Home Team True Story: Why Sean Payton Was Suspended For 1 Year
Warning: Contains SPOILERS for Home Team
Netflix's Home Team carries a wholesome message — however, the true story of Sean Payton's NFL suspension looms in the background throughout the film. Home Team, which was produced by Adam Sandler and features a cast of his usual co-stars, is able to distract from this dark period of Payton's career with some good laughs and a feel-good, true story. However, by focusing on the humor, Home Team doesn't delve too much into why Sean Payton was suspended from the NFL in the first place.
Netflix's Home Team is based on a true story about the Warriors, a junior-high football team that ranks the lowest in their division. Their savior comes from the place they least expected — NFL coach Sean Payton (Kevin James). After Payton received a year-long suspension from coaching the New Orleans Saints, he returns to his Texan hometown to see his son, Connor (Tait Blum), whose childhood he's mostly missed due to his career. In a last-ditch effort to bond with his son and keep the Warriors from finishing dead last, Sean signs on to coach this band of misfits straight to the championship.
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The real-life football story, however, was not quite as heartwarming. The scandal, which is commonly referred to as "Bountygate," revolved around an organized system that paid out bounties to players who managed to hit or injure opposing players. Beginning with their Super Bowl-winning season in 2009, New Orleans Saints' staff and players pooled their money to pay bounties against opposing players like Brett Favre, Aaron Rodgers, and Cam Newton. An anonymous whistleblower stepped forward in 2011 to bring the illegal bounty system to the
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