A source is leaking that the current and former New Orleans Saints players suspended for their involvement in the bounty/pay-for-performance scandal declined a settlement offer made to them by the league on Friday.
Mike Florio wants Goodell to name names in the Bounty Investigation. In a recent post, Florio picked at the NFL's protection of the confidential witness(es) who helped the league build a case against the Saints coaches, players, and team.
Fleur-de-Links: Sunday, June 24. Today's Saints/NFL news and notes.
Time for your Saints/NFL news and notes! Here is the Fleur-de-Links for Saturday, June 23.
Mike Florio of profootballtalk.com scored the Hargrove video 'evidence' as well as permission from the league to study it on PFT Live. Watch the video and discuss it yourselves on CSC - NOW.
On Friday's Edge of Sports radio show (SiriusXM), Dave Zirin interviewed Scott Fujita, who was speaking for the first time since the players' appeal hearing/circus on June 18. Click your way here for some of the more interesting quotes.
Friday night, Roman Harper appeared on Hill and Schlereth's #FridayNightParty, discussing Drew Brees and responding to the latest allegation in the Bountyfarce Saga, that he was paid for on-field hits called "whacks." (He denied this, BTW.)
The latest development in the Saints bounty situation rolled out yesterday, as Sean Pamphilon posted (with accompanying story) a recording of a voice mail Drew Brees left for him on the night of April 4, 2012.
Mike Silver, a Yahoo! Sports Expert, posted this lengthy column yesterday evening, pontificating on the larger implications of the bounty situation on the issue of head trauma and the future of the game of football, with the most recent developments as a flashpoint, while touting Sean Pamphilon's important role in the matter.
