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08-07-2012, 08:36 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Monroe, La
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Questioning Roger Goodell, Saints
Full Story –ESPN.Com
At first glance, the New Orleans Saints' defiance in the face of the bounty scandal punishments looked like arrogance heaped atop amoral behavior. And that enormous poster of Sean Payton's squinting mug that the Saints team labors under during training camp at their practice facility, the one with the words "Do Your Job" under Payton's hard-eyed visage -- well, that seems a bit much, too. Same goes for the team's decision to leave an empty seat on the team bus and plane all season for their living, breathing but now-suspended head coach.
When the bounty scandal broke, many folks bought the NFL's early narrative that the league had abundant proof of what went down -- especially after the release of the sickening Gregg Williams audio, and the Saints defensive coordinator's subsequent apology. Commissioner Roger Goodell had to clean up the league, given the grave news about concussions, right? Weren't the Saints' yelps of protest just more overheated, self-involved behavior of a team that has no perspective -- players condoning a system that encouraged "cart off" hits or going after the heads and knees of other players, players fighting a commissioner who seems intent on protecting them better than they're protecting themselves? Goodell couldn't have asked for better footing if he wrote the script himself.
By Johnette Howard / ESPN
Full Story –ESPN.Com
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