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**GetsTan** · 03-21-2012, 10:56 PM

I don't think the issue is entirely that they had a bounty system.

1.) they had a bounty system.
2.) they had a bounty system that was being paid into by people not on the team, that allowed the Saints to, in small part, circumvent the salary cap.
3.) The owner caught wind of it, and told Payton to make it stop.
4.) Payton explicitly ignored warnings from his owner and GM and the league, and told his assistants (per the article) to make sure "our ducks are in a row", when organizing the pay for injury scheme.

Had this stopped at number 2, or even THREE, I'd be willing to bet that this would be a 2-3-4 game suspension at most.

The BIGGEST issue here is that he was told to stop, and didn't. IMO of course.

Fair enough. If the owner or NFL tells you to stop something, you need to stop it.

03-21-2012, 10:56 PM	#50
GetsTan Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 691 Senior Member	I don't think the issue is entirely that they had a bounty system. 1.) they had a bounty system. 2.) they had a bounty system that was being paid into by people not on the team, that allowed the Saints to, in small part, circumvent the salary cap. 3.) The owner caught wind of it, and told Payton to make it stop. 4.) Payton explicitly ignored warnings from his owner and GM and the league, and told his assistants (per the article) to make sure "our ducks are in a row", when organizing the pay for injury scheme. Had this stopped at number 2, or even THREE, I'd be willing to bet that this would be a 2-3-4 game suspension at most. The BIGGEST issue here is that he was told to stop, and didn't. IMO of course. Fair enough. If the owner or NFL tells you to stop something, you need to stop it.
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