Comments on: Vilma posts phone number, email address of ESPN “character study” producer http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/27/vilma-posts-phone-number-email-address-of-espn-character-study-producer/ ProFootballTalk on NBCSports.com Sun, 19 May 2013 05:11:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: staugslugga http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/27/vilma-posts-phone-number-email-address-of-espn-character-study-producer/#comment-2029215 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 22:07:17 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1329879#comment-2029215 timrush says:
Sep 27, 2012 11:20 AM

If the players would just take their punishment and get on with their lives, people would forget the bounty mess. And the Saints might be better off as well. Have you wondered why Payton & Williams are not fighting their suspensions? Because they know its best to “take their medicine” and go on.
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You made Vilma’s point. Payton appealed his suspension. He DID fight the suspension. His sentence was not reduced. The whole problem is you’ve been force-fed false information, leading you to ignorant beliefs.

]]> By: davereckon http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/27/vilma-posts-phone-number-email-address-of-espn-character-study-producer/#comment-2029154 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 21:40:45 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1329879#comment-2029154 To my knowledge, Vilma has never been convicted of domestic abuse or assault with a deadly weapon and subsequently has not been ordered to serve a minimum of 26 years in prison. However, Phillips has.

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Were you aware that OJ was never CONVICTED of double homicide either? Doesnt make him a good person.

]]> By: chad504boy http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/27/vilma-posts-phone-number-email-address-of-espn-character-study-producer/#comment-2029135 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 21:33:27 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1329879#comment-2029135 Unusual ESPN isn’t worried about conducting a character study on the man getting sued for defamation.

]]> By: biggestsaintsfanever http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/27/vilma-posts-phone-number-email-address-of-espn-character-study-producer/#comment-2029076 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 21:11:17 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1329879#comment-2029076 @itsspideyman-
How exactly has he shown he operates outside the lines of decency?

]]> By: justsayin973 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/27/vilma-posts-phone-number-email-address-of-espn-character-study-producer/#comment-2028648 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 18:58:23 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1329879#comment-2028648 I love how people call Vilma names on a public forum then say he lacks character.
Gotta love hypocrisy

]]> By: itsspideyman http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/27/vilma-posts-phone-number-email-address-of-espn-character-study-producer/#comment-2028623 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 18:51:44 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1329879#comment-2028623 By showing he operates outside the lines of decency, Vilma is helping to prove his critics right, that he would offer up the safety of someone else to achieve his goals.

Guilty as charged.

]]> By: ferrell5 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/27/vilma-posts-phone-number-email-address-of-espn-character-study-producer/#comment-2028392 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 17:55:16 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1329879#comment-2028392 grow up already. taking the high road must be too difficult for this joke.

]]> By: kleppnasty http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/27/vilma-posts-phone-number-email-address-of-espn-character-study-producer/#comment-2028380 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 17:51:55 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1329879#comment-2028380 I love the comments. Especially this last one. How exactly is he Lawrence Phillips 2.0?

First, wrong position. Second, Lawrence beat women and was out of the league quickly, Vilma may have attacked football players and has been in the league for a while.

Vilma is smart, and outside of football, a pretty stand up citizen. I think he probably is guilty of participating in the bounty, but I also believe he wasn’t made aware of the NFL’s order to stop. So the supension is probably a little too much (i thought 8 would be enough) since the coaches were suspended one year and they knew the NFL was watching, but I am not crying for him either.

But this tweet IS funny.

And to other people’s points, him fighting these charges is not necessarily something a guilty person would do. If I was accused of something I didn’t do, and was being punished for it, I would fight loud and often until I was proven innocent. (in this case I don’t think he’s as guilty as Roger is stating, nor as innocent as he is stating)

]]> By: scotchrocks http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/27/vilma-posts-phone-number-email-address-of-espn-character-study-producer/#comment-2028370 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 17:48:50 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1329879#comment-2028370 bathroomben7 says:

I can’t wait until two years from now when this piece of trash is out of the NFL, broke and miserable. This guy Lawrence Phillips 2.0.

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I’ll skip the whole “wishing someone to be broke and miserable” part and instead focus on the Phillips 2.0 thing.

To my knowledge, Vilma has never been convicted of domestic abuse or assault with a deadly weapon and subsequently has not been ordered to serve a minimum of 26 years in prison. However, Phillips has.

Maybe it’s just me, but I don’t see the comparison.

]]> By: ufullpj http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/27/vilma-posts-phone-number-email-address-of-espn-character-study-producer/#comment-2028327 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 17:37:42 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1329879#comment-2028327 While Vilma’s act is childish, ESPN is creeping closer and closer to TMZ. The process and approach Abrams is taking is somewhat unprofessional, as is Vilma’s response. It’s the very definition of elasticity.

]]> By: bathroomben7 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/27/vilma-posts-phone-number-email-address-of-espn-character-study-producer/#comment-2028241 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 17:08:46 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1329879#comment-2028241 I can’t wait until two years from now when this piece of trash is out of the NFL, broke and miserable. This guy Lawrence Phillips 2.0.

]]> By: goodolebaghead http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/27/vilma-posts-phone-number-email-address-of-espn-character-study-producer/#comment-2028218 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 17:02:24 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1329879#comment-2028218 You are all so blind. ESPN has been going through hoop after hoop to try and pin a nasty story in NOLA. Fake wiretapping allegations, an un-called-for OTL segment doing it’s best to bash Payton based on out of context heresay. They are not trying to report the news. They are not worried at all about the facts. They are in the business of selling ratings, and a muck rake like this is just what the mod mentality wants. If you are so sick of this story, understand it is the media shoving it down your throat, not the Saints.

