Why NFL's bounty decision deserves a flag Senator calls hearing to examine bounties in NFL N.F.L. Delivers Harsh Punishment Saints Over Bounty Program Punishes For 'Bounty' Roger Goodell did what he had but there are no winners Saints' story On The Fly hits with severe sanctions for program coach Payton suspended one year scandal season by big hit Will the penalty change game Sapp Shockey Was 'Snitch' Reacting punishment head Sean without pay 2012 hammers over bounties; banned New Orleans entire

NFL's anger over bounty program wallops Saints The New Orleans Saints, are stumbling down pro football's dirty back alley with a Bourbon Street-size hangover after the NFL ruled that the Saints were sinners when it comes to the rules regarding gratuitous violence. Saints apologize for bounty program The Saints have issued a statement in response to the punishments handed down to them from the NFL on Wednesday afternoon. Saints coach suspended in 'bounty' case In sweeping discipline that one analyst called "historic," New Orleans Saints Head Coach Sean Payton was suspended without pay for the entire 2012 season and former Saints defensive coach Gregg Williams was suspended indefinitely in a series of NFL punishments Wednesday for the team's bounty program against opponents. NFL hammers Saints for bounty program The New Orleans Saints' crush-for-cash bounty system already cost them head coach Sean Payton for all of next season and general manager Mickey Loomis for half of it, plus two second-round draft picks NFL Bans Saints' Coach Payton for Year Over Bounty Program The National Football League suspended Super Bowl-winning coach Sean Payton for one year, taking unprecedented action after finding the New Orleans Saints ran a bounty program that paid players for injuring opponents. Saints hit hard for bounty program and they deserve it Obviously, the New Orleans Saints' bounty system was more egregious than anything Bill Belichick and the Patriots were accused of doing, but the punishment was particularly harsh. Why? Saints head coach Sean Payton (suspended for the season) and defensive coordinator Gregg Williams (suspended indefinitely) blatantly broke rules, showed no regard for player safety and openly [...] New Orleans Saints bounty program costs coach The New Orleans Saints' crush-for-cash bounty system already cost them head coach Sean Payton for all of next season and general manager Mickey Loomis for half of it, plus two second-round draft picks and a $500,000 fine. Saints Bounty Program: Sean Payton Texts Shockey He "Had Nothing To Do" With Snitching Recently suspended New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton offered Carolina Panthers tight end Jeremy Shockey his support that Shockey was not the "snitch" of the Saints' bounty program. New Orleans Saints sanctioned for bounty program Head coach suspended for the year, team fined $500,000 for scheme that paid players to injure their opponents NFLPA aks NFL, Saints to help union review 'bounty' program The NFL Players Association released a statement Thursday in which it urged the league and the Saints to assist in its investigation of New Orleans' "bounty" program.
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