After the unprecedented beat-down given to the Saints by Commissioner Goodell and the kick 'em while their down efforts of New York media, have been looking for something good to take from the ongoing events of Bountygate...

With the anticipated penalties coming for players and a new defensive coordinator in Steve Spagnuolo, who'll be objective as he is tasked in getting the defense to a championship level, the player suspensions may have a long term positive effect on the organization....

I'm going to admit that I lit my hair on fire and lost perspective. I have no excuse for it, but hopefully, you all can relate. My personal passion is policy matters. The logic, the interrelationships, the transcendence of the issue at hand relative to all other possible issues are, to me, fascinating. Nothing is as simple as it first appears.

Now that the burnt flesh of indignation and self-righteousness has sloughed off, I have to apologize. Goodell had to do what he did....

I am so freaking tired of hearing the national and even local media (Jeff Duncan for instance) telling us not to blame Goodell, that it's all the Saints' fault, that we fans basically know nothing and we're just a bunch of dopes who like to hear ourselves talk.

Sure, the Saints are responsible for whatever action, or inaction, that took place in this scandal. Nobody in their right mind would deny that. But what these superiorly intelligent people fail to realize is that we aren't...

What has happened to the sport I love? Lets just forget the team for a moment, because without the NFL my team doesn't exist. So of course I'm a Saints homer, but that has nothing to do with how I'm feeling right now. I'm upset for my team, but it goes much deeper.

I can't help but feel as though the Nation Football League is punishing a single team, in this case the Saints, for its own transgressions that date back to its creation. Fans of opposing teams and over-the-top-league-mouthpiece...

So, I see this article posted up on B&G. That's one of the things I like about the Black & Gold, they do a lot of my legwork and bring the news to right to ya', no need to spend too much time surfing other sites. Personal thanks to WhoDat!656 for birddogging this little gem, just another reason to dislike Mike Florio. That's right, Mike Florio, WhoDat Nation knows him well.

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