14 Biggest NFL Scandals of All Time

4. Bountygate

Injuries are, sadly, part of the game – especially contact game like football. However, encouraging players to injure opponents is just unspotrsmanlike. That’s exactly what was going on in Saints’ camp a few years ago when head coach Sean Payton and defensive coordinator Gregg Williams were suspended for a season and more than a year respectively. Saint were also heavily fined with the loss of 2012 and 2013 second round draft picks and $500,000 in cash, and so were many of their players. Saints’ players were involved in setting up a pool in which they would be awarded certain bonuses for injuring or hitting their opponents. This wasn’t the first time that something like this had happened, however. Buddy Ryan’s bounty pool from late eighties saw his Eagles team target their then-rivals Cowboys – especially star quarterback Troy Aikman and former Eagle kicker Luis Zendejas.

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