Florio: league source predicted that the Saints and Panthers will be sanctioned for draft violation

[panthers55]

19 minutes ago, electro's horse said:

they aint got poo on the panthers

It will come down to what the agent says when they ask. If he says there was an agreement in place it will be harder to refute . It is also possible the agent said there was a deal in place to Payton for leverage and there wasn't. 

[cookinbrak]

All they gotta say is "Yeah, we told him that if he didn't get drafted, we'd like to bring him in. Never talked numbers." The bigger deal would be how the Saints found out about it. If anything, his agent was playing a game that insures his client won't get picked up by anybody.

[lightsout]

I hope this carries into the rivalry. Coach hatred always fires guys up.
 

[Mr. Scot]

41 minutes ago, TheSpecialJuan said:

 

“We didn’t have a deal in place with the player,” Panthers spokesman Steve Drummond told PFT via text message. “We had conversations like every other team.”

Bullsh-t, but okay.

[MHS831]

The league has to know better that to trust Lord Bountygate's word. His bitterness is palpable.  Suspended for bounties, getting cheated by bad calls in playoffs, Coronavirus---I guess he hit his breaking point. 

 

 

[Ja Rhule]

Apparently what Payton did is ok but what Panthers did is not.  Not allowed to provide assurance to undrafted players while draft still going on.

[Mr. Scot]

To be clear, I don't doubt that we're guilty, but so is everybody else. I just don't care.

 

[SOJA]

fug payton 

[pantherclaw]

Like I said in the first thread...

The stupidity the Sean Payton showed is absolutely absurd.  

Now more stupidity is seemingly from the stupidity. 

 

[Happy Panther]

Seems like we barely broke the rule. Slap on the wrist I would hope.

[TheSpecialJuan]

3 hours ago, DFive said:

Both. COVID-19 should’ve finished off Payton when it had the chance. 

completely agree. 

[1of10Charnatives]

4 hours ago, Mr. Scot said:

I'm pretty sure most of us know or have met that one guy who's generally just a dick to everybody for no reason, even to his friends.

It's not hard to observe Payton having that kind of persona.

FIFY

[PantherOnTheProwl1523]

Typical Aints fan comment.

"Carolina clearly violated the rule. They had an agreement with Stevens. We apparently made an offer, which turns into an agreement if accepted. Gray area.

And did we couch it speculatively? Perhaps the communication was: 'Please don't immediately sign with Carolina after the draft. We should be in a position to guarantee you twice as much money after the draft. I'll give you a call then.' Is that a violation?

Does the NFL rulebook define "agreement"? Otherwise, it's pretty ambiguous."

[Basbear]

Theres no proof a deal was agreed, Payton side is assumption. All teams starting in the 5th round make calls to players and lose talk is made. If the panthers are guilty so are the saints and the other 30 teams.