NFL: Saints Bounty Thread

[AsylumGuido]

(12-13-2012 07:14 PM)ATLBound Wrote:  Understand his position though. He is the authoritative figure to them. If you lie or withhold information from a your supervisor or even a cop, then more consequences apply if the truth was told or if the authority was listened to in the first place.

While this is true, first, Hargrove never lied to him, second, the punishments laid down were unprecedented and were ultimately overturned (except for the staff and team) because they were excessive. They were obviously ego driven. Every commisioner had been lied to. Tagliabue mentioned that. But only Goodell reacted to that extreme when he "believed" he had been lied to. As I said, it didn't have to do with the "shield", it had to do with "HIM".