Newstalk 870 KFLD: The Mid Columbia's Newstalk Leader » players http://newstalk870.am Fri, 24 May 2013 22:30:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Pee Wee Football Coach Accused of Paying Players to Injure Opponents http://newstalk870.am/pee-wee-football-coach-accused-of-paying-players-to-injure-opponents/ http://newstalk870.am/pee-wee-football-coach-accused-of-paying-players-to-injure-opponents/#comments Mon, 01 Oct 2012 16:46:40 +0000 Mike Adams http://tsminteractive.com/?p=144336 Kids wanting to be just like their athletic heroes is nothing new, but a Pop Warner football coach emulating the New Orleans Saints' "Bountygate" program, where players were paid extra to injure members of the other team? That's a twist. A very upsetting twist, if you ask the parents of the 10- and 11-year-olds who got the short end of this deal.

Reports made earlier last week allege that Darren Crawford, head coach of the Tustin Pee Wee Red Cobras, offered his players cash bonuses up to $50 for the "hit of the game," sometimes awarding even more if the opposing team's best player was hit so hard he had to leave the game.

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/pee-wee-football-coach-accused-of-paying-players-to-injure-opponents/feed/ 0 Craig Jones, Getty Images New Orleans Saints Coach Sean Payton Suspended One Year By NFL http://newstalk870.am/sean-payton-suspended/ http://newstalk870.am/sean-payton-suspended/#comments Wed, 21 Mar 2012 18:12:54 +0000 Joe Student http://tsminteractive.com/?p=81745 The NFL has suspended New Orleans Saints’ head coach Sean Payton for one year as punishment for the team’s admitted use of a bounty system from 2009 to 2011. Payton was aware of the system, which compensated players for hits inflicted on opponents.

Payton’s suspension is slated to begin April 1.

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