coordinator greg williams today, in hot water after admitting he ran a bounty program, that s essentially paying his players for injuring and even knocking opponents out of the game. the nfl says payoffs were made by putting game injuries injure game ending injuries, like this kill shot on curt warren. you see him on the picture, he had to leave the game. what s what a kill shot does. also brett farve, hit during the 2010 nfc championship game, that was against the saints, just a week later, both hits came during the saints run to their only super bowl victory. so this was all happening apparently while they were on that route. look at that hit. joining me now, grug buttel, former nfl player for the new york jets, and greg, when you were playing, were there bouts? i have to sell you, there
abuse makes you wane in the third and the fourth quarter. whether the guy goes out of the game or not, that s part of the game. jenna: greg, you make interesting points and we appreciate the time. thank you very much for joining us. it s a story we re going to continue to watch and dig deeper into with rebecca lynn and joey jackson. rebecca, i bring up this article from the new york post , phil michnik had this to say, let s treat it, prosecute it for what it is, organized crime, this organization clearly and systematically committed crimes. do you think there s a case here? you know, the issue is does goodeel think it s the case, is he going to take action. because the contracts in the nfl are very specific that it is something for him to decide, and him to determine whether or not that was a breach of contract. i mean, the way i read the nfl contract, you cannot offer any more bonuses than what it in a player s contract, so it seems if williams was doing this with
yes, the game is violent, i agree with mr. buttle, but there is an extent that it is written, it is done, it is above board. any of these extra pools of money, not so much. jen jeand greg made an interesting point, joey. again, he reminded us, it s football. there s been all these efforts to make the game less dangerous, but it s football. that s true. jen diswhrean is the bottom line. it s a truf game. we were talking on friday about the concussions, the litigation that s happening right now and how the nfl is being, well, allegedly covering up information about concussions that should have been brought to the players. surely. jenna: how does that figure in with some of the recklessness that is being portrayed about the league and how that might affect it? it figures in in a major way. here s why. item not only concerned about the criminal aspects that you brought up but also civilly. why civilly? what i mean, the lawsuit, if you can establish that certain players, there s an al