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Originally I had thought Vilma and co. should have taken their punishment and then I had learned later that there was flimsy evidence to suspend them but now having read this article http://www.saintswin.com/2012/10/the-many-lies-of-bountygate.html it sounds like there was no real evidence of any bounty at all. Just Gregg Williams telling them to hurt some guys (which is in poor taste but is it illegal with no bounty?). Should have paid more attention to that from the get go after Roger dodger screwed us on cameraplacementgate. But damn, sounds like Payton got big time ****ed over. Why aren't coaches able to appeal punishments? Maybe that's why he's not in the coaches' union.
Oh and on the flipside here's proof of an actual bounty program.
Oh and on the flipside here's proof of an actual bounty program.
Coincidence that the Ravens never get punished and have heavy influence on the rules?Ravens Terrell Suggs said that the Baltimore Ravens had a "bounty" on Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward and running back Rashard Mendenhall. During the "2 Live Stews" syndicated radio show on Oct. 17, 2008, when he was asked, "Did you all put a bounty out on that young man [Mendenhall]," Suggs replied, "Definitely. The bounty was out on him and the bounty was out on [Ward] -- we just didn't get him between the whistles."
During the interview, Suggs called Ward "a dirty player" and "a cheap-shot artist, saying "we got something in store for him." Ward, who appeared on "PTI" a few days later, said the bounty talk was "a big honor." Continued Ward, "I am really not going to comment, but all I have to say to Mr. Suggs is there's a policy in the NFL [against bounties] he should read."