Why NFL's bounty decision deserves a flag N.F.L. Delivers Harsh Punishment to Saints Over Bounty Program NFL Punishes For 'Bounty' coach Payton suspended one year in scandal Saints' for season by Reacting punishment head Sean without pay 2012 hammers over bounties; banned New Orleans entire 'Bountygate' suspends bounties

Highlights of the NFL report on Bountygate 1. The Saints defensive team operated a pay-for-performance/bounty program, primarily funded by players, during the 2009, 2010, and 2011 seasons. Under that program, players regularly made cash "donations" to a pool, and were "fined" for mental errors, loafing, penalties, and the like. At least one assistant coach (defensive coordinator Gregg Williams) also occasionally contributed to the pool ... Read the report: The NFL findings in the bounty case The findings in the NFL's investigation of the New Orleans Saints bounty program, corroborated by multiple independent sources, conclusively established the following: NFL comes down hard on Saints, Williams The punishment for the Saints' "bounty" program includes a one-year suspension without pay for head coach Sean Payton, the NFL announced Wednesday. Saints apologize for bounty program The Saints have issued a statement in response to the punishments handed down to them from the NFL on Wednesday afternoon. NFL Bans Saints' Coach Payton for Year Over Bounty Program The National Football League suspended Super Bowl-winning coach Sean Payton for one year, taking unprecedented action after finding the New Orleans Saints ran a bounty program that paid players for injuring opponents. PFT: Teams must certify that no bounties exist In addition to imposing severe punishment against multiple individuals involved in the Saints' bounty program, Commissioner Roger Goodell has required all teams to certify that they currently maintain no similar systems. Saints Coach Payton Banned for Season Over Bounty Plan for Hits National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell moved to protect the U.S.'s most popular sport with an unprecedented suspension of Super Bowl- winning coach Sean Payton for a bounty program that paid players on the New Orleans Saints for injuring opponents. N.F.L. Delivers Harsh Punishment to Saints Over Bounty Program New Orleans Saints Coach Sean Payton was suspended for his role in the team's bounty program, which promised money to players if they knocked opponents out of games. NFL hits Saints with severe sanctions for bounty program Coach Sean Payton is suspended for a year and Gregg Williams, architect of program in which players were paid to knock opponents out of games, is suspended indefinitely. A $500,000 fine to Saints is among other penalties. For three years, the New Orleans Saints secretly doled out cash rewards to players for hits on opponents — $1,500 for knocking someone out of the game, $1,000 for getting a ... Five steps for Saints' Benson to take Deep craters mark the Saints' organization following Wednesday's announcement of the discipline that key coaching staff and front-office members face following the NFL's investigation into their bounty program.
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