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HouseCall said
Those suspensions got overturned when Tagliabue was brought in as an independent arbiter. Tags found no evidence to support the notion that the players were doing anything intentionally harmful. I think only hargrove’s wasn’t and I think that was because he wasn’t currently on a team - though my memory might be shaky on that.

Payton couldn’t get his overturned because the NFL coaches don’t have a union to fight on their behalf and (I think) they are viewed as independent contractors.
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If I remember correctly, there is a coaches' union, but at the time (of Bountygate), Payton & Belichick were the only coaches not in the union... mind you this was what I read, or what was reported at the time. This was the reason that Payton didn't fight the suspension, because he didn't have that option like Vilma did ❤.