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Which Saint?
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Suspending any coach or player that had anything to do with this indefinitely is completely appropriate if you ask me. What this team did is the worst possible offense in sports: specifically trying to injure other players.

The NFL has enough image and injury problems without these people in it, and I wish they were disallowed from ever entering the NFL again.

I am aware that this is not just a Saint's issue, but we only have evidence that they engaged in this kind of program. Anyone caught doing the same should face an identical punishment. Banned forever.



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and on the concussion front, my guess is we'll hear of chronic brain injuries in regards to this:
http://www.tmz.com/2012/05/02/junior-sea…

RIP Junior. I always liked him as a player and he seemed like a decent guy.
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What about the officials? During the 2009 Saints/Vikings playoff game, the officials several times failed to penalize late hits and unnecessary roughness inflicted by the Saints. The bounty program is inexcusable, but I think the Saints felt like they had the green light from the officials to injure Brett Favre.
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Good, but shit, I was kind of a fan of Fujita because of his personal story.
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@3 - Yep, that ought to spread a few shockwaves on the TBI front.
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@4: Most football penalties are highly subjective, so it could just be that your personal analysis of a late hit and unnecessary roughness was not the same as the official's.

Or they honestly just did not see it. The difference is, failure to see a penalty or making a wrong call is a mistake, not the demonstrable aim of the officials.

Now if you could prove the officials did not make those calls in order to support certain players getting injured, then you would have an equivalancy.

The Saint's coaching staff purposefully sent their players out to injure other players. Huge difference.
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@3 You are absolutely correct. Book it.
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@3 That's just horrible news. Seau was a major public figure in San Diego. Hard to stay classy in the face of such a shock.

The year-long suspension for Vilma is pretty severe, but I'm still waiting on the IRS opinion of these off-the-books payments. They have a track record of taking exception to that kind of thing.
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@7 Green light was on. Deny it if you must.
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@3: Holy shit, that's crazy!
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I'm with @2 and @4.

Lifetime bans for the management, players and refs that enabled it.
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Favre? They had a hit on him? Boy, they better watch their backs in Green Bay next time they play.

Win on your own merits because otherwise it's just WWF.
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Am I the only one tickled pink that there is a football player named Will Smith? Not that I'm surprised or anything...
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Vilma loses a year's pay, but more than makes up for it as spokesmodel for a leading brand of paper towels (the quicker wiper-outer).

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