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Evidence Confirms Bounty Program

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The evidence the NFL used in its hearings with New Orleans Saints players in the bounty probe and released today by the NFL Players Association and the league is pretty damning for the Saints, who in recent weeks have vociferously denied a bounty program existed.

You'd have to be pretty naïve - or a blindly devoted fan - to not believe a program existed after reviewing the evidence in its entirety.

It's clear from the evidence presented today - and remember the league is believed to have even more in its possession -- the Saints had a pay-for-performance and pay-for-injury program administered by coaches and conducted by players.

And, please, don't get derailed by semantics. All that matters to the NFL is the existence of a pay-for-performance and/or...

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