No Incentive to Punish the Packers
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by Cheezer
The NFL has decided to take no action against the Packers with regards to the alleged incentives issues within the clubhouse. Greg Aeillo, the NFL’s Sr VP of PR said, "The club has handled the matter with the players, and the incentive pool has been discontinued."
A couple of weeks ago, the four letter reported that certain members of the Packers secondary offered $500 to each defensive lineman to hold Adrian Peterson of the Vikings to under 100 yards in the November 11 match-up. The same offer was carried over to the Carolina Panthers game on the 18th but the stipulation was 60 yards.
The NFL rule prohibiting any sort of incentives or “bounties” states: “Clubs and players are prohibited from offering or accepting bonuses to a player for his or his team’s performance against a particular team, a particular opposing player or players or a particular group of an opposing team.”
The rule is a good one as it was created to stop the act of “head-hunting” or intentionally causing injury to an opposing player. However, I think the NFL handled this situation correctly as they are satisfied with how the Packers handled the situation. If there were performance incentives between teammates, I honestly think the intention was never to cause any harm, just improve performance.
