The New Orleans Saints coaches would do anything to win. Including giving their defensive players extra money for hurting the opposing team's players. The story came out in 2012 after an unknown source in the Saints organization came out and told someone about the 'bounty program.' The players would get certain amounts of money for each type of injury that they inflicted on another teams players. They would offer extra money if someone knocked out the opposing team's star player for the game. During playoff time, the amount of money would be raised by two or three times the original amount. Defensive coordinator Gregg Williams started the program in 2009 and ran it until 2011. Four of the coaches have been suspended, and shortly afterwards there were some players that were suspended.
This is a great example of people being over-ambitious. The coaches wanted to do anything to win. They took the will to win way too far. Being ambitious can be a good thing, if you realize your limits. If you work hard and play fairly, then you are using ambition as it should be used. When people end up cheating to get what they want, whether it is in sports, work, or school, then they are being over ambitious and bad things can come from it.
http://www.examiner.com/article/details-of-the-new-orleans-saints-bounty-program-targets-and-amounts-paid-out
