re: Did Tom Benson sign off on Roger's NFL extension?

I had a customer of mine a couple years back that played in the NFL during the bounty gate time. I would compare him to a Kelemete type player. He played 4-5 years but was never a full time starter, never played for the Saints. During 2012 season he made the final cut after preseason, but a week or 2 in he was cut and picked up by another team. Needless to say he had 2 teams worth of thoughts from players and coaches of the bounty gate stuff.

He said it was well known throughout the league of most players and coaches of being total crap. He also told me that both teams the coaches stressed the players to keep their mouths shut about it in the public during that time. Obviously the penalties were brutal and teams didn't wanna be in the middle of it due to a player opening their mouths about it. He was friends with a Saint player who was picked up in 2013 after all that but didn't last long on the roster. He said the player, no name guy and can't remember, said you could tell by talking to the guys how upset everyone was at the league, and he felt strongly also the Saints got that kind of punishment and reputation, even though the dude was cut not long after.