Slow To Return: When all the Fark "regulars" who spend all day arguing with each other stop down and agree long enough to come together and call you a maroon, you're probably a maroon.

This needs to be internet-engraved on the front of the sports page. Awesome.

downstairs: But considering every reporter that's been in NFL locker rooms for decades has come out and said "this has been the system since the invention of the league"... I'm going to go with them

Huh? Where the hell did I say that the Saints were the only team to ever do this? Where did I say that we should let the other 31 teams get away with it? NOWHERE! No, I don't believe Gregg Williams invented the bounty system, nor do I believe that the Saints are the only team to pull this shiat. That doesn't make it right and it doesn't absolve the Saints. This isn't about hunting down every bounty participant in the league. This is about the Saints, at least for now. Evidence & testimony will come out down the road to implicate other teams & this situation will basically set the precedent.

Don't put words in my mouth & don't tell me what I think.

admvernclark: Just wait until the truth comes out. The NFL went on a witch hunt and messed with the wrong organization. It is an absolute shame Goodell thinks a better position on upcoming former player lawsuits is worth disgracing great men who do nothing but play hard football.

I would like to know what truth you are privy to that the rest of us have missed? Look, the Saints farked up & Saints fans seem to be the only ones who can't believe it. They DO have evidence in the form of player testimony. The thing is, you all know it's wrong to do this, but you still defend it. I don't understand that at all.

I suppose you watch sports for the handshakes and hugging at the end of the game?

I watch sports for the drama, the competition, the unpredictability, the amazing acts of athleticism, etc

someonelse: MugzyBrown: So ban every pitcher who's ever intentionally plunked a batter?

When you bean a batter are you trying to knock them out of the game?

If a pitcher doesn't realize he is risking doing just that, he is a very stupid man.

Everytime you tackle somebody in football you risk injuring them. Everytime you come in hard to 2nd base you risk injuring them.
When you try to pitch inside you risk injuring them
When you bean somebody you risk injuring them

The bounty scandal is about TRYING to injure them. Intending to injure.

Very different.

The Muthaship: If you do what those guys do inside the plexi-glass, outside the plexi-glass, your ass is going to jail.

Everyone who says anything similar to this should be shot.

Hey, if you raced cares at 200 mph outside of a race track, your ass is going to jail. If you tackle someone outside of a sporting event, you're going to jail. If you throw a 90 mph baseball within a couple feet of a person, you can go to jail. If you intentionally hit someone who is skating, you can go to jail. If you jump over someone and teabag them, even if you're trying to put a ball in a hoop, you're going to jail. If you try to stop someone from getting by you and occasionally hit their chest or arms a few times, you can go to jail.

FFS, if I hit a nice 5-iron off a bridge into traffic, I'm going to jail. If I hit a tennis serve at someone on the street, I'm going to jail.