got 20 year terms for running a red light.