One could look back to one Charles Martin and his "hit list" to know this is nothing new.
I had to laugh at hearing Ditka talk about playing a clean game, yet he employed and allowed Buddy's defenses to skate along the line of playing clean.
But it doesn't make it any more correct today than of years past.
Now.. if the Saints were definitely targeting Rodgers head, any players head or knees, yes the hammer should fall very hard upon them.
But playing clean and hitting hard within the rule book of the NFL, wagers included between players, well then I am sorry I don't see that is some royal injustice.
That is part of American culture.. wagering against each other in competition.. we do it all the damn time.
Heck, teams have incentives around sacks and picks built right into the contracts. The NFL not so long ago would profit from big hits and glorify players like Cecil, Waters, Lott and Tatum. Put together entire videos of crushing hits.
Sorry.. but that has been and probably will be part of the culture going forward.. sans anyone tying it to taking another player out.
"The oranges are dry; the apples are mealy; and the papayas... I don't know what's going on with the papayas!"