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NO newspaper expects hammer from commish

ladypanther

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http://www.nola.com/saints/index.ssf/2012/03/in_bounty_scandal_new_orleans.html

Even admits that the Saints are not the darlings of the league. Have made quite a few enemies in high places before this.

Another club might be spared the wrath of Goodell's rod. The Saints, though, should not count on such leniency. Their pattern of behavior has made them few allies over the years in the NFL office.

They've openly mocked the league's media policy since Payton took control, including intentionally being more than an hour late to Media Day at Super Bowl XLIV. A 2010 lawsuit by the Saints' former director of security, Geoff Santini, accused Loomis of trying to cover up the theft of the prescription painkiller Vicodin by members of the football staff. The front office also ignored league directives to disassociate themselves with convicted felon Mike Ornstein, who - surprise, surprise - was also implicated in the bounty scandal.

Everybody loves a winner. Everybody, likewise, hates a sinner. And in the NFL there are few greater sins than playing dirty on the field and defying the commissioner off of it.

In this case, not even the Saints can expect salvation.

Their punishment will be harsh. It will be extensive. And it will be just.

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Also, from another article there:

The league spells out its ban on bounties to clubs each year in a memo from the commissioner that cites sections 9.1©(8), and 9.3(F) and (G) of the Constitution and By-Laws:

"No bonus or award may directly or indirectly be offered, promised, announced, or paid to a player for his or his team's performance against a particular team or opposing player or a particular group thereof. No bonuses or awards may be offered or paid for on field misconduct (for example, personal fouls to or injuries inflicted on opposing players)," the rule reads.

http://www.nola.com/saints/index.ssf/2012/03/for_new_orleans_saints_bounty.html

First time I have read anything from the NO paper. I like it. :)

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It seems as if the media are waiting for whatever Goodell does so they can then say the Saints got away with ish if the punishment doesn't meet their expectation.

It's like Biography. Soon as the story broke everybody knew and hated the Saints but they were untouchable. Now there is nothing to stop them.

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