NEW ORLEANS -- Saints assistant head coach Joe Vitt says a piece of evidence recently made public in the NFLs bounty investigation falsely portrays him pledging $5,000 for knocking then Minnesota quarterback Brett Favre out of the 2010 NFC title game. . In a statement issued by the Saints on Wednesday, Vitt said he has never pledged money for any type of performance incentives, let alone the cash-for-hits bounty program that the NFL says the Saints ran from 2009-11 under former defensive co-ordinator Gregg Williams. "The NFL never accused me of such conduct because I did not pledge any money for any incentive, pay for performance, bounty or any other alleged program in connection with any game, including the 2010 NFC Championship," Vitts statement said. "The Commissioner confirmed that there is no such allegation or suspicion in a conversation that we had today and the NFL has publicly sought to clarify that the document that has been mischaracterized was not intended to implicate me -- formally or informally." Vitt also told The Associated Press that he told the commissioner he was willing to take a lie detector test if anyone doubted his assertion that he never pledged to a pay-for-performance pool. Vitt has been suspended for the first six games of the season in connection with the NFLs bounty investigation. Nonetheless, is handling head coaching duties while Sean Payton serves a suspension spanning the entire season. NFL spokesman Greg Aiello declined to go into detail about what Vitt and Goodell discussed Wednesday, saying the commissioner considered the conversation private. However, NFL officials have said that the presence of Vitts name on a ledger concerning the 2010 NFC title game was not a factor in the coachs suspension because it was not corroborated by a second source. In his statement, Vitt said he supports the commissioners goals of making pro football safer. However, Vitt also stood by earlier assertions that while coaches may have used inappropriately violent language and imagery during motivational speeches, Saints players never did anything wrong. Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma has been suspended the entire season in connection with the bounty probe, while Saints defensive end Will Smith has been suspended four games. Former Saints defensive lineman Anthony Hargrove, now with Green Bay, was docked eight games and linebacker Scott Fujita, now with Cleveland, was suspended three games. "It cannot be emphasized enough: None of our players, particularly those who are facing suspensions, ever crossed the white line with the intent to injure an opponent," Vitts statement said. "I am proud of our players and stand behind them 100 per cent and will do whatever I can to help restore their good names." [url=http://www.cowboysofficialteamstore.com/autographed-tony-romo-jersey-vt-49.... Romo Jersey . -- With 12:01 remaining in the first half, Western Michigan trailed third-ranked Michigan by only a point. . -- The Denver Broncos have hired Mike Sullivan as their new director of football administration. [url=http://www.cowboysofficialteamstore.com/autographed-emmitt-smith-jersey-dx-... .Y. -- Theres nothing wrong with Tom Brady and the New England Patriots that a game against their familiar AFC East patsies -- the Buffalo Bills -- cant fix. [url=http://www.cowboysofficialteamstore.com/autographed-demarco-murray-jersey-w... Murray Jersey . 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Purvis, a guard from Raleigh, was the Associated Press mens prep basketball player of the year for North Carolina. Still, Leslie said he was leaning toward returning to school from the start. "It was a tough decision," he said. "Thats a big decision to make for anybody. I just figured we started a good thing last year. I might as well finish it." ' ' '