Official NFL release on player punishment - hadn't seen this posted yet...

and most of the websites reference but don't link to it (that pulls away ad $$ I suppose).

NFL statement


From the report-
"While a significant number of players participated in the pay-for-performance program, whether by contributing funds to the pool or collecting cash rewards, the players disciplined participated at a different and more significant level, Commissioner Goodell noted.
“In assessing player discipline,” Commissioner Goodell said, “I focused on players who were in leadership positions at the Saints; contributed a particularly large sum of money toward the program; specifically contributed to a bounty on an opposing player; demonstrated a clear intent to participate in a program that potentially injured opposing players; sought rewards for doing so; and/OR obstructed the 2010 investigation.” [Emphasis mine]

I'll fix the last part for Goodell -- "and, most importantly and above all else, made me butthurt and/or made NFL lawyers nervous."

And since when was $10k a particularly large sum of money in NFL circles?