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Gregg Williams accuses Joe Vitt

Updated: December 13, 2012, 3:27 PM ET
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Former New Orleans Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams testified that he tried to shut down the team's bounty system when the NFL began investigating but was overruled by assistant head coach Joe Vitt, according to transcripts from appeals hearings obtained by The Associated Press.

According to the transcripts, Williams said Vitt, who also was the team's linebackers coach, responded to a suggestion that the pay-for-pain setup be abandoned with an obscenity-filled speech ...

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