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Here's a copy of the Gregg Williams' declaration that you can read for yourself. Declarations and affidavits are typically written by lawyers to reduce a person's recollection/views to written form. They are often written in a self-serving way, to avoid saying things that look bad for a person, and the Gregg Williams' statement is no different.

Most of the declaration states that the Saints did NOT have an institutionalized bounty program or pay to injure program but rather a pay for performance program. This is an important point because the Bountygate appeals panel summary decision [copy of decision here] said that NFL commissioner Roger Goodell did not have jurisdictional authority to discipline players on pay for performance pools.

Interestingly, there's almost an add-on concession near the end of the Williams declaration that notes that even though there was no intent to injure as a part of his system, he acknowledges that having such a program could actually result in hurting people. This is NFL commisioner Roger Goodell's position. He believes that the player's and coach's intent behind the program doesn't matter. That rewarding clean hard hits results in injury so therefore it is a bounty.

Gee, NFL football can injure people. Alert the media.

Gregg Williams "Bountygate" Declaration Raises More Questions

"A Veteran is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to "The United States of America" for an amount of "up to and including my life."