Ginsberg said requests by the players’ union to have Payton, Williams and Vitt at Monday’s hearing were ignored by the league.

Aiello said the league is “not commenting on the details or potential details of Monday’s proceeding.’’

The players already have lost two grievances filed with arbitrators that challenged Goodell’s authority to impose punishments in the bounty cases.

The NFL’s investigation of the Saints found Williams ran a system for three years in which bounties were set on targeted opponents, including Brett Favre and Kurt Warner. The program was in effect from 2009, when New Orleans won the Super Bowl, until last season.

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AP Sports Writer Brett Martel in New Orleans contributed to this story.