After a lengthy investigation conducted by the NFL's security department, the league announced Friday that 22 to 27 defensive players on the New Orleans Saints maintained a "pay for performance" program that included "bounty" payments administered by then-defensive coordinator Gregg Williams during the 2009, 2010 and 2011 seasons.
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The report found that Saints head coach Sean Payton was aware of the allegations and did not make any inquires and failed to stop the program
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Originally Posted by Adam Schefter
NFL investigation of Saints began in 2010 when allegations were made that Saints targeted QBs such as Brett Favre and Kurt Warner.
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A safe prediction: Saints will be disciplined far worse than the Patriots were for Spygate.
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My story for http://SI.com, including the league's contention that Vilma put out a bounty, a big one, on Favre:
Before the 2009 NFC Championship Game, Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma offered any defensive teammate $10,000 in cash to knock then-Vikings quarterback Brett Favre out of the game. Favre was hit viciously several times in the game. That fact was in a report to the 32 NFL owners, sent out by the league to detail further what the league's 50,000-page investigation found.
Before the 2009 NFC Championship Game, Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma offered any defensive teammate $10,000 in cash to knock then-Vikings quarterback Brett Favre out of the game. Favre was hit viciously several times in the game. That fact was in a report to the 32 NFL owners, sent out by the league to detail further what the league's 50,000-page investigation found.
seems like they might argue that they were incentivising hard legal hits only
What kind of punishments do we think can actually happen? If this is a cap violation, there could be multiple fines and docs to the cap. I expect at least 2 first round picks and maybe Payton and other coaches getting suspended.
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