The N.F.L. suspended Saints head coach Sean Payton for the 2012 season for failing to stop, and working to cover up, the three-year existence of a bounty system that included targeting four quarterbacks, two of whom the Saints beat during their championship run, Kurt Warner and Brett Favre. Payton will lose at least $6 million in salary from the Saints and could seek work elsewhere, perhaps in television. On Friday, representatives for ESPN, NBC and CBS indicated that they had no plans to hire him. But Fox Sports, which carries N.F.C. games during the season, is open to the possibility. “Our feeling about Sean is that he’s bright, articulate and obviously contemporary,†said Lou D’Ermilio, Fox’s senior vice president for communications. “Any network with N.F.L. rights would have to consider it.†The league responded in a statement: “He is suspended from the N.F.L. for the season. His involvement in any non-N.F.L. employment or business matters is not our decision.†Source: New York Times
