Head coach for the New Orleans Saints American football team <name>Sean Payton</name> has been suspended for the entire 2012 season and the team fined US$500,000 for operating a bounty program to injure opponents in games. <name>Gregg Williams</name>, the former defensive coach who is now with the St. Louis Rams, has been suspended indefinitely, and will have his status reviewed at the season's end.

The team will lose it's second round draft picks for the 2012 and 2013 season. General Manager <name>Mickey Loomis</name> was suspended without pay for the first eight regular-season games of the 2012 season, the National Football League (NFL) said. The assistant head coach was also suspended for six games without pay.