Source: Sean Payton to file appeal

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New Orleans Saints (http://espn.go.com/nfl/team/_/name/no/new-orleans-saints) coach Sean Payton will file an appeal of his one-year suspension Friday in which he will also ask for the commissioner's guidance on the suspension's parameters, a league source told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter.


Roger Goodell has said Payton has until Monday to appeal and, if he does, he could stay on as coach pending an expedited hearing.


A source in the league office told ESPN's Rachel Nichols that if Payton appealed, the hearing and ruling would come in "days, not weeks," and that any notion that Payton could extend his working status through the draft in late April is inaccurate.
More: http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/7755629/new-orleans-saints-sean-payton-appeal-1-year-suspension-source-says

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Payton's appeal might not be wise move

ESPN's Adam Schefter reports.

I see upside and downside to this and I think the downside is far greater.

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The appeal might be a short-sighted move because it basically erases the previous statements by Payton that he’s sorry for what happened. The appeal could send a message to Goodell that Payton is not contrite after all.

I was thinking there was a chance if Payton did not appeal and continued to appear humbled by the punishment, the commissioner might give him a break and reinstate him perhaps around the second half of the season. Loomis is suspended for the first eight games of next season and I believed there was a realistic chance Payton could end up coming back at the same time.

Now, I seriously doubt that will happen. I think the only thing the appeal guarantees is a few more days for Payton to put plans in place, and it also assures that he’ll be suspended for the entire season.

Full aarticle: http://espn.go.com/blog/nfcsouth/post/_/id/33186/paytons-appeal-might-not-be-wise