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Originally Posted by J. Falcon
They were offering paid bounties (cash) for whoever could hurt such and such player.
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I need not defend myself considering the amount of articles written about this very thing. I shall quote ONE and move along...
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The revelations were shocking and appalling to those outside the NFL: A team paid bounties to knock opponents out of the game, including some of football's biggest stars.
For those who suit up, however, it sounded more like the long-accepted cost of doing business in a brutal sport, a dirty little secret that everyone kept on the down low.
Atlanta Falcons star Roddy White called it a "league thing" that goes far beyond the New Orleans Saints. Shawne Merriman of the Buffalo Bills wondered what all the fuss was about, having long maintained he was targeted and sustained a career-altering injury. Former All-Pro guard Alan Faneca said he wasn't surprised at all that a sordid system had finally been exposed.
"It's a violent game we play. Whether people want to think about it or not, part of the game is to exert physical dominance over your opponent," Faneca, who retired after the 2010 season, told The Associated Press on Saturday. "If it results in a guy not finishing the game, then that's what happened in the course of playing the game."
Former NFL player Matt Bowen was the bluntest one of all.
"Bounties, cheap shots, whatever you want to call them, they are a part of this game," Bowen wrote Saturday in a column in the Chicago Tribune.
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as I said, I dont even have to be a sports fan to know bounties have existed in sports well forever, so singling out one team is somewhat silly to outsiders who know how the game works.
heres a little more to back me up
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When one of White's Twitter followers asked if he knew how much the Saints might've paid to knock him out of a game, he replied, "At least a million dollars."
Merriman, a three-time Pro Bowler, claims he was intentionally injured in 2007 while with the San Diego Chargers. in retaliation for hitting Tennessee quarterback Vince Young after a handoff. Merriman hasn't been the same dominating player since the knee injury.
"Why is this a big deal now? Bounties been going on forever," Merriman tweeted.
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http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/201....ap/index.html