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Found December 28, 2012 on The Victory Formation: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Roger Goodell
TEAMS: New Orleans Saints,  New England Patriots
Just last summer, everyone in the NFL world was marveling at the sweeping power being shown by Commissioner Roger Goodell and the NFL offices, when they effectively castrated the 2012 New Orleans Saints over the so-called Bountygate scandal. Before that, it was the fines and loss of draft picks stripped from the New England Patriots [...]
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