The continued overreactions by fan base and media is embarrassing

HoustonGold said
Vilma fought those accusations .

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/8352044/jonathan-vilma-wins-fight-name

No he did not. Vilma fought the bounty gate accusations. Not the vicodin accusations. The article is not as clear on that as it should be, but these are 2 different things and everyone here but you knows that.

Read your own article. It further talks about Payton, Loomis, Vitt, and Williams taking their [bounty gate] punishments "like good soldiers". Williams wasn't even here for the vicodin scandal and no punishments were handed out for the vicodin thing.

A couple of quotes from your own posted article:

A photo of Vilma adorned the cover of Sports Illustrated with the headline "Bounty Culture."

And they did differentiate between drug issues and bounty gate within the article:

It was political and legal subterfuge masquerading as noble and intelligent surrender, but for anyone convinced that the power is too powerful, that rigged systems are not only corrupt but invincible and cannot be challenged, Vilma reminded us why we fight -- because the greatest asset a person has is his or her name.

The situations are not identical, or even similar, in many cases, but Clemens, Armstrong and Vilma all faced the choice of challenging powerful entities that appeared unbeatable, because of their resources and because of the disturbing presumption of guilt among the public.

Also note the date on the article. 2012 is when the bounty gate punishments (and Vilma's self-defense) took place. Its a crappy artcle, for this topic, that is actually talking about athletes situations when they have to go against a mega sporting association.

Seriously, any Saints fan who has been around for even a little while knows about this stuff. It is huge in the history and lore of the team. I'm not sure why you don't know this stuff but I'll give you the benefit of the doubt as you just came on board in 2020. But stop digging your hole. I can assure that this is a topic that I am very familiar as are almost every other poster in here. Let it go.

And back to the original point that I made. The other poster did not need proof as 99.999% of Saints know and understand what happened and why concerning the vicodin scandal (and the later occuring bounty gate scandal). Sorry you don't. 😔