Why the Saints bounty penalties are too harsh

burningmetal · 03-28-2012, 11:06 PM

Originally Posted by saintsfan1976

"From the looks of it, the purpose of punishment for the NFL looks to be vengeance not deterrence: Anger about not changing the bounty program in 2009 after a warning, and covering up the extent and duration of the bounty programs"

I agree. And there's no precedent for Goodell's penalties.

"So what if Sean Payton thinks the punishment is too harsh or believes the NFL investigation was not as "conclusive" as the NFL says it was? The appeal goes to the Commissioner. How do you say that the punishment and investigation sucked to the guy who did the punishment and investigation?"

By the way, who holds Goodell accountable for not acting when he was first informed of the MULTIPLE bounty systems in progress around he NFL?

Was his judgement fueled by anger?

He doesn't want to open that can of worms because he's afraid of all the people who will ask "why didn't you investigate this a long time ago", and they'll cry about players suffering long term effects from taking "cheap shots"... Blah, blah, blah.

But it was ok for him to hunt down the Saints and pretend this was the only bounty of it's nature. And that, I am firmly convinced, had everything to do with an angry agenda against our team. He needed a scapegoat to champion his new "player safety" image, and the rest is history.

03-28-2012, 11:06 PM	#3
burningmetal 1000 Posts + Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 3,923 Blog Entries: 3	Originally Posted by saintsfan1976 "From the looks of it, the purpose of punishment for the NFL looks to be vengeance not deterrence: Anger about not changing the bounty program in 2009 after a warning, and covering up the extent and duration of the bounty programs" I agree. And there's no precedent for Goodell's penalties. "So what if Sean Payton thinks the punishment is too harsh or believes the NFL investigation was not as "conclusive" as the NFL says it was? The appeal goes to the Commissioner. How do you say that the punishment and investigation sucked to the guy who did the punishment and investigation?" By the way, who holds Goodell accountable for not acting when he was first informed of the MULTIPLE bounty systems in progress around he NFL? Was his judgement fueled by anger? He doesn't want to open that can of worms because he's afraid of all the people who will ask "why didn't you investigate this a long time ago", and they'll cry about players suffering long term effects from taking "cheap shots"... Blah, blah, blah. But it was ok for him to hunt down the Saints and pretend this was the only bounty of it's nature. And that, I am firmly convinced, had everything to do with an angry agenda against our team. He needed a scapegoat to champion his new "player safety" image, and the rest is history.
	If I had a nickel for every time I heard that, the NFL would fine and suspend me.

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