Pack93z
13 years ago
Via second source it is confirmed.. Rodgers had a bounty upon him.


The initial March 2 announcement from the league identified Favre and Warner as subjects of a bounty; the internal, confidential (but inevitably leaked) NFL Security memo from that same day said that a bounty had been placed on Rodgers for the 2011 regular-season opener, with Mike Ornstein offering to contribute $5,000 to the pot in an email to Payton. (Wednesday’s announcement from the league doesn’t name Ornstein, but it quotes the email: “PS Greg Williams put me down for $5000 on Rogers  [sic].”)




Full report here.  
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Pack93z
13 years ago
Who is Mike Ornstein  you ask...



Michael Ornstein is the name to know. As first reported by CBS's Mike Freeman, Ornstein—a close friend and confidant of Sean Payton—Ornstein on at least four occasions pledged his own money to the Saints' defense's bounty fund. In 2009, $10,000 toward knocking an opposing quarterback out of the game. In 2011, two separate contributions to targeting the quarterback. And on at least one other occasion, Ornstein pledged his money in an email to Payton, which spelled out the details of the bounty program.

The NFL knows this because it has that email, a highly incriminating paper trail that makes it impossible for Payton to argue his innocence, or for the Saints to claim the bounty never left the locker room. It might be the single most damaging piece of evidence, based solely on Ornstein's history.

Once upon a time, Ornstein was an NFL executive in charge of marketing. That was until he attempted to defraud the league out of $350,000. Ornstein conspired to submit fraudulent invoices to Los Angeles based manufacturers, pocketing the money and never providing the NFL with the merchandise they were led to believe they had purchased. He pleaded guilty to mail fraud, and served four months home confinement, five years of probation, and paid the NFL $160,000 in restitution.


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Nonstopdrivel
13 years ago
Four months of home confinement? We should all be so lucky. There are worse fates than being Mr. Mom for a few months.
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Dexter_Sinister
13 years ago

Four months of home confinement? We should all be so lucky. There are worse fates than being Mr. Mom for a few months.

Originally Posted by: Nonstopdrivel 



That and the 8 mil he won't make this year.
I want to go out like my Grandpa did. Peacefully in his sleep.
Not screaming in terror like his passengers.
Nonstopdrivel
13 years ago
What? I'm confused. It was Ornstein who was sentenced to house confinement.
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Dexter_Sinister
13 years ago

What? I'm confused. It was Ornstein who was sentenced to house confinement.

Originally Posted by: Nonstopdrivel 



Then you are not confused. I am.
I want to go out like my Grandpa did. Peacefully in his sleep.
Not screaming in terror like his passengers.
Nonstopdrivel
13 years ago

Then you are not confused. I am.

Originally Posted by: Dexter_Sinister 


I was just commenting that considering the magnitude of his alleged crimes, Ornstein's punishment seemed quite light to me.

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PackerTraxx
13 years ago

Who is Mike Ornstein  you ask...


Originally Posted by: Pack93z 



Sounds like a pretty good investment:

Spend $350,000 of someone else's money
Pay $160,000 back
Keep $190,0000
Sit home for 4 months
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PackerTraxx
13 years ago
Just read, now our U.S. Senators are getting involved. They want to know if there should be a law against this. What a crock. It would take 100 times longer and tons of money(taxpayer money) more if the government gets involved. Besides, don't they have more important things to do? If they don't, they shouldn't be there.
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gbguy20
13 years ago

Just read, now our U.S. Senators are getting involved. They want to know if there should be a law against this. What a crock. It would take 100 times longer and tons of money(taxpayer money) more if the government gets involved. Besides, don't they have more important things to do? If they don't, they shouldn't be there.

Originally Posted by: PackerTraxx 



to be fair i was irritated reading that as well, until i read this:

“After consulting with Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy and Crime Subcommittee Chairman Sheldon Whitehouse, I will convene a hearing to explore the prevalence of this bounty practice and determine whether existing sports bribery laws should be expanded to include a prohibition on bounties.”

and this:

“Let’s be real basic about it here,” Senator Durbin told Howard Fendrich of the Associated Press. “If this activity were taking place off of a sporting field, away from a court, nobody would have a second thought [about whether it's wrong]. ‘You mean, someone paid you to go out and hurt someone?’

both are pretty good points as to why the government is considered getting involved
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