Saints Mickey Loomis and Sean Payton apologize for bounties

Saints Mickey Loomis and Sean Payton apologize for bounties
Head coach Sean Payton and General Manager Mickey Loomis of the New Orleans Saints have released a statement taking full responsibility and apologizing for the "bounty system." The pair vows that it "will never happen again" in the organization.
In a joint statement released to the press:
We acknowledge that the violations disclosed by the NFL during their investigation of our club happened under our watch. We take full responsibility.
This has brought undue hardship on Mr. Benson, who had nothing to do with this activity. He has been nothing but supportive and for that we both apologize to him.
These are serious violations and we understand the negative impact it has had on our game,Jake Long Jerseys. Both of us have made it clear within our organization that this will never happen again, and make that same promise to the NFL and most importantly to all of our fans.
Mickey Loomis Sean Payton
These are the first public comments from the two after the NFL officially filed a report this past Friday that the Saints had run a bounty system offering financial rewards for injuring players.
Investigations are showing that between 22 and 27 players for the defense of the Saints maintained a bounty system targeting players and putting forth deliberate injuries. Former Saints and current Rams' defensive coordinator is said to have been a big part of the system.
Williams has actually admitted to running the system and investigations show that neither Loomis or Payton took matters to prevent it.
Owner Tom Benson is said to be "110 percent" behind Payton and Loomis according to The Associated Press.
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