Comments on: Yahoo! “U” investigation linked Vilma to bounties

By: cowboycjn

cowboycjn — Fri, 04 May 2012 14:11:10 +0000

Oh – the draft is over and off center stage so lets start writting two or three articles a day about the Saints again. Man you guys are sickening, can’t you find something to do other than “Saints Bashing every day – this stuff gets old.

By: steelmill

steelmill — Fri, 04 May 2012 13:40:18 +0000

HaHa! The PFT sheep are out in herds today! Are we really taking the words of Nevin Shapiro as gospel….really?

I am not taking up for Vilma or anyone, but football players especially defensive players(coaches too) say things they don’t mean in literal terms. I myself have screamed I would break a guys neck if he came my way again. In no way did I plan or even wanted to break the dudes neck.

By: jw5111

jw5111 — Fri, 04 May 2012 02:42:43 +0000

Kodakinvegas- I could be wrong, but I believe packhawk was using sarcasm. CHILL !!!!!!!

By: thacloser86

thacloser86 — Fri, 04 May 2012 01:56:47 +0000

When you’re not in the league or a part of a unit/team it’s easy to say a player deserves something you ppl on here is sicken and a bunch of nobodies

By: infectorman

infectorman — Fri, 04 May 2012 00:57:05 +0000

upperdecker19 says:
Vilma “misremembers” receiving any cash bounties.

Regards,
Roidger Clemens
_______

NICE…

Unfortunately, now Roidger’s butt-boy, Pettite is “misremembering” whether he remembered correctly what he remembered Roid-Roger say…

Kiss the HOF goodbye Roidger! You, Sosa, Manny, Papi, Gayrod, Palmero and McGuire can all make you’re own little butt-club…

What a day for Boston, fans:
First T-Jizzle Split his juiced up achilles and now Mariano Rivera broke his knee in half.

Too bad the Red Sox suck anyway..

By: kodakinvegas

kodakinvegas — Fri, 04 May 2012 00:02:54 +0000

Packhawk— Congratulatilns! You just won’t the Most Ignorant Person Alive award. General Manager, Head Coach and Asst Coach ALL admit guilt (by lying) so they can be fined and suspended for doing nothing. With that ass-umpteen YOU should also confess to a murder in your local area and be like your scumbag heroes.

By: chachooga

chachooga — Thu, 03 May 2012 23:41:14 +0000

so the yahoo story said it? if that is all there is….good luck….that was the most irresponsible piece of journalism I think ever in sports.

one source. A felon liar who is mad at Miami.

hope the NFL has more than that…..

raise your hand if you think this is the first time ever happening in the NFL???….no takers?

By: randomcommenter

randomcommenter — Thu, 03 May 2012 23:29:20 +0000

Notice how yahoo has to do all the investigative work now. ESPN is too directly linked to the NFL and big college programs to investigate anything.

That’s why espn downplayed the confirmed fact that Cam Newton accepted money to play for auburn. Oh, my bad, the investigation said his father got money and cam knew nothing about it so it’s all good.

By: packhawk04

packhawk04 — Thu, 03 May 2012 23:09:29 +0000

I need more proof. Theres no proof of this ever happening. Williams and paytln admitted it, but they lied. I want proof. That evil goodell wont release evidence cuz he has none. I need proof, not admissions, proof.

#headinthesand

By: dzor22

dzor22 — Thu, 03 May 2012 22:53:25 +0000

How dare anyone question Vilma and the other high character Saints payers and coaches! Especialy in light of all this fabricated bounty business by the NFL. Looks like they made it all up. C’mon Man!

By: wtfchiefs

wtfchiefs — Thu, 03 May 2012 22:35:36 +0000

My bias and hatred says;
“Typical of the U”

But my mind asks;
” Why didnt they block better? And/or why didn’t Rix’s big men take out Vilma, cleanly or otherwise?”

By: omegalh

omegalh — Thu, 03 May 2012 22:18:40 +0000

Is it just me or is Vilma just average to a little above average LB? Why all the fuss?

By: rajbais

rajbais — Thu, 03 May 2012 22:14:33 +0000

Dan Lebatard talked about this yesterday on his show! Not kidding!

By: elhombre21

elhombre21 — Thu, 03 May 2012 22:12:24 +0000

brees is still waiting for an explanation…

By: upperdecker19

upperdecker19 — Thu, 03 May 2012 22:08:06 +0000

Vilma “misremembers” receiving any cash bounties.

