STUNNER: NFL suspends Payton for 1 year beginning April 1; fines Saints $500K
 

http://www.bestofneworleans.com/imag...on_AJSISCO.jpg New Orleans was braced for the NFL to lay down major penalties in the Saints bounty case ? but no one saw this coming:


<blockquote>Saints head coach Sean Payton was suspended without pay for the entire 2012 season. General manager Mickey Loomis is also suspended without pay for the first eight regular-season games of the 2012 season. The NFL claims Payton and Loomis had knowledge of the bounties but failed to take steps to stop them.? [ Read more ]

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