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Saints LB Jonathan Vilma Shares Tweets From Fans Over ‘Bounty’ Program Controversy

Published: 2nd Mar 12 8:36 pm
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by Dan Parzych
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Saints LB Jonathan Vilma Shares Tweets From Fans Over ‘Bounty’ Program Controversy
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One of the biggest stories in the NFL world this week involved the news of former New Orleans Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams and his “bounty” program in which players were rewarded hefty payments for causing game-ending injuries to opponents. While the organization is expected to face some serious consequences for these actions that have taken place over the last couple of seasons, it appears the NFLPA is keeping a close eye on fans harassing members of the Saints through social media sites–which they could build an interesting case of they look at the account of Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma.

Anyone harassing @JonVilma51 or any other Saints player via twitter or any other social media platform will be recorded by the NFLPA
March 2, 2012 5:13 pm via Osfoora for iPhoneReplyRetweetFavorite
@GeorgeAtallah
George Atallah

On Friday, Vilma decided to make the most of a bad situation by sharing numerous messages that he received from football fans on Twitter following reports that the linebacker was part of the bounty program–with one report even claiming that Vilma offered $10,000 in cash to anyone who knocked Brett Favre out of the NFC Championship back in 2010. Whether or not this is actually true is still under investigation, but that’s not stopping Vilma from having fun with all of the negative messages he’s been receiving on Twitter.

“@sjestus: you guys are nothing but a bunch of no good cheating phonies. You awful people need to relinquish your rings”lol wait on it buddy
March 2, 2012 5:59 pm via Twitter for iPhoneReplyRetweetFavorite
@JonVilma51
Jonathan Vilma
I didn't even think @JonVilma51 was still in the league, I thought he spent all his money on drugs? Wasn't he a crack head!
March 2, 2012 6:08 pm via Twitter for iPhoneReplyRetweetFavorite
@DanielWaldronJr
Daniel Waldron Jr.
To all the Saints fans tweeting me back from @JonVilma51 just know, I hate you guys, your poverty stricken city and your fake championship!
March 2, 2012 6:40 pm via Twitter for iPhoneReplyRetweetFavorite
@DanielWaldronJr
Daniel Waldron Jr.
Truly enjoyed those ridiculous tweets today they were pretty Amusing. Loved da support from my tru fans even more tho, Who Dat and go canes!
March 2, 2012 7:11 pm via Twitter for iPhoneReplyRetweetFavorite
@JonVilma51
Jonathan Vilma

Of course, there were plenty of other interesting messages that Vilma re-tweeted to his followers, but some of the language used by certain football fans wasn’t appropriate for the content of this article. Despite how serious this issue really is, it appears Vilma is finding some sort of humor out of this situation.

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