Wait until someone dies,then see what happens. Just sayin,it will happen,unfortunately.

No Fun League

I wish I was around in the 20's threw 70's to watch football, they did it the right way

milton - PROVE it! Your comment is naive!

Any fines or other dollars extracted from players or others should go to the injured victims - they are the ones that were assaulted. On the other hand, I kind of agree with your dad, violence seems to be the whole point of the sport, same as boxing or hockey. It surprises me that anyone would want to play when there is so much violence built-in to the sport. Yet many regard NFL players as celebrities. I actually could not even name one of them, so that's my perspective.

Wow "And you don't think there was a cash pot- team by team or league wide- to the person who would end Favre's record consecutive games starting streak? To think otherwise would be naive."
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Speaking about Naive, thats about as Naive of a statement as i have ever heard....no, there wasnt a cash pot to anyone for ending a career, that comment is a joke.

This is akin to paying a boxer to beat another man below the belt and allowing it. A true competitor wants to beat their opponent on a level field fairly, and beat them ATHLETICALLY. A guy can run faster and jump higher than you to make plays, so your only rebuttal is to injure him because you can't match his ability? This is pure cowardice. Everyone involved should have lost their jobs period.

Having little bonuses for great plays has happened for a long time but this was a bounty system set up and endorsed by the coaches to not reward great plays but to reward someone to end another players ability to earn a living. These were players that would tell you the league needed to do more about injury and how the players were not treated fair and then turn around and for a few thousand dollars, try to take one of thier own out of the game forever. You could also argue that this could have had been away around the cap as well. On top of the the NFL investigated and were lied too which is probably why the fines were so heavy. So yes they get payed to play football and make tackles and sacks and interceptions and tourchdowns however it crosses the line when they get a bonus to take a player out of the game.

I would have to think that the NFL did a thorough investigation before handing out the penalties. If it can be proven that the persons involved were guilty, then the punishment was not to harsh. I would have kicked them out of the NFL forever. Of course you'd never get away with doing that to the players because of the Player's Union. I would bet that is the reason the haven't punished players yet, because they know the appeals will be long and expensive. Football is a violent sport, but must be played within the intent and within the rules.