Saints: Sean Payton suspended for 1 year.

[ManAboutTown]

It was part of the Super Bowl run...whether you want to believe it or not.

You're a complete idiot dude. To insinuate that the Saints won the Super Bowl with direct regards to a bounty system is just utter stupidity.

[cajunhawk]

You're a complete idiot dude. To insinuate that the Saints won the Super Bowl with direct regards to a bounty system is just utter stupidity.

Don't twist my words...I said it was a part of the Super Bowl run. That's all I said.

[MissingMandy]

This goes on on every team, every game. It's part of football. Payton was suspended to make the commisioner look good and I have to agree with another post ...to cover his butt and make it seem like he actually cares about players after they have left the NFL. Which they don't.

[CajunEXPRESS]

first off im not a conspiracy theorist but do you have any idea how much money the nfl would lose if a host team ever played in the superbowl? he is the biggest hypocrite on the planet. The sad thing is the more he and the media spew out this concern for safety garbage the more people believe it. It is all about the dollar and nothing else. roger goodell could care less if retired players eat from a straw and crap their pants when they turn 40, if he can protect the revenue of the league against lawsuits. he doesnt care one bit about player safety. If this happened to pittsburgh,dallas or heaven forbid the almight new york football giants. there is no way in hell the penalty is this harsh. nothing you can say will make me belive otherwise. all these former players now wanting to step up to sue, they sure didnt have a problem collecting those game checks all those years. they know the risk of playing the game. what's next, boxing where you dont punch in the head?

Don't know how much they would lose, but it could have happened in 2010, and 2011, and it could happen when it goes to New York. Now you can say what you want but they would lose nothing if the Saints were in the Super Bowl in New Orleans, it would be a marketing bonaza.

[Turbine]

Good thing he didn't film the opponents practices -to steal signals- he might have been banned for life.

No better way to hurt a player than knowing where they will be, before they know themseves.

[RaginCajun77]

Good thing he didn't film the opponents practices -to steal signals- he might have been banned for life.

No better way to hurt a player than knowing where they will be, before they know themseves.

This.

[I_Bleed_RED]

It was part of the Super Bowl run...whether you want to believe it or not.

If they didn't have the bounty, I think they still would've won it. A couple of thousand dollars is nothing for NFL players. It's not like the money provided that much extra motivation. Because the reward was pretty small. Now would we have won without GW who brought the bounty system with him. I doubt it.

[cajunhawk]

If they didn't have the bounty, I think they still would've won it. A couple of thousand dollars is nothing for NFL players. It's not like the money provided that much extra motivation. Because the reward was pretty small. Now would we have won without GW who brought the bounty system with him. I doubt it.

You may be right...but we will never know.

[Boomer]

And this just in-----the new coach for the Saints in the 2012 season is ????????????? Do they go inside or actually get a new head man???? Very interesting---I guess the staff hopes all stays INSIDE with an intra-staff promotion for the season !!!!

[Crawfish]

Louis Cook?