WWLTV Opinion piece: The time has come for NFL to show its hand

I firmly believe that the NFL has overexagerated these charges and led the press and the public to believe that the Saints are far guiltier than anything their actual evidence can show. The part I am having a hard time understanding is why would the NFL do this? How does this help them out on the player lawsuits to trump up that any of their teams have had a three year "bounty" program? If the NFL wants to use the Saints as a scapegoat, than just come right out and say that "there has been an accusation that the Saints had a bounty on Brett Favre, in the championship game. In our investigation, it has been determined through admissions of Gregg Williams and Joe Vitt that there was a pay for performance system taking place with the Saints and an admission that they lied about it during the NFL's earlier investigation". Then come down with penalties that are actually appropriate to what took place. The NFL shows that they take these allegations seriously, and the players (past and present) and the public believes that the NFL can be trusted to act responsibly when it comes to player safety. When all this is said and done, the Saints will suffer greatly by losing their head coach, our franchise will be forever tarnished, a greater portion of the public will come to realize that Goodell and his cronies have very little integrity, and there will be less trust from the players towards the league. I just don't understand what Goodell's master plan is in all of this.