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Jan 29, 2022 · Learn why Sean Payton was banned from the NFL for a year in 2012 over the bounty program and how he coached his son's team. Find out when he announced his departure from New Orleans Saints and what he plans to do next.
Head coach Sean Payton was suspended for the entire 2012 season—the first time since Chuck Fairbanks in 1978 that a head coach had been suspended and the first time a head coach was suspended by the league.
Mar 21, 2012 · Saints coach Sean Payton has been suspended for one year, former defensive coordinator Gregg Williams was suspended indefinitely for the bounty program the team ran from 2009-11.
Jan 25, 2022 · Payton was suspended without pay for the 2012 season for his role in a scheme to pay players who hurt opponents and knocked them out of games, a scandal that became known as Bountygate.
Mar 21, 2012 · The NFL punished the Saints and their coach Sean Payton for running a bounty program that rewarded players for injuring opponents. Payton was banned without pay for next season and fined $500,000, while the team lost draft picks and other penalties.
Mar 21, 2012 · Meting out unprecedented punishment for a crush-for-cash bounty system that targeted key opposing players, the NFL suspended New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton without pay for next season...
Jan 25, 2022 · New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton, whose 16-year tenure with the club included its only Super Bowl championship and also a one-season suspension stemming from the NFL’s bounty investigation, is leaving coaching.
