NFL: Saints Bounty Thread

[AsylumGuido]

(10-30-2012 07:58 PM)phocis850 Wrote:  Lol, now the broncos are looking to file a complaint on an illegal hit. Nice.

I saw that. Too funny.

[sarcasm] Oooo! The horrible Saints still have bounties to injure the quarterbacks. How could they keep this up after being disciplined so severely? They must be an awful club.[/sarcasm]

You are smarter than that, phocis, or at least I have always thought you were.

[Polar Bear Jones]

Quote:Sources: Sean Payton contract voided

Updated: November 4, 2012, 8:54 AM ET
By Adam Schefter | ESPN

Within the past year, the multiyear contract extension the Saints announced for Sean Payton in September 2011 was voided by the NFL, making the suspended head coach a free agent after this season and casting questions on how long he will remain in New Orleans, according to league sources.

Payton is expected to become the NFL's most sought-after head coach after this season and there already is speculation in league circles that he could wind up returning to Dallas, where he worked as the assistant head coach from 2003 to 2005, during which time the Cowboys brought in quarterback Tony Romo, who attended the same college, Eastern Illinois, as Payton.

Just as Payton's role in the bounty scandal has been an ongoing saga with the NFL for the past year, so has his contract.

As recently as March, when Payton was visiting NFL offices to appeal his yearlong suspension in the bounty scandal, he asked NFL commissioner Roger Goodell for the status of his contract extension and was told it was unsatisfactory as it initially was constituted, sources said.

At issue in the contract was one specific clause that would have enabled Payton to walk away from the deal if general manager Mickey Loomis was suspended, fired or left the New Orleans organization, sources said.

The league believed that any such language in Payton's contract would set a bad precedent for other coaching contracts and rejected the deal well before Loomis was suspended for the first eight games this season for his part in the bounty scandal.

Dating back to roughly the start of this year, the two sides engaged in numerous subsequent conversations to try to resolve the issue but never did.

In the interim, the league has granted Payton permission to work for Saints owner Tom Benson's NBA New Orleans team, and the suspended head coach has been doing some spot work there to earn income.

Some in the league office believe Payton's contract could toll -- meaning the last year would be put on hold, tying him to New Orleans for the 2013 season -- but there is no evidence to confirm that possibility. Until now, the league has not been asked to review or rule on the contract, according to sources, though some believe it eventually could.

To others, there is no issue. Payton will be a free agent. Some believe Payton's strong relationship with Benson will be enough to keep him in New Orleans long term.

But others are more skeptical, knowing that the suspended head coach has undergone some personal changes in his life that have included going through a divorce and spending plenty of time in Dallas.

When Benson initially announced last year the extension for Payton that never got league approval, he said: "I am very pleased to announce this contract extension today for Sean that will run through the 2015 season. Our goal is to continue to build a tradition of winning here in New Orleans and Sean represents that tradition."

[phocis850]

It possible that this has been looming over Garrets head this year? Maybe Payton suspended from the Saints, but already dabbling in the Cowboys.

[AsylumGuido]

Nothing here.

JayGlazer
A Tweet by @JayGlazer
2012-11-04

Sean Payton told me he "absolutely plans on staying with the Saints. I obviously love working with Mickey (Loomis) and the Benson family. This is not something that just came about." Sean said his last contract extension was never accepted by league and they've been on it for over a year.

[swanlee]

Saints fans always in denial, Jones is going to give paytom 15 million a year and Payton is going to say thank you and leave The Saints. Payton is a slime ball and will take the highest offer.

[pauliwood]

Peyton has said time and time again he will be a Saint next year. There is a 0.0000% chance he goes elsewhere (especially Dallas)

[AsylumGuido]

(11-04-2012 03:42 PM)pauliwood Wrote:  Peyton has said time and time again he will be a Saint next year. There is a 0.0000% chance he goes elsewhere (especially Dallas)

Agreed. The sticking point in his contract that the league didn't like was that if Mickey Loomis lost his position then it voids Payton's contract. Loomis is not only GM for the Saints, he is also GM for the Hornets. He isn't going anywhere and neither is Payton. All a bunch of meaningless hype.

[AsylumGuido]

(11-04-2012 03:37 PM)swanlee Wrote:  Saints fans always in denial, Jones is going to give paytom 15 million a year and Payton is going to say thank you and leave The Saints. Payton is a slime ball and will take the highest offer.

You must lead such a pleasant life.

[ATLBound]

(11-04-2012 03:42 PM)pauliwood Wrote:  Peyton has said time and time again he will be a Saint next year. There is a 0.0000% chance he goes elsewhere (especially Dallas)

I agree with eveything in this statement other than the (especially Dallas) part.

Payton got popular in Dallas. He has an extremely tight relationship with Jerry Jones (no glory hole) and Payton was the reason Tony Romo was found.

If there was ANY miniscule chance that he would go somewhere, then it would definitely be Dallas.

[juraitwaluzka]

The saints would have to be complete idiots to let Payton get away. I'm all for them bringing back Bum Phillips or Ditka but it's not happening.