New Orleans Saints

TIME IDEAS

March 6, 2012

by Doug Glanville

Why would a player making millions succumb to a bounty scheme that earns him peanuts?

He just wants to be a part of the team. We know how peer pressure can poison a high-schoolers social life. Rash decisions, keeping up with the Jones, being cool for that crush. But it doesn’t stop in high school and, as a recent scandal with the New Orleans Saints shows, it also permeates professional sports.