I believe that the fact that there are other teams doing it is exactly part of the reason why this penalty was so great.
The Saints were caught, given a warning, apparently disregarded the warning, and in the mean time former players are bringing lawsuits against the leagues for long term disability and especially head trauma.
So the Saints, by bot cleaning up their act when they had a chance, are becoming the poster child for the result.
There is probably an argument to be made for the NFL to look for similar issues with other teams. And I would bet that they have. But is is much easier to send this message to one team than it would have been to attempt similar investigations to all the other teams.
And you know the next team caught will get just as bad or worse - the bar has been set.
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