NEW : After the suspensions ' end , the commissioner will `` review '' the cases . " The NFL has been under fire for its handling of domestic violence issues since former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice was suspended indefinitely by Commissioner Roger Goodell in August after video surfaced showing him knocking Payton 's suspension starts April 16 , the GM 's starts late this summer . They had appealed the suspensions handed out last month . The National Football League announced Monday it will not overturn the penalty it previously imposed against the New Orleans Saints and members of its coaching staff for the team 's bounty program . The NFL says Saints players were offered extra money to hurt opposing players .
NEW : After the suspensions ' end , the commissioner will `` review '' the cases . " The NFL has been under fire for its handling of domestic violence issues since former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice was suspended indefinitely by Commissioner Roger Goodell in August after video surfaced showing him knocking Payton 's suspension starts April 16 , the GM 's starts late this summer . They had appealed the suspensions handed out last month . The NFL says Saints players were offered extra money to hurt opposing players .