Volume 5, Edition 4 | 2011-12 Academic School Year SUBSCRIPTION: 28 of 38 | The Daughtry Times Identification No. 194 NFL Concerns Affect Decisions About Bounty Penalty Friday, March 23, 2012| Freelance Writer Brian Lazare and ABC News Scientific studies show head trauma can leave long-term damage. Hundreds of former players are suing the NFL in federal court, saying they weren't protected properly from injury. Congress is paying close attention. Part of the reason the were punished so severely for their bounty system could be, as Commissioner indicated when explaining his decision, that nothing is as critical for the league right now as the safety of players and real concern about concussions. In the current climate, those issues seem to permeate every decision made at NFL headquarters.

Goodell's stern punishment of those involved in the Saints' bounty system sent a message to everyone in the NFL: Do not encourage deliberately injuring players. Goodell also was harsh because of attempts to cover up the bounties. He suspended Saints head coach for all of next season, and indefinitely banned their former defensive coordinator, , who was recently hired by the St. Louis Rams. Saints Mickey Loomis was barred for half of 2012, an assistant coach got a six-game ban, and the team also was docked two second-round draft picks and $500,000. When the NFL first made its investigation of the Saints public on March 2, droves of former players talked about how off-the-books incentives have been offered in NFL locker rooms for years and years — not on the scale of what happened in New Orleans, but illegal nonetheless. Goodell still needs to decide what to do about the two dozen or so players involved in the scheme in New Orleans from 2009-11, when Williams handed out envelopes stuffed with cash to reward particularly vicious hits on specific opponents. Targeted players included quarterbacks Aaron Rodgers, Cam Newton, Brett Favre and Kurt Warner; "knockouts" were worth $1,500 and "cart-offs" $1,000; payments doubled or tripled during the playoffs. According to the league, Saints defensive captain offered $10,000 to any player who knocked then-Vikings QB Favre out of the 2010 NFC championship game.

1. In appropriate paragraph form, did the infamous Saints’ Bounty Program offer legitimate monetary performance-based incentives or was it a malicious distasteful tactic deserving of the extensive disciplinary measures employed? Explain your reasoning and provide specific artifacts and evidence limited solely to passage above to support your response. Create and a Venn Diagram to effectively explore relationships and patterns and to make arguments about relationships between sets. (LA.910.3.2.2; LA.910.1.6.2; MA.912.D.7.2; MA.912.A.10.1)

2. Each team may have 53 players on their active roster, 45 of which may dress for each game and there are 32 teams. What is the theoretical probability of a player on the roster actually dressing for a game? Eleven players per team are permitted simultaneously on the gridiron. What is the probability that one will start? Are the two events dependent or independent? Are each of your responses reasonable? Thoroughly explain your reasoning. (MA.912.A.1.4; MA.912.A.2.13; MA.912.A.10.1; MA.912.A.1.1)

3. An internal investigation revealed approximately 25 members of the New Orleans Saints were actively engaged in the Bounty Program where players were financially rewarded for big defensive plays, including knocking opponents out of games. What is the theoretical probability of a Saints’ player being involved in the infamous Bounty Program? Define the complement of the event. Identify the percent of change amongst the following factual statements: a) “knock-outs” to “cart-offs” and b) regular season “knock-outs” and a ‘knock-out” to then-QB Favre out of the 2010 NFC championship game. (MA.912.A.1.4; MA.912.A.2.13; MA.912.A.10.1; MA.912.A.1.1)

4. During a routine practice drill, was positioned 60 ft to the east while was 180 ft to the southeast. Meanwhile, 300 ft to the north, was 180 ft to the west and Carl Nicks was 60 ft to the northwest. The angle formed between the paths of Colston and Henderson is congruent to the angle formed by the paths of Bushrod and Nicks. If Colston and Henderson are now 156 ft apart, how far apart are Bushrod and Nicks? Illustrate the diagram. Thoroughly explain your reasoning via the applicable Congruence Postulate or Theorem. (MA.912.G.1.2; MA.912.G.2.3; MA.912.G.4.1; MA.912.G.4.3; MA.912.G.4.4; MA.912.G.4.6; MA.912.8.2; MA.912.G.8.6)

5. Using contextual clues only, define the following italicized words: drones, indefinitely, permeate, and bounty as obtained from the passage above. Additionally, use each word in a complete sentence to demonstrate further comprehension. (LA.910.1.6.3; LA.910.1.6.1)

6. SARASOTA MILITARY ACADEMY WORD-OF-THE-WEEK Create a concluding paragraph aligned with the passage above using the following italicized word: kudos (n.) Praise for an achievement. (LA.910.1.6.1; LA.910.1.6.5)

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