In the past, former Eagles and Vikings players Cris Carter admitted In an ESPN Radio interview on Tuesday that he had placed bounties upon players in the Madden 23 coins. He claimed he imposed bounties on certain players as an act of security.

"Protect me. . . . Please protect me from him. . . . Particularly in different position where I can't safeguard myself," Carter said. "I'd be telling one of their guards, 'Hey man! this guy is after me and I'm a man. Bill Romanowski.' He told me he's gonna take be out before the game, during warmups. Absolutely no problem. 'I'm gonna end your career, Carter.' No problem. I put a tiny change on his head prior to the game. Make sure I'm safe, and protect my family. That's the type of environment I grew up in."

Carter's statements are why some people, particularly those who have been in the Madden NFL 23. think the commissioner was too harsh in the punishments he handed out to players. Carter's words tell us that bounties have been happening throughout the league for some time -- there's an Wikipedia site dedicated to 1989's "Bounty Bowl" -- and the Saints might not be all that exclusive.

The Madden NFL 23 investigative team claims it found Saints players purposefully intently hurting players- "cart-offs" or "knockouts." The difference in the event that there was one, is that Carter says his bounties were about "protection or a big blast, excitement, or helping the team win, it did not aim to injure or kill the guy."

Carter's situation is also different in that he wasn't repeatedly warned about bounties, as those of the Saints were. It's one thing to break the rules. It's an entirely different matter breaking the rules repeatedly in the face of laws or in this case, Roger Goodell.

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