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[kannon]

I thought I would share some Tebowie

[Queerasfck]

Occupy Miami Dolphins.

[UofMfan]

Originally Posted by Queerasfck

Occupy Miami Dolphins.

My son and I were discussing this earlier today. I am not surprised, we are all appalled by the latest of many baffling decisions.

[Queerasfck]

Wow, what a day. Saints head coach Sean Payton banned for one year and other punishments. I think it's too harsh. You know and I know that the Saints are not the only ones who were doing the bounty thing. They got caught and the commish wants to make them the examples.

Tebow is traded to the Jets for a fourth round pick and a sixth round pick.
This move defies logic.

[Hollylane]

First, I'm glad Tebow is going to a team other than my team

Second, I read the article about NFL bounties, and I think they should all be punished equally. If it can be proven, this is deplorable and in my opinion, more than a bit evil.

[Julien]

What a sad day to be a Saint's fan. I don't know if the suspensions are too harsh or not, but I hope that other teams will be looked at for doing the same thing the Saint's got caught doing. It taints the Super Bowl run of 2009. I am a Saint's fan and am disappointed in Sean Payton and the Saint's organization for letting the bounty system get started in the first place. I am not surprised that Greg Williams got banned from the NFL. My question is what will happen to the players and how can the Saints rebound from their suspensions when they come down. 2012 is the year that the Super Bowl will be played in the New Orleans Superdome. Can the Saints even get there? The Saints need to sign Drew Brees soon so that something good can come from this season. Geaux Saints, bummer.

[Queerasfck]

Maybe God said no to the Tebow/Jets trade??

Poor Weatherboi. There's still a chance Tebow plays for his Jags.

[UofMfan]

Maybe he just wanted to make sure they wanted it bad enough.

Tebow Lands With Jets

[girl_dee]

Originally Posted by Julien

What a sad day to be a Saint's fan. I don't know if the suspensions are too harsh or not, but I hope that other teams will be looked at for doing the same thing the Saint's got caught doing. It taints the Super Bowl run of 2009. I am a Saint's fan and am disappointed in Sean Payton and the Saint's organization for letting the bounty system get started in the first place. I am not surprised that Greg Williams got banned from the NFL. My question is what will happen to the players and how can the Saints rebound from their suspensions when they come down. 2012 is the year that the Super Bowl will be played in the New Orleans Superdome. Can the Saints even get there? The Saints need to sign Drew Brees soon so that something good can come from this season. Geaux Saints, bummer.

This whole thing is breaking my heart and i wonder if the Saints were the only team investigated.

[Queerasfck]

Originally Posted by Cajun_dee

This whole thing is breaking my heart and i wonder if the Saints were the only team investigated.

That's a really good question. I think the focus was on the Saints because someone gave the NFL offices the info. The "someone" is rumored to be ex Saint Jeremy Shockey. You may want to check out this article by Peter King of SI. It was written several weeks ago before the league handed out the punishments today.

Some interesting points here by King:

The league said there was an initial investigation, after the 2009 season, into a bounty system led by Williams that could not be corroborated. Then, Goodell said "significant and credible'' new information was forthcoming late in the 2011 season that led to the findings the league acted on Friday. Those conclusions found that Saints players were paid off-the-books incentives for some outstanding performances such as interceptions -- obviously in violation of the league's salary cap -- as well as $1,000 and $1,500 payments for injuring opposing players.


The league, led by director of investigative services Joe Hummel and chief league security officer Jeff Miller, discovered these violations:

• Players pooled their own money to fund the bounty club, and players were paid $1,500 if a foe was knocked out of the game, and $1,000 if an opponent was carted off the field.

• Between 22 and 27 players contributed to the bounty pool over a three-year period, with amounts guaranteed if a certain opposing player was knocked out of the game.

• Ex-Saints Coach Gregg Williams (now defensive coach for Rams) occasionally reached into his own pocket to contribute to the bounty pool.

[Toughy]

I wonder what Tebow has been praying about lately?