Former Saints linebacker Scott Fujita, a union leader with a record of criticizing the NFL’s player-safety record, said Sunday he sees elements of a “smear campaign’’ in a bounty investigation that has sullied his reputation. “I’m not saying the NFL is intentionally lying,’’ Fujita said. “I’ve been willing to give them the benefit of the doubt that they may have just been working with the information they’ve been given, even though much of that information was inaccurate and lacked credibility. It’s their cavalier interpretation of everything that’s been way off. They clearly proceeded with a public smear campaign with very little regard for the truth.’’ NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said the NFL stands by its finding that Fujita gave “more than token amounts’’ of money to a pool that also rewarded injury-producing hits called “cart-offs’’ and “knockouts.’’ Fujita, who now plays for Cleveland, was one of four current or former Saints suspended in the bounty probe. Two of them, Jonathan Vilma and Will Smith, still play for New Orleans. The other, Green Bay defensive lineman Anthony Hargrove, left New Orleans after 2010, while Fujita left after 2009, the first season covered by the investigation . . . A California county surprised both the San Francisco 49ers and city of Santa Clara leaders by pulling $30 million in tax funds from the new 49ers stadium. Santa Clara County officials told the Mercury News that they would rather spend the money on teachers.