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Roman Harper: I Didn't Get Paid for "Whacks"

Found June 09, 2012 on FootBasket:
PLAYERS: Roman Harper
TEAMS: New Orleans Saints
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Several New Orleans Saints players have admitted for "whacks," on other NFL players -- and getting paid for them as well.

Not Roman Harper.

He tells ESPN Radio's Hill & Schlereth:

“I did not get any money for it. I don’t understand.  A ‘whack’ is just tackle, it’s a legal tackle.  And it’s just a term we use for a certain tackle.  It’s like, you hit a guy and I guess like you hit him low, below the belt, and his upper body lands before his lower body.”

Harper then got a little agitated, saying, “I got nothing.  I got nothing.  I just play football, man.  I didn’t get anything,” Harper said.  “Where is all this coming from, anyway?  Where did all this happen?  Like, I don’t even understand.”

Interesting stuff.

H/T PFT

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