NFL: Saints Bounty Thread

[AsylumGuido]

(05-10-2012 05:53 AM)RockHoward Wrote:  OK that concedes my point that the players are lying. Therefore the existence of the bounty program is no longer a mater of conjecture. Now we look at the additional evidence of cover-ups and other statements by the coaches and the timing of those makes it clear that the program was not explicitly curtailed as the NFL requested, but only taken underground as Payton commanded.

In summary the players were directly involved in the program and even raised the stakes during the 2009 playoffs. After that the program was never officially ended but it was made clear to key players that further discussion of it was verbotten. Thereafter the coaches only eluded to the bounties as a prelude to key games and took care not to mention them explicitly. Still the offers were still on the table and payments were still made for big plays even if no one collected any of the injury/cart-off bounties.

Case closed.

How does that concede that the players are lying?

The players are being punished for allegedly contributing money for intentional injuries to other players and/or collecting money for intentionally injuring other players. The players are all saying that they they never contributed money for intentional injury nor collected for the same.

Even if accurate, how does this prove that they are lying? It doesn't. Unless real tangible proof is ever produced that directly ties each of these four players to either contributions or collections with the intent on injure their punishments are not valid.