Lawmakers Ask NFL To Reconsider Saints Penalties
The Louisiana Legislature is asking the NFL to reconsider the penalties imposed on the New Orleans Saints because of its bounty program.
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The Louisiana Legislature is asking the NFL to reconsider the penalties imposed on the New Orleans Saints because of its bounty program.
The union claims NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell doesn't have the authority to hand out discipline for player conduct that occurred before the current collective bargaining agreement was finalized last August.
The complaint claims that conduct before the new collective bargaining agreement was signed last August is not subject to discipline by the NFL
NFL investigation shows evidence that payments were handed out and received for some hits on targeted opponents.
The National Football League handed down it's punishment to the New Orleans Saints players that were implicated in the infamous bounty-for-hits program.
Payton makes his family home in Dallas, but spent part of this week in New Orleans, playing in the Zurich Classic pro-am with PGA Tour player Ryan Palmer.
"We're in the final stages of working on discipline involving the players. We hope to do that very soon and get that behind us.''
After hearing the latest news about the Saints allegedly wiretapping the visitor's coaches offices and locker room, there is one step that needs to be taken.
New School thinks that if these allegations are true they should be severely punished - or as the guys call it..."SMU'd"!
Four former NFL players have filed the latest lawsuit claiming the league didn't properly protect players from concussions.
The Saints say the NFL team's owner Tom Benson has bought the New Orleans Hornets from the NBA.
The New Orleans Saints will have an interim coach for the 2012 season, but it is unlikely that Bill Parcells will take the position.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has rejected the appeals of coach Sean Payton and other New Orleans Saints officials stemming from the league's probe into the club's bounty system.
It's been a wild ride for the New Orleans Saints since the NFL came down hard on them for the alleged "bounty gate" activities.
The NFL says the Saints, head coach Sean Payton, assistant Joe Vitt and GM Mickey Loomis will have their appeals hearing Thursday for punishment connected to the team's bounty system.
The NFLPA has told the players involved in the case that they could face criminal charges and that the union has hired outside counsel just in case.
Through the sordid accusations, the press conferences, the claims, the counterclaims... what seemed far away in the case of Bountygate was a resolution.
Saints head coach Sean Payton -- about to serve a year suspension -- approached Bill Parcells about filling the coaching vacancy for 2012.
Most NFL coaches are not shying away from addressing the presence of a bounty system on the New Orleans Saints.
105.3 The Fan's New School morning show makes New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton an offer he can't refuse!
Sen. Durbin calls the Saints' bounties a "disturbing practice.'' He plans to ask representatives of the NFL, Major League Baseball, NBA, NHL and NCAA to testify at the hearing.
The NFL has suspended New Orleans head coach Sean Payton for the 2012 season because of the team's bounty program that targeted opposing players.
The NFL Players Association said it will conduct its own review of the New Orleans Saints and their bounty program.
We will soon have a new clubhouse leader for the most severe penalties ever handed out by the NFL and it will be Gregg Williams –– now the defensive coordinator for the St. Louis Rams –– and the New Orleans Saints.
Texas will honor former Heisman Trophy winner Ricky Williams with a statue at the football stadium that be unveiled at the Longhorns' annual spring game on April 1.
