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I guess Vilma actually set the bounties and collected the money......thats why he got a year -
The NFL suspended four players Wednesday for their roles in the New Orleans Saints' bounty system, including linebacker Jonathan Vilma for the entire 2012 season.
In addition to Vilma, defensive tackle Anthony Hargrove (now with the Green Bay Packers) was suspended eight games, defensive Will Smith four games and linebacker Scott Fujita (now with the Cleveland Browns) three games.Leave a comment:
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I've fucking hated Greg Williams ever since he was introduced as the Buffalo Bills' head coach, and went on-and-on about how super organzied he was and color coded his day in a big, gay planner. He always struck me as an arrogant, smarmy douche and he deserves being thrown out of football...Leave a comment:
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Maybe Goodell figured Menstrualhall is just a wuss and a injury is a foregone conclusion?
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Goodell continues to be inconsistent and full of hypocrisy....
Where was the hammer when Terrell Suggs FREELY ADMITTED that the Ravens had bounties on both Rashard Mendenhall and Hines Ward in their game in 2008....
And what happened in that game?? Well what do ya know, Mendenhall got knocked out for the year with a shoulder injury by Ray Lewis....
No fine. No suspension. Nothing.Leave a comment:
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And he doesn't get paid for the period of suspension, which basically amounts to a $7.5 Million dollar fine. He lied to the league and to his owner...his suspensipn is well deserved. He has been made an example of.
Jeremy Shockey is supposedly one of the main tell-alls here. We'll see.
Player suspensions coming once the NFLPA looks at them. In addition to defensive players, should team captains like Brees be penalized also? You can't tell me he didn't know about this. He wants an explanation about Payton's punishment. Hell yes he does: his ass is on the barb-wire fence also.
The one entity that probably got screwed is the Rams. They're out a DC now. Jeff Fisher says he didn't know about any of this when he hired Williams. Maybe true, maybe not.Leave a comment:
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they are fucked next year..no coach and lost ( 2) 2nd round picksLeave a comment:
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wow...
remember when the Saints were the NFL's feel good team a few years ago.
Looks like Spags might get his second chance to prove his salt as a HC.Leave a comment:
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Nicely called, Bob. You sure as shit nailed that one!
Saints' Payton suspended for season by NFL
By HOWARD FENDRICH | Associated Press
New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton was suspended without pay for the 2012 season by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, and former Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams was banned indefinitely on Wednesday because of the team's bounty program that targeted opposing players.
Handing down sweeping and serious punishment for a system that paid out thousands of dollars when hits knocked specific opponents out of games, Goodell also suspended Saints general manager Mickey Loomis for the first eight regular-season games next season, and assistant coach Joe Vitt for the first six games.
In addition, Goodell fined the Saints $500,000 and took away their second-round draft picks this year and next.
After the NFL first made its investigation public on March 2, Williams admitted to — and apologized for — running the program as the Saints' defensive coordinator from 2009-11. He was hired by the St. Louis Rams this offseason.
Goodell will review Williams' status after the upcoming season and decide whether he can return to the league.
The Saints now must decide who will coach the team while Payton is barred, his suspension is effective April 1, and who will make roster moves while Loomis is out. After the NFL made clear that punishments were looming, Payton and Loomis took the blame for violations that they acknowledged "happened under our watch" and said Saints owner Tom Benson "had nothing to do" with the bounty pool, which reached as much as $50,000 in 2009, the season the Saints won the Super Bowl.
The NFL said payoffs went to 22 to 27 defensive players for inflicting game-ending injuries on targeted opponents, including quarterbacks Brett Favre and Kurt Warner. "Knockouts" were worth $1,500 and "cart-offs" $1,000, with payments doubled or tripled for the playoffs.
All payouts for specific performances in a game, including interceptions or causing fumbles, are against NFL rules. The NFL warns teams against such practices before each season, although in the aftermath of the revelations about the Saints, current and former players from various teams talked about that sort of thing happening frequently — although not on the same scale as the NFL found in New Orleans.
Punishment for any Saints players involved will be determined later, because the league is still reviewing the case with the NFL Players Association.
So far, though, the discipline for the Saints' involvement in the bounty scheme is more far-reaching than what Goodell did in 2007, when the NFL came down on the New England Patriots for illegally videotaping an opponent. Goodell fined the Patriots $250,000, stripped a first-round draft pick, and docked their coach, Bill Belichick, $500,000 for what was known as "Spygate."Leave a comment:
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Don't be surprised if Sean Payton is suspended for the entire season.Leave a comment:
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Colts QB Peyton Manning's injury has link to 'BountyGate'
As "BountyGate'' swirls around Gregg Williams and the New Orleans Saints, it's appropriate to wonder whether the controversial actions of the team's longtime defensive coordinator ever had an impact on the Indianapolis Colts.
Former Colts coach Tony Dungy votes "yes.''
"I know they had them in Tennessee,'' Dungy told ProFootballTalk.com via text.
"Them'' would be bounties endorsed by Williams for his defensive players, financial incentives earned for big hits or tackles that sent an opposing player from the game.
The results of a lengthy investigation released Friday by the NFL disclosed a bounty system that was overseen by Williams, the Saints' defensive coordinator. Significant penalties are expected, including fines, suspensions and the loss of draft picks.
Williams was the defensive coordinator with the Houston Oilers/Tennessee Titans from 1990 to 2000. During that stretch, the only time Manning faced the Williams-led defense was the AFC division round playoff game after the 1999 season. It was uneventful in terms of controversial hits.
However, there's much more historical background.
During an appearance on NBC's "Football Night in America" during the 2011 preseason, Dungy said he believed the origin of Manning's neck issues was a 2006 regular-season game against Washington. On a second-quarter pass attempt, a Redskins defender hit Manning low. Then defensive end Phillip Daniels came in high and awkwardly snapped Manning back, ripping off his helmet.
Manning remained down for a few seconds and grabbed his right shoulder. He remained in the game, but there was no penalty on the play despite the violent contact to Manning's head.
The Redskins' defensive coordinator: Gregg Williams.
Prior to the Colts facing the Saints in Super Bowl XLIV after the 2009 season, Williams caused a stir with comments to a Nashville radio station. The primary objective of the Saints' defense, he said, was to hit Manning as often as possible. He referred to them as "remember me'' hits.
"You hope he doesn't get back up and play again,'' Williams said. "You kill the head, and the body will die. You hit the quarterback, and the whole team feels it.''
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