Thursday, May 03 2012
Last week, the NFL released the findings of its investigation of claims that the New Orleans Saints and defensive coordinator Greg Williams had issued bounties on the heads of opposing players during the Saints' 2009 championship season. In its statement, the league found that Williams and defensive leaders issued such bounties, made payments on such issues, and that head coach, Sean Payton, new about, but did not counter, such bounties, despite a league edict that he do so.
The timing of the league's announcement is foreboding for the Saints. In the wake of the filing of a civil suit against the league by former NFL player Dave Duerson's survivors, the league has little option but to take seriously its findings in the Saints' case. This is true not only because the league already has legal and image problems pertaining to the health issues increasingly correlated with excessive contact in the game, but also because the league has a zero tolerance policy specifically...
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