commentary...

even though,former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagiabue vacated the suspensions of the four players involved in the Saints' "bounty" scandal,he did affirm NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell's factual findings that Will Smith,Jonathan Vilma,and Anthony Hargrove did have conduct detrimental to the NFL... in the case of free agent Anthony Hargrove,he was pressured by the Saints' organization to lie to the NFL investigators,about the existence of the Saints' "bounty" scandal,and in the case of Smith,he took part in the "bounty" program,and in the case of Vilma,he found in the evidence that he did offer a $10,000 bounty to any player to put then-Vikings' quarterback Brett Favre out of the 2009 NFC Championship game,although it is sharply disputed,but the evidence(through testimony of suspended Saints',and St. Louis Rams' defensive coordinator Gregg Williams)that in the same defensive team meeting that,allegedly,Vilma offered the $10,000 "bounty",on Favre,Williams himself offered his own $5,000 "bounty",on Favre... Tagiabue basically shifted the blame to the Saints' organization,for the "bounty" scandal,from the players... folks,the Saints' "bounty" scandal is the blackest eye,for the NFL,and Smith,Hargrove,and Vilma should be ashamed,for their conduct detrimental,and they were not innocent of what NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said they did,they only got a slap on the wrist,ultimately... my opinion:that is really stinks,period...