Saints in BIG trouble...

[Panther53521]

wonder if they will be handed a salary cap penalty?

[Cary Kollins]

From Peter King tweet: "Story soon to be posted on the Saints and the bounties. Some stunning details to follow."

[rodeo]

[Miguel O'Hara]

Death Penalty!

Make the saints sit out a year.

[Jangler]

Aaaahhhhhhhhh a thread in the offseason we can all agree on...to sh*t on the saints.

[Reapuh]

Pro Football Weekly ‏ @ProFootballWkly

Per @SI_PeterKing, #Saints LB Jonathan Vilma offered any def. teammate $10,000 to knock Brett Favre out of the 2009 NFC Championship Game.

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[mav1234]

Only problem is that they were motivated by illegal incentives that other teams did not receive.

which would likely incur penalties to the team overall, including loss of draft picks, suspensions, fines. overall I would not be surprised if the team was gutted by this, because this comes at a time when Goodell is pushing hard to promote safety in order to secure the NFL, long-term, when many are predicting huge legal troubles relating to player safety in the very near future.

[CatMan72]

Death Penalty!

Make the saints sit out a year.

They already sat out 40, how bad could one more be?

[Boltergeist]

Maybe they should use the bounty money to help make up the difference in the Brees contract talks.

[mav1234]

The most alarming finding by the league, according to one club source who was briefed on the investigation late Friday afternoon, was this: 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.

Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/peter_king/03/02/saints.bounties/index.html#ixzz1o06nbXZV

holy hell 50k pages

The league said there was an initial investigation, after the 2009 season, into a bounty system led by Williams that could not be corroborated. Then, Goodell said "significant and credible'' new information was forthcoming late in the 2011 season that led to the findings the league acted on Friday. Those conclusions found that Saints players were paid off-the-books incentives for some outstanding performances such as interceptions -- obviously in violation of the league's salary cap -- as well as $1,000 and $1,500 payments for injuring opposing players.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/peter_king/03/02/saints.bounties/index.html#ixzz1o073PGZ4

[God]

fuging piece of poo scumbags. Goodell's pussy ass better come down hard too.

[CPF4LIFE]

!!!!!!!!.....On there own home turf.

[rodeo]

[Cj72]

I want to know how the refs let some of this bs go on. I mean they hit favre late, drove him into the ground every other play