re: So now teams get their picks "downgraded" when they are cold busted for cheating

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Saints got the ban hammer and sean's continued walking along the line seems to bite the Saints' arse a whole lot more than help (i.e. Oakland, NYG, Denver, and TB games the refs were fricking horrid against us)

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CSP, Mickey Loomis, and any player or staff member from Bountygate have been made ineffective by the league no matter their skill or ability. They are the face of one of Roger Goodell's high profile legacy triumphs or failures.

Roger Goodell being a vindictive individual will never allow Sean Payton to be successful despite Paul Tagliabue's findings.

The league has made it clear that they want CSP and all his friends to disappear.

If you stop and think about it, the Bountygate Lawsuit Concussion Contrivance is both diabolical and insidious in its inception and continuing execution, directed squarely, at the Saints organization.

And yes, you have correctly pointed out that the officiating in the Oakland, NYG, Denver, and TB games were horrid. I will take it one step further. It was purposeful. The Saints very easily should have 9 wins with 2 games left to play.