AsylumGuido

No, you are wrong. The punishments were initially levied for claims that the Saints intentionally targeted opposing players for injury. That is a huge difference.

Answer me this ... was Sean Witherspoon getting paid when he delivered the following hit on Washington QB Robert Griffin III last week?



I believe he is getting paid millions of dollars to make those type of legal hits, which in some cases such as this results in a "cart-off". Do you think Coach Nolan chastised him for making that play in the defensive film study this week? Were his fellow players disgusted by the play? Chances are he was even rewarded in some way, be it a verbal "damn good hit" or maybe even an extra cookie. Either way it was surely celebrated in some form or fashion.

This is no different than what the Saints players were doing. They had an office pool that paid out small tokens for good legal plays. That's it. That's all.