NFL: Saints Bounty Thread

[AsylumGuido]

(11-29-2012 02:26 PM)Xanthri Wrote:  Well I will agree with you on one thing....the players (whether they offered bounties or not) should not be held to blame for this....the coaches and DC should....because frankly you can't suspend every member of the defense. I do think the part Goodell got wrong was placing blame on only 4 players....which personally is why I think they are doing the lawsuit....

There were pay for plays....whether it was money personally offered and whether it was money to "hurt" other players remains the question....I think it was....but again I don't have access to the evidence.....on a side note I don't think there is a problem with charging fines internally for players that get flagged during the game and redristibuting that money to someone who made a sack/int/caused a fumble ETC....as long as the intent is NOT to hurt another player.....

For me there is too much evidence that in some form, players were awarded for "cart-offs" and I think that is terrible....

There is no evidence at all that any player was ever awarded for a player being carted off. That is the point. In fact, the players and Coach Vitt have testified that no player ever received any payment if the Saints lost the game or if a penalty occurred on the play OR if a player was seriously injured like a blown out knee or something.

The Saints were doing exactly what you just said you don't have a problem with. Mike Cerullo is the ONLY person that ever claimed that there was ever any intent to injure. The ONLY person.