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The NFL suspended four players Wednesday for their roles in the New Orleans Saints’ bounty program, including linebacker Jonathan Vilma, who will miss the entire 2012 season.
Defensive lineman Will Smith was suspended for four games. Former Saints linebacker Scott Fujita, now with Cleveland, was suspended for three games. Former Saints defensive lineman Anthony Hargrove, now with Green Bay, was suspended for eight games.
All the suspensions are without pay.
The league, in a written release, cited the players for their leadership roles in the bounty program, which paid players over the past three seaons for hits that injured opponents.
The Saints had no immediate comment.
According to the league’s statement, the NFL concluded that Vilma offered his defensive teammates $10,000 to knock quarterback Brett Favre, then with the Minnesota Vikings, out of the NFC championship game in 2010 and the same amount to put Arizona quarterback Kurt Warner out of the 2009 divisional playoff game.
According to the NFL’s statement, Fujita “pledged a significant amount of money” to the bounty pool. Hargrove “actively participated” in it, told another player about Favre being targeted and then “actively obstructed the league’s 2010 investigation...by being untruthful to investigators.” (c&p Washington Post)
Ouch.
Defensive lineman Will Smith was suspended for four games. Former Saints linebacker Scott Fujita, now with Cleveland, was suspended for three games. Former Saints defensive lineman Anthony Hargrove, now with Green Bay, was suspended for eight games.
All the suspensions are without pay.
The league, in a written release, cited the players for their leadership roles in the bounty program, which paid players over the past three seaons for hits that injured opponents.
The Saints had no immediate comment.
According to the league’s statement, the NFL concluded that Vilma offered his defensive teammates $10,000 to knock quarterback Brett Favre, then with the Minnesota Vikings, out of the NFC championship game in 2010 and the same amount to put Arizona quarterback Kurt Warner out of the 2009 divisional playoff game.
According to the NFL’s statement, Fujita “pledged a significant amount of money” to the bounty pool. Hargrove “actively participated” in it, told another player about Favre being targeted and then “actively obstructed the league’s 2010 investigation...by being untruthful to investigators.” (c&p Washington Post)
Ouch.
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