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Originally Posted by Flames in 07
You only listen to what you want to hear on this topic. There wasn't sufficient evidence to suspend them. If Goddell says suspend them they are guilty, if Tag. says don't suspend them you think he's full of %$#%.
Of everyone on here, including those who have saints logos as avatars, you have had the most biased, blind, one sided, non negotiating viewpoint out of anyone.
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You do realize most people are utterly confused by this ruling yes? If there wasn't sufficient evidence, then how can they say it existed? They can theorize it did, but that should bother you a whole lot if there apparently wasn't enough evidence to suspend them, but they still claim the program was in existence. If the players participated, and if there was a program, then how could they not, they should be suspended. I'm mostly glad this is over quite frankly, its been an utter mess since the beginning, Although now we'll probably see more come out, like such.
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“The record includes PowerPoint slide presentations made by the Saints’ coaching staff to Saints’ players following the Saints’ victories in 2009 season playoff games against the Arizona Cardinals (with quarterback Kurt Warner) and the Minnesota Vikings (with quarterback Brett Favre). Several of these presentations are very graphic and suggest that the aim of the Saints’ defense was to injure these quarterbacks. For example, one slide set following the game against the Cardinals includes a photo of Kurt Warner lying on the ground with a caption: ‘SO WE WILL JUST DESTROY EACH QUARTERBACK LEAVING EACH TEAM WITHOUT A FIELD GENERAL! ONE DOWN TWO QB’S TO GO!’ . . . . Another slide set from after the NFC Championship game again includes photos of Kurt Warner lying on the field with a caption of ‘BOO F***ING HOO MISSION ACCOMPLISHED VS. WARNER AND FAVRE’; and the next slide includes photos of Brett Favre being helped off the field and of his bruised and bandaged ankle and leg, with a caption of ‘ONE MORE QB TO GO!!!!‘”
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Ultimately this decision was a save-face for the NFL. Now it can claim victory, and so can the players. More evidence will come out over time and it'll be up to everyone to make up their minds. Right now I don't think anyone could definitively say one way or another it really existed. Only the players and coaches know for sure (still haven't seen a Gregg Williams recant of his story), and neither group has any incentive to tell the truth, much like at this point neither does the league.