]]> By: eyeh8goodell http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/27/vilma-posts-phone-number-email-address-of-espn-character-study-producer/#comment-2028213 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 17:01:15 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1329879#comment-2028213 LOL at the bitter rival fans. As if defending himself against an obvious league driven damage control hatchet job is some sort of confirmation of poor character. I love it, finally the media is getting it right back. I used to hate Twitter, but now i’m starting to see it’ll be a useful tool to keep hack “journalists” in check.

And i’m not even a Saints fan. Email sent, Mr. Vilma.

]]> By: ilovefoolsball http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/27/vilma-posts-phone-number-email-address-of-espn-character-study-producer/#comment-2028212 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 17:01:13 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1329879#comment-2028212 Haha that’s awesome. I never knew much about Vilma before this fiasco but I like him more and more. Fearless.

]]> By: whodattn http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/27/vilma-posts-phone-number-email-address-of-espn-character-study-producer/#comment-2028202 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 16:58:35 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1329879#comment-2028202 For those of you feigning outrage over Vilma posting the guy’s ESPN contact info, give it a break. Abrams has his contact info listed directly under his photo on Twitter. How much privacy was this guy expecting?

]]> By: borophyll http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/27/vilma-posts-phone-number-email-address-of-espn-character-study-producer/#comment-2028198 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 16:57:46 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1329879#comment-2028198 The company that employed guys like Gary Miller and Steve Phillips is going to “study” someone else’s character?

]]> By: hrmlss http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/27/vilma-posts-phone-number-email-address-of-espn-character-study-producer/#comment-2028182 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 16:54:59 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1329879#comment-2028182 So, how does being a social media terrorist reflect on you character?

]]> By: 4evrnyt http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/27/vilma-posts-phone-number-email-address-of-espn-character-study-producer/#comment-2028145 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 16:45:37 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1329879#comment-2028145 How do you study something that doesn’t exist.

]]> By: kaferwerks http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/27/vilma-posts-phone-number-email-address-of-espn-character-study-producer/#comment-2028138 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 16:42:36 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1329879#comment-2028138 I think the point that vilma is making is that ESPN is doing a character study based on hearsay and the opinion of others without any involvement from vilma. If you’re doing a character study on someone doesn’t it make sense to interview them as well? ESPN chose not to as they want to base their story on rumor and opinion and second hand information. Shady journalism at its finest folks…..

]]> By: riverhorsey http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/27/vilma-posts-phone-number-email-address-of-espn-character-study-producer/#comment-2028132 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 16:39:11 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1329879#comment-2028132 If you call or write the guy and say nasty things Vilma will give you 100 bucks.

]]> By: nispikers http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/27/vilma-posts-phone-number-email-address-of-espn-character-study-producer/#comment-2028122 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 16:34:05 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1329879#comment-2028122 So if its not a secret then ESPN shouldn’t mind Vilma posting the information so that anyone could contact them. Why should that bother any of you? Someone stated earlier that Clay Matthews posted Roger Goodells phone number. Didn’t see anyone calling Clay Matthews “characterless”. ESPN is going to basically do to Vilma and Williams, the exact same thing they did to Sean Payton, whether or not any of you think they deserve such a story. No matter what I think, or you think, ESPN will not make this an attempt to show the good side of anyone. It will be a character assassination!

]]> By: silentcount http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/27/vilma-posts-phone-number-email-address-of-espn-character-study-producer/#comment-2028121 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 16:34:02 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1329879#comment-2028121 ESPN’s definition of a “character study” is trying to dig up dirt on you. Who could pass that test if it included rumors and hearsay from your enemies. I’d rather see a character study on Goodell, because he clearly abused his power for suspending Sean Payton and Vilma a year over nothing.

]]> By: electionconfidential http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/27/vilma-posts-phone-number-email-address-of-espn-character-study-producer/#comment-2028116 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 16:31:25 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1329879#comment-2028116 I’m so sick of this clown. I’m ready to star listening to McNabb and Brees again…

]]> By: vikesfansteve http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/27/vilma-posts-phone-number-email-address-of-espn-character-study-producer/#comment-2028114 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 16:30:54 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1329879#comment-2028114 Why not just hit the guy with your rattle?

]]> By: matthewcarlson1 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/27/vilma-posts-phone-number-email-address-of-espn-character-study-producer/#comment-2028108 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 16:29:03 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1329879#comment-2028108 Haha Saintsfan26 if he’s winning then I’d hate to see what losing looks like.

]]> By: mohazway http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/27/vilma-posts-phone-number-email-address-of-espn-character-study-producer/#comment-2028087 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 16:23:28 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1329879#comment-2028087 didnt clay mathews do the same exact thing to roger goddell? why wasnt that story on PFT? too many biases in sports nowadays.

]]> By: kmacle http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/27/vilma-posts-phone-number-email-address-of-espn-character-study-producer/#comment-2028070 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 16:17:50 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1329879#comment-2028070 Posting someone’s phone number or contacting someone’s colleagues to try to dig up dirt on them – which is the bigger invasion of privacy?

]]> By: theralph2012 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/27/vilma-posts-phone-number-email-address-of-espn-character-study-producer/#comment-2028069 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 16:17:22 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1329879#comment-2028069 Character study? This idiots character can be summed up in 2 words “The U”.

]]> By: purpleguy http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/27/vilma-posts-phone-number-email-address-of-espn-character-study-producer/#comment-2028062 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 16:15:13 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1329879#comment-2028062 How can a character study be done on someone that has none?

]]> By: saintsfan26 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/27/vilma-posts-phone-number-email-address-of-espn-character-study-producer/#comment-2028034 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 16:02:49 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1329879#comment-2028034 Vilma is the only person in the NFL with the cajones to take out Roger Goodell*. And Vilma is winning.

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