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Panel overturns NFL bounty suspensions
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 09 - 09 - 2012

NEW YORK – Four players who were suspended for their connection to the New Orleans Saints' bounty scandal had their bans overturned by an arbitration panel Friday that left the door open for further discipline by the National Football League (NFL).
The players were punished by the league in May when the NFL identified them as having leadership roles in a program where players were given cash rewards for knocking opponents out of games from 2009-2011.
In its four-page ruling, the three-member panel said that under the collective bargaining agreement between the NFL and NFL Players Association, league commissioner Roger Goodell did not have the authority to suspend players for accepting money from a pool for big plays.
But the panel said Goodell has the right to suspend players who attempt to injure opposing athletes.
While the players have been reinstated in time for the NFL's season-opening weekend of game, Goodell can apply new bans if he proves there was an intent by the players to injure.
“Consistent with the panel's decision, Commissioner Goodell will, as directed, make an expedited determination of the discipline imposed for violating the league's pay-for-performance/bounty rule," NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said in a statement. “Until that determination is made, the four players are reinstated and eligible to play starting this weekend."
Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma was initially suspended for the entire 2012 NFL regular season, free agent Anthony Hargrove for eight games, Saints defensive end Will Smith for four games and Cleveland Browns linebacker Scott Fujita three games.
“Victory is mine!!!!" Vilma said on his Twitter account.
The ruling does not lift the bans given to coaches Gregg Williams, Sean Payton and Joe Vitt.
Williams, the Saints' former defensive coordinator, was suspended indefinitely by Goodell, head coach Payton for the current season and assistant Vitt for six games.
Ex-NFL owner Modell dies at 87
Former Baltimore Ravens and Cleveland Browns owner Art Modell died Thursday of natural causes. He was 87.
Modell died at John Hopkins Hospital, his son and former Ravens president David Modell said in a news release. Modell paid $4 million to buy the Cleveland Browns in 1961 and moved the franchise to Baltimore in 1996. — Agencies


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