(06-05-2012 05:53 PM)mdrake34 Wrote:  Let's play the Guido Bounty-Gate Drinking Game! Every time Guido denies the existence of evidence, take a drink! You'll have cirrhosis of the liver in 2 1/2 days!

(06-05-2012 05:34 PM)pauliwood Wrote:  It seems to me they could have used some of the money given to Luke for Brees.

(06-05-2012 07:19 PM)phocis850 Wrote:  LOL, you guys think I'm not enjoying this.

However, though this is great news, the Saints still haven't lost a game this year. (perspective)

(06-06-2012 01:11 AM)phocis850 Wrote:  

(06-04-2012 11:29 PM)hitwriter Wrote:  I am honestly amazed at the tolerance the mods here have had and allowed with Guido. There isn't a Saints forum I have ever seen that would allow an opposing fan (especially a Falcons fan) to go back and forth on a subject like this for more than 2 pages better yet 55! (Yet two pages and 12+ hours since the new news and no Guido!)

This has been an interesting and comical read as the story unfolds and I respect the mods for at least allowing Guido to simply hang himself here rather than act like the insecure *&^%$ on any Saints forum and just ban the guy.

The Falcons fans here have done a great job at dismantling his arguments and commenting on the legal issues.

Quote:New Orleans Saints linebacker Scott Shanle said the NFL has blown the bounty scandal out of proportion.

Shanle told the New Orleans Times-Picayune on Tuesday that the league wanted to make an example out of the Saints and discourage any similar "pay-for-performance" programs.

Shanle told the Times-Picayune the Saints had an incentive program, which included payouts between $500 and $1,000 for big hits and other key plays.

That included the much-publicized "cart-offs" and "knockouts." But Shanle told the Times-Picayune those specific terms came from "Gregg's language," a reference to former defensive coordinator Gregg Williams, who was suspended indefinitely for his role in the scandal. Shanle said the terms didn't insinuate intentionally injuring, or trying to injure, an opponent.

"I never saw any money for injuring somebody exchange hands," Shanle told the Times-Picayune. ...

"Gregg said crazy stuff," Shanle added. "If you take him literally, you're gonna be locked up. But he was the best motivator I've ever been around."

Shanle told the Times-Picayune that side bets are commonplace throughout the NFL, but that the Saints' program was perhaps the most organized he had seen. Shanle also said the program penalized players for penalties and other mental errors.

"There's been this picture painted that (Jonathan) Vilma was standing in front of the defense before every game picking out players to go after and offering money," Shanle told the Times-Picayune. "It was blown up to be something more than it is."