Hard Hits and Bounties in Football and Politics
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March 16 (Bloomberg) -- Even if you’re not a sports fan,chances are you have heard about the controversy surroundingGregg Williams, who recently coached the defense of the NewOrleans Saints and several other professional football teams.
Williams supposedly offered cash bounties to his playersfor knocking opposing teams’ stars out of the game.Sportswriters are appropriately outraged, but if you follow thecomment threads, you will find a lot of anonymous fans whoinsist that this is just hard-hitting football.