It may not hurt the NFL but if enough people do it it will send the message. And yes, the Saints should take any and every legal action they are allowed to take by law...and I"m not even sure they can, but if they can they sure as hell better.

I was wondering about Gruden, can we bring someone in for a year?

Coaches money has nothing to do with cap money.

This is the most blatantly biased **** I've ever seen. Goodell sent a letter out to other teams warning them not to do this again? WTH?!?!?!? Where is their 3 year investigation into other teams? We get our coach taken away for the entire season and everyone else is free and clear?

Even after he said he was already investigating them...

To be honest, I thought we were going to get "Ricky Williams'd" on this (I.e. lose our entire draft). In my mind, the worst thing that can happen is losing players and draft picks. We end up losing two second-round picks, which sucks, but I can live with it.

Losing our coach and GM would hurt if it was permanent, but it's one year. They say a good coach can help a team win one, maybe two games based on play-calling and clock management. The players on the field are the ones who have the biggest impact, and last I checked we still have the baddest offense ever to roam the NFL. We have other guys who can call plays as evidenced when Payton got hurt last season.

This is obviously a harsh penalty, but suspending our coach and GM isn't as bad as taking away our entire draft IMO. That would have made me freak out. Losing the future backbone of the franchise hurts worse than having your coach suspended for a year. The players make the plays.

Two good things come from this:

1. We will have the biggest chip on our shoulder in franchise history.
2. All bandwagon fans are gone. If you were borderline, you're rooting for the Cowboys or Packers about now. Now we will see who the real Who Dats are...

I like this! My seat just got a lot less crowded... :bng:

Sean Payton should coach via radio. Carmichael should have an invisible chip in his ear.

DREW BETTER GET HIS ARSE ON BOARD...he needs to get that long term deal done NOW!!!!!!!!!!

When this broke at work, I felt like someone had just come up out of nowhere and punched me in the face. This hurts.

I am a straight up pessimist and envision the worst possible scenario, but in my worst nightmares I never ever could've come up with this. It's outlandishly ridiculous we go down like this to serve as an example to others.

Vilma must be biting his nails right now.

No matter what, WHO DAT? I stand by my team always, now more than ever.