NFL: Saints Bounty Thread

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(10-30-2012 01:55 PM)AsylumGuido Wrote:  Yes, allegedly, just like the Saints. Still, what is your take on the email? Two years after being fired and forcefully removed by police from the Saints headquarters, Cerullo suddenly volunteers handwritten proof that he somehow still possessed two years later. It was during his removal from the premises that he supposedly yelled at Vitt that he would get even with him for this (firing him). And, don't forget that Vilma's defamation suit claims that the documents Cerullo offered up were created well after the fact. In addition, he intimates that he will not present the information if it would get him in trouble and lets on he wants to get a job anywhere in the league. Sounds like he wanted to make a deal.

1. Yelling that he's "going to get even with Vitt" does not mean he manufactured evidence. Vitt may have actually been an asshole to him and treated him crap and he very well could have collected the evidence before he was fired, knowing that he may need something to get back at this guy who treats him badly if he does get fired. In other words, it could just be a legitimate case of karma coming back to bite Vitt for being a prick.

2. Cerullo is also smart enough to know that even though this evidence would burn Vitt and satisfy his want for revenge, it would also surely get many players, other coaches, and the entire Saints organization in really huge trouble. Maybe he still had friends there and didn't want to burn them too. Maybe he held on to the evidence until it was his last card to play. Maybe he learned that after trying to get back into football, members of the Saints organization were black-balling him every time they got a call from the prospective employer Cerullo was trying to get hired by and that finally outweighed any reason to hold the evidence any longer.

3. This may also be why it sounds like Cerullo is bargaining his way back into the NFL. Or, maybe the Saints really are black-balling him and he really just does want to be a couch in the NFL again. Maybe that's his lifelong dream and he legitimately has evidence that might help him, but just maybe he doesn't want to use it if it gets others in trouble (something he may be very reluctant to do) and does nothing to help him.

4. Vilma's defamation suit has to be proven. He and his lawyers have to PROVE that Cerullo lied. Just because they filed the suit doesn't mean Cerullo is guilty of forging documents and lying. The burden is on Vilma, not Cerullo. And just maybe this suit is nothing more than a tactic that Vilma's lawyer came up with because he wants to give a shot and beating it. As any good attorney would do because he's getting paid to try.

But guess what, guilty people always claim everyone else is lying. And Vilma, not Cerullo, might just be the liar here.