The league says defensive coach Gregg Williams administered a bounty program to pay Saints players bonuses for inflicting injuries on opposing players. Some of the injuries were quite serious. Read more here.
Certainly football is a rough sport and players get hurt, but the game is about scoring points, not collecting scalps.
- The NFL says dozens of players were involved. Do you think it’s odd that none of them spoke up to the coach or the league?
- Do people make different decisions when they are in a group instead of alone?
- If players were purposely trying to inflict injury on other players, do you think the offending players and the coach should be charged with a crime?
- If you were one of the injured players, would you try to sue the player that caused your injury through an illegal hit?
- Football players in grade school or high school try to emulate the pros. Do professional players have a responsibility to set a good example for them or is their only responsibility to play the game and win?