Sean Payton suspended for a year...

are the rams going to fire gregg williams? or who is going to be the DC while he is gone (at least 1 year)

 

I take it you haven't watched football very long.

 

The penalty is severe, although there have been multi season bans in the fast. RG is the most powerful commissioner in sports and is not a puppet for the owners, Selig would never do this.
RG is essentially changing the very culture of the game. He sees the increased injuries and the lawsuits from former players. He has to modify the game, and that means not over looking things like bounties. I think you will continue to see extremely hard punishment. The owners won't rebel because they know he maximizes their profit.

 

I can't stand the guy, but if he was indeed the snitch, I would actually admire him for it. Whether anyone ever actually got hurt from this bounty policy is irrelevant -- the fact alone that coaches would encourage this is reprehensible.

From what I'm reading on the internets, it doesn't seem like many football fans are upset about Goodell on this one like they usually are with all of the so-called "putting players in skirts" policies. I think him dropping the hammer was a great authoritative move. Hopefully, people will begin to appreciate his intentions regarding player safety, even if the implementations are a little rough sometimes...

 

Glad Goodell dropped the hammer on the Saints for this. No room in the NFL for that crap. The draft pick penalty was weak, only two seconds but the rest of the penalty makes up for it.

 

He's a free agent. I wonder what this rumor does to his value.

To the Texans, 2-time pro bowler DeMeco Ryans was worth a 4th round draft pick and a 3rd round swap. Losing 2 second round picks is not 'weak'. It's the worst part for the Saints imo.

 

Perhaps I should have phrased that better, I'm well aware of the value of second round picks in this league but I was expecting more draft picks lost or a first rounder. Maybe I'm too harsh.

Either way I'm happy with the punishment.

 

my bad. misunderstood.

 

That makes WAY too much sense to not be true.

 

That should not have happened.

 

Yeah, Florio ripped into The Rog for that one.

If it had happened on BSPN that would have been one thing, but to have Warren Sapp come on the Media outlet ran by the NFL and call Shockey the snitch is just a huge mistake.

 

It should cost Sapp his job.

Ironic that his twitter handle is @QBKILLA.

 

I love Sapp, but I suppose after he tweeted it the cat was out of the bag and they decided to let him speak his piece.

 

They already don't have a 1st rounder this year, and now they lose their 2nd round pick and next years 2nd rounder.

 

Saints fans in denial make me sick. If this happened to the Texans I would hope fans own it and not look as disgusting.

 

I probably missed but how did Warren Sapp find out Shockey was the one who snitched?

 

The next thing to watch for is player punishments. I don't know if the NFL will only target guys organizing things (Vilma) or if they'll go after the actual head hunters (Harper).

http://www.nola.com/saints/index.ssf/2012/03/penalties_still_to_come_for_ne.html

 

I don't see how it is illegal for players to do this.

Having coaches/management running this operation, circumventing the salary cap, etc., is one thing.

But if players decide to get together and reward one another for knocking other players out of the game, what NFL rule is that violating, and how can the NFL reasonably expect to police that?

They're a sorry lot to begin with.

 

A source close to the situation.