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Sean Payton and The Saints: Appealing and making a huge miscalculation

Found April 04, 2012 on Race Review Online: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Sean Payton,  Gregg Williams,  Roger Goodell
TEAMS: New Orleans Saints
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The New Orleans Saints are quickly becoming the bad boys of the NFL. Just recently, Sean Payton indicated how sorry he was for the bounty program that Gregg Williams ran as the Saints defensive coordinator. But Payton has eschewed his position and is filing an appeal of his suspension of one year that was handed out by Commissioner Roger Goodell. Why file an appeal if you’ve already said that you’re sorry? Because it buys Payton time to set up the season he wants to control in absentia. Where is the contrition? Where is the remorse? The filing indicates where Payton’s heart is and it reveals his true character and it’s not a pretty sight to behold. Payton was the leader of the pack and he could have stopped the bounty program in its tracks when he found out about it. But he didn’t and in that moment of history when he failed to do the right thing he revealed what was more important to him: victory at any cost. That is the wrong message to send to millions of fans who rely on the NF...
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