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Why The New Tape of Gregg Williams Doesn’t Change a Thing
Gregg Williams talking about killing the head prior to the New Orleans Saints – San Francisco 49ers postseason game might shock those naive enough to believe that these things don’t go on in NFL locker rooms. His suggestion to pay players for causing injuries is wrong, and he is suspended for good cause, but don’t think for a second that this doesn’t go on elsewhere.
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Sean Payton & Gregg Williams Take Heavy Hits in Bountygate Aftermath
Sean Payton got a one year, without pay, suspension from the NFL. The New Orleans Saints’ GM, Mickey Loomis is suspended for 8 games. The organization, owned by Tom Benson, was fined $500,000 and lost two second round draft picks in 2012 and 2013. A severe punishment, that everyone saw coming. And we even haven’t talked about Gregg Williams, who might never coach in the league again.
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The Double Standard of the Bountygate Scandal
Gregg Williams, Sean Payton, the entire New Orleans Saints orginization to a huge blow with the news of the bounty system floating and becoming national news, arguably the biggest scandal in the NFL we’ve seen in a long time, bigger than Belichick and Spygate. It’s more than a simple case of people doing the wrong thing, but rather doing it in a culture and sport that is all about physcality and violence.