The answer to the question of what NFL bounties and Super PACs have in common, is one word, \u201cexcess.\u201d If we were to expound on it, we might use terms like too much testosterone, bullying, little regard for fairness, and the ends justify the means.<\/p>\n
Bountygate is the system in which Gregg Williams, a defensive coordinator in the National Football League, paid bribes to players if they hit opposing players with such violence that they knocked key <\/a>opponents out of the game. Williams was hired as defensive coordinator of the St. Louis Rams in February, 2012, but has never coached a down for the team. Over the three previous years he committed his greatest transgressions when he worked for the New Orleans Saints. This included the 2009 when the Saints became \u201cAmerica\u2019s Team\u201d because four years they won the Super Bowl just four years after the area experienced the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. There\u2019s a certain irony in Williams being a renegade in New Orleans. I hadn\u2019t known that putting bounties on people\u2019s heads was part of the job definition of a Saint.<\/p>\n Previously, Williams had utilized this technique with the Washington Redskins and the Buffalo Bills.<\/p>\n