NFL’s Bountygate

Cheat!

Sony Music

True Crime, Tv & Film, Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

After New Orleans was hit by the catastrophic national disaster of hurricane Katrina, the New Orleans Saints quickly became the symbol of America’s team rising up against the odds. With new acquisitions like newbie coach Sean Payton and quarterback Drew Brees, the Saints were turning around their status as a struggling team to a 13 -3 record. By January 2009, the team was just one game away from going to the Superbowl, all they had to do was beat the Vikings. On the field though, it seemed like there was more going on than just a team playing aggressively. Vikings quarterback, Brett Favre, took multiple hits to the head, and their coach accused the Saints of 13 dangerous hits on Favre. As the Saints went on to win the Super Bowl, their conduct fell under investigation by the NFL. And the scandal the NFL uncovered went straight to the top. A Somethin’ Else & Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's a brisk day in January of 2009 and some 70,000 football fans are all packed into New
0:13.8	Orleans Super Dome to watch the Saints play the Minnesota Vikings.
0:18.2	The winner goes on to Super Bowl 44.
0:21.2	He's gonna see championship game.
0:23.5	Now it's time to play football.
0:27.2	The Saints were only one win away from going to the Super Bowl, but the Vikings were
0:31.6	no joke.
0:32.6	They have been playing well this season, especially their quarterback Brett Farve, a future
0:37.2	hall of fame at the end of his career, and today was no different.
0:41.8	Farve throws a touchdown pass in the first quarter, putting the Vikings up 14-7.
0:48.4	The air is tense within anticipation.
0:51.6	As Farve lines up at the 40-yard line and gets ready to throw, two of the Saints linemen
0:56.0	charged towards him.
0:57.8	After Farve throws the ball, one of them takes aim at his chest.
1:01.8	The other right below his knees.
1:04.1	Farve goes down.
1:05.4	The Saints are handed a 15-yard penalty.
1:15.4	There's all kinds of rules about protecting quarterbacks, like you can't hit a quarterback
1:19.8	on the kneecaps or below the knees, which these linemen just did.
1:24.1	The 38-year-old Kurt Warner last week, and they're trying to hit high and hard on the 40-year-old
1:32.5	Brett Farve here today.
1:34.3	And a few plays later, he's hit again hard.
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