Goodell tells Vilma: I am persuaded you put a bounty on Favre

Throughout the NFL’s investigation of the Saints bounty case, the most serious accusation made against any player was the claim that Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma told his teammates before the NFC Championship Game that he’d give $10,000 to anyone who knocked Brett Favre out. Vilma has long denied that, but in re-affirming Vilma’s yearlong suspension…