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Bradley Handwerger / WWLTV.com Sports Reporter
Email: bhandwerger@wwltv.com | Twitter: @wwltvsports

Opinion/Analysis

Arrogance, in part, brought down the Roman Empire, one that had spread itself over miles of land and sea for years upon years.

Today, we found out that arrogance can still cut through an empire.

The Saints have fallen, knifed at the head by the ruler of an empire even bigger than the one that had been building on Airline Drive.

Commissioner Roger Goodell’s powerful message to the Saints – and the rest of the NFL – is that you don’t cross him or the league’s shield.

As you’ve likely heard over and again by now, it’s never the crime. It’s always the cover up.

And with the Saints, it was lying to Goodell, covering up knowledge of the program time and again, that sliced the franchise apart.

The pay-for-performance program was certainly bad enough.

Goodell’s biggest project during his tenure is making a violent game less so (be it because of lawsuits or any other reason) and the bounties fly in the face of player safety.

The bounties alone would have carried a stiff penalty.

Yet, by repeatedly telling NFL investigators that the program wasn’t real, that they didn’t know anything about it, Goodell was left with no other option.

Are his penalties a bit vindictive? Possibly.

But do they make a point? Absolutely – don’t foster a bounty program and don’t lie about it when confronted.

Full read.
Handwerger: Lying, arrogance brought stiffer penalties than the bounty program | wwltv.com New Orleans

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Everyone is entitled to be stupid, but some abuse the privilege.

All little common sense goes a long way.