NFL Saints - Ouch

[Saint in Paradise]

The New Orleans Saints are fined $500,000. In addition, because the violation involves a competitive rule, the Saints

will forfeit their selections in the second round of the 2012 and 2013 NFL drafts.

 

» Saints Head Coach Sean Payton is suspended without pay for the 2012 NFL season, effective April 1.

 

» Saints General Manager Mickey Loomis is suspended without pay for the first eight regular-season games of the 2012 season.

 

» Former Saints (and current St. Louis Rams) defensive coordinator Gregg Williams is suspended indefinitely from the NFL,

effective immediately. Commissioner Goodell will review Coach Williams' status at the conclusion of the 2012 season and

consider whether to reinstate him, and, if so, on what terms. Commissioner Goodell said he will give close attention to the

extent to which Coach Williams cooperates with the NFL in any further proceedings.

 

» Saints assistant Head Coach Joe Vitt is suspended without pay for the first six regular-season games of the 2012 season.

 

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d827c15b2/article/nfl-announces-management-discipline-in-saints-bounty-matter?module=HP11_headline_stack

 

 

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[Rut]

If the Packers or the Steelers were caught doing this the 'powers that be' would chuck a few bob in the kitty and say 'good luck lads'. Saints have got just a bit too good in recent years for their liking.

 

The clips they are showing of Saints players tackling hard could be from any team. Since when has anyone ever held back from getting a good hit in? It's not as if every injured NFL player from last season was crippled by the Saints.

 

I hope Saints really pull together now and go on the win the NFC. They won't win the Superbowl (that is Denver's) but getting there would be a great achievement.

[Born In The 80s]

If the Packers or the Steelers were caught doing this the 'powers that be' would chuck a few bob in the kitty and say 'good luck lads'. Saints have got just a bit too good in recent years for their liking.

 

The clips they are showing of Saints players tackling hard could be from any team. Since when has anyone ever held back from getting a good hit in? It's not as if every injured NFL player from last season was crippled by the Saints.

 

I hope Saints really pull together now and go on the win the NFC. They won't win the Superbowl (that is Denver's) but getting there would be a great achievement.

 

I'll always hate New Orleans Saints for the way they behaved in the play offs of their superbowl run. As a Vikes fan i played close attention to them that year and the way they went about business against the Cardinals and the Vikings was disgraceful. Of course it's no surprise, as anyone who watched those games could tell they were going out of their way to try and hurt two of the greatest (and at the time oldest) QBs in the NFL. I lost count of the number of late, illegal hits that went unpunished in that championship game. It was infuriating.

 

As a Vikings fan, this isn't sour grapes, as the reason we lost the game was down to turning the ball over about 900 times. But it's a very interesting debate, that without the illegal hits, would Favre have been able to run for the first down instead of throwing an ill-advised pick? Looking back at the tape, he more than likely would have done.

 

But it's all in the past now. Delighted the Saints have been punished properly and i applaud the NFL for talking a strong stance on this kind of thing. Hopefully they finish last in their division now.

[RedArmy]

As a Vikings fan, this isn't sour grapes

No, definitely not. LOL.

[shurlock]

I'll always hate New Orleans Saints for the way they behaved in the play offs of their superbowl run. As a Vikes fan i played close attention to them that year and the way they went about business against the Cardinals and the Vikings was disgraceful. Of course it's no surprise, as anyone who watched those games could tell they were going out of their way to try and hurt two of the greatest (and at the time oldest) QBs in the NFL. I lost count of the number of late, illegal hits that went unpunished in that championship game. It was infuriating.

 

As a Vikings fan, this isn't sour grapes, as the reason we lost the game was down to turning the ball over about 900 times. But it's a very interesting debate, that without the illegal hits, would Favre have been able to run for the first down instead of throwing an ill-advised pick? Looking back at the tape, he more than likely would have done.

 

But it's all in the past now. Delighted the Saints have been punished properly and i applaud the NFL for talking a strong stance on this kind of thing. Hopefully they finish last in their division now.

 

Taking a strong stance? To some extent. But also the case that the NFL is covering its back, fearing a fresh spate of legal action - if concussions etc weren't enough. IMO an act of self-preservation as much as principle where the NFL needed to be seen to be clamping down.

[Window Cleaner]

Taking a strong stance? To some extent. But also the case that the NFL is covering its back, fearing a fresh spate of legal action - if concussions etc weren't enough. IMO an act of self-preservation as much as principle where the NFL needed to be seen to be clamping down.

 

Don't see it as much of a strong stance because I don't think a single player has been sanctioned.

Big Ben got what? 6 games for some sort of nightclub incident,Saints players are just as culpable as their coaches.Any one of them could have ratted this out and stopped it dead before it got consequent in Championship games.

[Saint in Paradise]

Taking a strong stance? To some extent. But also the case that the NFL is covering its back, fearing a fresh spate of legal action - if concussions etc weren't enough. IMO an act of self-preservation as much as principle where the NFL needed to be seen to be clamping down.

 

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d8267e748/article/four-nfl-concussion-lawsuits-being-combined-in-philadelphia

 

At least four lawsuits blaming the NFL for concussion-related dementia and brain disease will be consolidated in Philadelphia, and more could follow.

 

A U.S. judicial panel approved requests Tuesday by the NFL and plaintiffs lawyers to try similar cases before Senior U.S. District Judge Anita B. Brody in Philadelphia.

 

The lawsuits represent more than 300 retired players or spouses, including two-time Super Bowl champion Jim McMahon.

 

 

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