NFL Hall of Famer Brett Favre was the target of the New Orleans Saints' bounty program, 15 years after he opened up about the experience in an X Friday post.
In 2009, the Saints offered cash bonuses to players for injuring certain players. Favre, then Minnesota Vikings quarterback, was on that list.
The Vikings were considered the NFC's biggest obstacle to the Saints reaching the Super Bowl that year.
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Brett Favre was helped off the field after being injured. (Jerry Holt/Star Tribune via Getty Images)
The Saints defeated Favre and the Vikings in a thriller 31-28 in overtime in that year's NFC Championship Game. Favre was never injured, but he took a number of hard hits that culminated in a costly interception in overtime.
Favre said he had "no ill will" towards the Saints scandal and wished him better results in the game.
"I play the game with the mindset of being ready for anything: big hits, injuries, guys trying to knock me over the head. I never make excuses for when I don't succeed and play the game within the rule set. In fact. , losing only makes me want to work harder and motivates me to win next time,” Favre wrote.
"I have no ill will toward those involved in Bountygate. After our loss to the Saints, I was rooting for Drew Brees and Sean Payton to win the Super Bowl. Looking back 15 years later, my opinion hasn't changed if I can look back on some of those games and do my part and maybe we'll be the ones celebrating a championship win in 2010."
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Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre walks to the sideline after a pass was intercepted by Chicago Bears' Julius Peppers at TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis on December 20, 2010. (Reuters/Eric Miller)
The Saints defeated the Indianapolis Colts to win the Super Bowl that year.
But after the scandal was exposed, the Saints were slapped with the harshest sanctions in NFL history. Former head coach Sean Payton was suspended for one year.
Defensive coordinator Greg Williams, considered the brains of the program, was suspended indefinitely but was later reinstated. Former general manager Mickey Loomis was suspended for the first eight games of the 2012 season, and assistant head coach Joe Witt was suspended for the first six games of the year.
Former Saints players Scott Fujita, Anthony Hargrove, Will Smith and Jonathan Vilma were all suspended.
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New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton watched from the sidelines. (AP Photo/Bill Feig)
The Saints also must pay a $500,000 fine and lose their second-round picks in the 2012 and 2013 drafts
The league's investigation found that the team's bounty scheme involved as many as 27 players and at least one assistant coach. Players even contribute to the cash pool.
Players will receive a $1,500 "knockout" bonus when the targeted player cannot return to the game and a $1,000 "cart out" bonus when a player must be removed from the court.
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