Our Heroes

Friday 23 March 2012 - Filed under Uncategorized

It looks like our heroes in DC are once again coming to the rescue from an abomination so heinous that we have one whole case of it happening in my lifetime.

The NFL is penalizing the Saints for running a bounty system that paid players bounties of thousands of dollars to injure players on opposing teams. The league suspended the Saints’ head coach, defensive coordinator, and general manager; it also fined the team $500,000. Other teams reportedly had bounty systems as well.

Durbin, D-Ill., said the hearing, which has not yet been scheduled, will examine whether federal sports bribery laws should be expanded to include sports bounty programs. Representatives from professional football, hockey, basketball, and baseball—as well as the National Collegiate Athletic Association—will testify, he said in a news release.

God forbid that we have private organizations go about their business without a federal crime coming out of it. We’d be just like Somalia.

2012-03-23  »  madlibertarianguy