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Originally Posted by diane_phaneuf
Be interesting whether this leads to either problems from the IRS (the money here sounds like it was in the 10's of thousands for some of these guys) can't imagine it was reported
or if you get someone who's career was ended, or shortened, takes a saint player to court like Moore has done with Bertuzzi
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Was thinking the same thing re: the IRS, could be interesting to see how they respond to this.
I think it would be hard to win a case based on this, largely because any hit that was so far outside of what is to be expected in the game would be something we'd already be talking about, and I can't think of anything like that. Bertuzzi on Moore was something that crossed beyond what players implicitly consent to when they play, and I don't really remember anything like that having happened in the NFL recently, bounty or not.
Schefter referenced the one year suspensions of Hornung and Karras back in the 60's for betting on games as a possible benchmark. I expected Goodell to come down hard, but I didn't expect this. I agree with it though, going out there to be physical and play the game with an edge is fine, I don't even have an issue with side rewards for things like big hits, but when you cross into targeting guys to be injured you've gone way too far. There's no place for that in any sport.