Which offense is worse?

[bigdog10]

In school:

Cheating on a test, gets you a failing grade

Intentionally injuring a class mate; gets you suspended and (if you're old enough) the cops called on you.

I'd say it's not even close

[Jesse]

Thought you were talking about Peyton-less Colts or Brees-less Saints*.

[NorthTryon]

In school:

Cheating on a test, gets you a failing grade

Intentionally injuring a class mate; gets you suspended and (if you're old enough) the cops called on you.

I'd say it's not even close

So you can still go to school, hit people and not get punished?

[Kettle]

homonyms are tough stuff, huh Jesse?

[Jesse]

Yes, I was excited to also talk about Gabbert.

Anyways, Saints Bounty is obvious the greater offense. Goodell will tear the Saints a new one with his high safety priority.

[Argus Plexus]

Can't wait to see the penalties doled out.

[Kettle]

210 views and 32 votes. Are people afraid to give an anonymous answer to an opinion poll? You're already in the thread.

[R0CKnR0LLA]

honestly i never thought spygate was all that big of a deal

[carolinarolls]

iff you collect a paycheck in the nfl, player, coach, management, etc., you are getting paid to take people out.

don't get it confused. there is no such thing as a nice tackle or a friendly block.

there have always been pools, inherent or otherwise to hurt the opposition. Do we want the guy we chop block to lose his legs, ability to walk, or at the very least his career, no. But the line is drawn at paralysis or death. That is where real guilt comes in and for many, not even there.

The problem with the taints is that they are too full of themselves, too disjointed, to unorganized and way to immature (as far as spotlight goes) to keep in house pacts in house. The game will be the real loser here.

Anything you hear about some xpro on a panel (being paid by a propaganda machine)saying the problem is that they are "incentivised" to inflict pain above and beyond what is necessary for a stop or a whistle is a lie. At the very least these people are being hypocrites.

After the whistle, above the head, in the bottom of the pile, inadvertent continuation of play.... these are the things that have happened, will happen, and should happen in a game to one gain and one gain only; to inflict pain.

To win the game you have to want it more or make the other guy want it less.

Try to put your hate for the Aints aside for a moment. They are cooked. No vehement opinion anyone feeds into the biggest game of word dodgeball this site has ever seen is going to hurt or help them now. They are done.

What should be the focus is their panzy-ass way of letting this out and giving the media something to sink their teeth into. Hurting QB's is the status quo. There are plenty of rules, more than enough in fact to protect them already and those are applied to liberally.

These guys are animals. There are 50 Jack Tatums to every one Brett Favre. And Brett Favre is a competitor, all of them are. They don't need the league or the pundits or least of all us poasters looking down our noses at them for "bounties'.

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"Scary. You mean they want to hurt me and take me out of the game and willing to push it to the limit the zebras are willing to enforce to do so"?

Yep. Its football and it starts in leagues so young it's before they even let you wear full gear or take opponents to the ground.

It's not like they can stop it anyway. How can they. This will continue here in Charlotte and everywhere else. As it should.

[HeatCheck]

iff you collect a paycheck in the nfl, player, coach, management, etc., you are getting paid to take people out.

don't get it confused. there is no such thing as a nice tackle or a friendly block.

You do sign up for all of this when entering the NFL but its within the confines of the game. I have no problem with a nice block or a hard tackle, as long as it within the rules. With these bounties, there's not restriction on where or when you take a player out of the game. It can be after the whistle, it can be a cheap shot in a pile up, etc. That's where the problem lies. When people are getting paid to knock out a player, they will do whatever it takes. Not denying football isn't a physical game, but this is extra and unnecessary. You aren't getting paid to be a defenseless crash dummy.

[panthernation23]

spy gate obviously, it costs us a fugin superbowl. cheating basterds

[Ruff]

Which offense is worse?

Foxball?

[Cary Kollins]

spy gate

the hits in the game have not changed the game. bounties and bounty pools are not new. football is a contact sport. all they have done wrong is get caught.

I hope they get crucified for it because A) I hate them and B) this will be bad for the league overall (just watch)

this.

[carolinarolls]

"extra" cannot be defined

the only thing making the NO players look like they are doing anything "extra" is that there are rumors of "bounties" everywhere in the media

I am not defending them or anyone else.

This is how the game is played. You get paid to eliminate your man in any way possible. It is up to the referees to assess and penalize late hits, cheap shots, horse collar, etc.

Every team has bounties inherent or otherwise. This is news because NO is stupid which conversely is not news around here.

This is your job as an NFL player. To inflict as much pain as possible. To eliminate your counterpart. To be as aggressive and as intimidating and as menacing as you can be.

bounties do not change your effort to play with any more bad intentions than you should be playing with in the first place. A bonus pool among teammates is not and never has been an attempt to make players hurt the other player. They already want to hurt the other player. The bonus or bounty as has been thrown around is there to keep that intensity up as the game goes on and said player is still standing.

You are supposed to put them out.

You people remind me of the same nitwits who think there is such a thing as fighting in a "fair and polite" war. Just like if you try to do that, you hurt yourself much more when you let up and don't go all out.

This type of system is a staple in special teams everywhere. Take the guy out. Make him drop the ball or pay for not doing so. The whole team is trying to block and protect for one guy, if you get a shot, you better make it ******* count.

what is wrong with that?