Saints' Jonathan Vilma suspended for 2012 season
NFL.com
Published: May 2, 2012 at 11:54 a.m. Updated: May 2, 2012 at 11:59 a.m.
Player discipline was handed down Wednesday in relation to the New Orleans Saints pay-for-performance "bounty" scandal.
Four players -- Scott Fujita, Anthony Hargrove, Will Smith, and Jonathan Vilma -- were notified today that they have been suspended without pay for conduct detrimental to the NFL as a result of their leadership roles in the New Orleans Saints' pay-for-performance/bounty program that endangered player safety over three seasons from 2009-2011.
The discipline breaks down as follows:
• Linebacker Jonathan Vilma of the Saints is suspended without pay for the 2012 NFL season, effective immediately per league policy for season-long suspensions.
• Linebacker Scott Fujita (now with the Cleveland Browns) is suspended without pay for the first three games.
• Defensive lineman Anthony Hargrove (now with the Green Bay Packers) is suspended without pay for the first eight games.
• Will Smith of the Saints is suspended without pay for the first four games.