A FEW BRIEF NOTES ON THE NEW ORLEANS SAINTS’ BOUNTY FIASCO

By Ryan Meehan
 
Early Friday reports began to circle around the sports media world regarding the New Orleans Saints and whether or not former defensive coordinator Gregg Williams had offered cash incentives to certain players in attempt to knock the opposition’s quarterback out of certain games. 
 
I’m not going to sit here and argue how frequently this is going on, I’m sure it similar to the amphetamine era of baseball where everybody knew it was a little bit weird but it was commonplace to turn a blind eye.  Instead, I’m just going to offer a few talking points here and then hopefully we won’t have to discuss this at great lengths from this point forward.  Here are a few things I’ve identified as talking points since this story broke.  Continue reading