Regards,
Roidger Clemens

By: friendlylittletrees

friendlylittletrees — Thu, 03 May 2012 22:02:08 +0000

How long til they give that joke of a school the death penalty?

By: cuda1234

cuda1234 — Thu, 03 May 2012 21:56:58 +0000

I really don’t hink Vilma knows he did anything wrong – this is how its been done his entire life. Another great day for the UMiami alumni association.

Which happens more often – Tim Tebow in the “news” for no reason or Hurricanes in trouble with the law?

By: cardmagnet

cardmagnet — Thu, 03 May 2012 21:50:06 +0000

franky5fingers – The heading means the investigation of the University of Miami, known often as “The U” or “U” as reported by Yahoo!, which was actually a very well written and researched article breaking the original news of Miami’s mishaps. It did not mean “Yahoo! U”.

By: mike83ri

mike83ri — Thu, 03 May 2012 21:43:57 +0000

But where is the proof?!!!

By: trbowman

trbowman — Thu, 03 May 2012 21:38:56 +0000

Hello! One by the name of ‘trbowman’ pointed this out as soon as the bounty business came out!

By: canetic

canetic — Thu, 03 May 2012 21:32:21 +0000

Chris Rix lost FIVE games to Miami. Trust me, nobody from Miami wanted to see him hurt. The longer he was in the game the better it was for the U!

By: jasonculhane

jasonculhane — Thu, 03 May 2012 21:31:13 +0000

Darren Sharper: “Where’s the evidence”?!

By: jimmymarlinsfan

jimmymarlinsfan — Thu, 03 May 2012 21:27:51 +0000

Nonsense and hear come all the U bashers

Fact is, this is professional football and most of them come from big time programs where this has all happened before and it’s just not talked about

With the Saints here we have a smoking gun and while I think suspensions are merritted, I think Vilma’s was overly harsh…but at the same time I’m glad this is being brought out in the public because hopefully the culture will change and helmet and padding technology gets better

And when I say culture, baseball used to have a culture of quite a few head hunters and this would lead to a lot of on field scuffles and other hi-jinks. So if the NFL through education, punishment and a careful eye can dissuade this type of behavior from the teams, the better the sport is

By: wisconsinvikingsfan

wisconsinvikingsfan — Thu, 03 May 2012 21:23:30 +0000

Might as well ban vilma for life too. He is a scumbag, just like greg williams and sean payton.

By: slippyal2

slippyal2 — Thu, 03 May 2012 21:19:14 +0000

Where were the refs? I remember watching Bret Farve getting smacked around and no penalties being called. The refs are there to call the rules, the Saint might have bounties, but I guess they did them within the rules of the game.

Suspensions should be applied, but Vilma should not be held as accountable the same way has his bosses.

By: justanotherdummy

justanotherdummy — Thu, 03 May 2012 21:06:15 +0000

The Commissioner is running a zillion dollar corporation. I do not think he just drew Vilma’s name out of a hat and laid the wood to him for giggles. The harder people look at Vilma, the more stuff is going to turn up, and the worse it is going to get for him. The cover-up always hurts you more than the crime. Do like Williams, take your hits, zip your trap and wait for the storm to blow over. This guy is going to be toast by the time this is over and done with.

By: pastabelly

pastabelly — Thu, 03 May 2012 20:56:52 +0000

dequan81 says:
May 3, 2012 4:36 PM
I really believe the NFL has more on this than we think. I know we all say where is the evidence and the NFLPA wants evidence… I have no evidence to prove it, but I just have a feeling. Where there’s smoke…
=================================
Since only four players were suspended, I figure that there were smoking guns on those four and probably just hearsay evidence on the others. The players got away from this pretty clean.

It’s no surprise that the U also had bounty systems. They have been the most consistent when it comes to sleaze in all of college sports. They make UNLV look like BYU.

By: bearsandjazz

bearsandjazz — Thu, 03 May 2012 20:49:43 +0000

Vilma blame it on the cream and the clear…..it worked for Bonds.

By: jagsfanugh

jagsfanugh — Thu, 03 May 2012 20:47:58 +0000

All you had to say is he went to UM. That in itself would state he is a liar and no good person.

By: beeronthefridge

beeronthefridge — Thu, 03 May 2012 20:37:32 +0000

Vilma is a hood, typical of the U!