Former player says Belichick paid him to start fights in practice

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Originally Posted by listopencil

I would think it's still against the rules, who knows? Cool story though.

The league slapped Vermeil on the knuckles and sent him on his way when he rewarded Morten Andersen with a bottle of wine after he made a kicked the winning FG in a 2003 game (can't remember which one). No action was taken, though. This seems to be the same sort of thing.