By Michael Collins
A National Football League (NFL) investigation just found that the New Orleans Saints defensive coordinator, Gregg Williams, and defensive players developed a scheme of cash rewards for game ending hits on key opposing players. A defensive hit that led to a targeted player being carted off the field was worth $1500. A game ending injury for an opponent, called a kill shot was also worth $1500. The cash rewards were increased substantially for playoff games. (Sports Illustrated video)
The targets were the likes of hall of fame quarterbacks Bret Favre and Kurt Warner. Williams was closely involved with the reward system using money from Saints defensive players. The Washington Post reported that tough-talking Williams ran a similar bounty system when he coached under Joe Gibbs at the Washington Redskins (Gibbs denies knowing about this). There was no mention of the Washington team in the NFL announcement. Read the rest of this entry »
