It will never go away because only a small percentage of people know the truth and the facts behind the whole mess. And unfortunately those people are the people in the courtrooms and the people who cared to research it all and read ALL of the info. Those select few just happen to be Saints fans which just makes us look bias in our defense of the whole situation. Just yesterday an article was talking about how if Payton was held responsible for running a system that paid to injure players then certainly the Patriots should be punished to some extent. Like I said, the perception will NEVER go away...thanks Goodell.