Suspended Saints coach Sean Payton will file an appeal of his season-long ban Friday, according to the Associated Press.
In addition, The Saints announced they have appealed their $500,000 fine and loss of draft picks and Saints GM Mickey Loomis is appealing his eight-game ban. Assistant head coach Joe Vitt�has appealed his six-game suspension.
Suspensions for Saints officials including Payton were set to begin Sunday. The NFL found this month that players were paid non-contract bonuses for harming opponents from 2009-11, and that Payton and others lied to NFL officials investigating the program.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said at owners meetings in Florida this week that if Payton and others chose to appeal their suspensions, they would remain in their current duties until an expedited review was completed.
NFL Network reports the coach is also expected to "seek guidance on amount of time he will have to prepare his appeal, and attempt to obtain the full reports from NFL Security regarding the bounty evidence against him."
Former NFL head coach Bill Parcells has discussed with Payton the possibility of coming out of retirement to lead the Saints for a season, though Parcells says a decision is "a long way off."
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