NFL: Saints Bounty Thread

[AsylumGuido]

(12-13-2012 11:40 AM)ATLBound Wrote:  I can't bold because Im on my phone but I think you basically stated what I have been trying to explain to you since the reduced suspensions came about and for why Goodell is staying true to his SECONDARY, not initial reaction. You said in the above statement:

" They had a pool funded by the players that awarded big plays including hard hit that potentially knocked opposing players out of games."

I think what is being missed here is the very basic definition that Goodell is putting on the word injure. I will agree that it is very broad, but all in the same very true....no matter how "cheap" it may seem. Although minor, it is considered on the field of play and INJURY when a player is knocked out of a game or even just a few plays. It doesn't matter whether its a legal hit or not. It doesn't matter if it was a play, quarter, or just a game. It is still logged as an injury that the players potentially got paid for. This is why Goodell is sticking to his guns.

Lets get this straight. The only thing this Tag situation cleared up was the Vilma situation and nothing else. By that statement above thats a bounty. It ain't a 10k worth bounty and its very small by the nature of the injury but technically and cheaply speaking....its a bounty.

I would also like to say that since the new info with Tags came out I have been leaning your way Guido. So this isnt about the Saints. This is about me seeing where Goodell is coming from, although cheap.

Okay, here's the Goodell statement from yesterday. Goodell is clearly not interpreting the pay for performance pool as a bounty. The guns he is sticking to is that regardless of the total lack of any evidence he is still saying that the Saints were targeting specific players for intentional injury, the same as his initial declaration.

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell discusses bounty program

Quote:Goodell said that he did not regret appointing Tagliabue to rule on the appeal and was adamant that the league does not owe the Saints an apology.

"No. Again, I don't have the report in front of me, but Commissioner Tagliabue said there is no one here that should feel good about their role in this with respect to the Saints," Goodell said. "People made judgments and none of them should be feeling very good about those judgments. To have a bounty program where you're targeting players for injury is completely unacceptable in the NFL, and it is clear that occurred for three years despite all of the denials.

This is what pisses me off about him. He was wrong about that and still refuses to admit it.