New Orleans Saints Will Appeal Bounty Penalties

The NFL is looking to hold hearings this week on appeals filed in the investigation of the Saints' bounty system according to a league spokeman.

Sources could not provide the particular days or times that hearings will be held, because the league leaves announcements of such particulars to those who are filing the appeals.

Head coach Sean Payton is appealing his season-long suspension, according to an inside source familiar with the situation plans.

General manager Mickey Loomis is appealing his eight-game suspension, assistant head coach Joe Vitt is appealing his six-game suspension, and the club is appealing its $500,000 fine and loss of second-round draft picks in 2012 and 2013.

The appeals will be heard by Commissioner Roger Goodell in New York.