NFL suspends New Orleans Saints coaches, GM for 'bounties' on opponents

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(CNN) — In sweeping discipline that one analyst called "historic," New Orleans Saints Head Coach Sean Payton was suspended without pay for the entire 2012 season and former Saints defensive coach Gregg Williams was suspended indefinitely in a series

Sean Payton will not be coaching in the NFL this season. The league suspended the New Orleans leader for his role in a bounty program.

26, 2010, file photo, New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton, foreground, and defensive coordinator Gregg Williams, background, look on during an NFL football game at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, La. The NFL has suspended Payton for the

Commissioner Roger Goodell notified the New Orleans Saints today of the discipline that will be imposed on team management for violations of the NFL's long-standing “bounty” rule that endangered player safety over a