Mike Triplett has compiled a number of transcripts regarding Joe Vitt’s testimony on the Bounty Scandal. Here are some interesting quotes from the transcripts:
As Vitt said during the testimony, everyone understood that Williams’ “schtick” and “false bravado” were over the top – as was evidenced by the fact that the players didn’t attack the San Francisco 49ers in the way that Williams instructed them to during the infamous 2012 pregame audio tape.
“If our players went out and performed what came out of Gregg Williams’ mouth, and it went from his lips to their ears, and then it went to the performance, we would have people in jail right now ma’am,” Vitt said to NFL attorney Mary Jo White. “We would have people in jail right now.”
Vitt repeatedly described Cerullo as a “liar” and once as an “idiot.” Vitt repeatedly threatened to sue Cerullo and offered to compare stories with him while hooked up to lie detector tests. Vitt recounted many of the alleged lies Cerullo told while working for the Saints – including the alleged story about his fiancée and a child being seriously injured in a car accident. And he referenced the time Saints Coach Sean Payton needed to ask for police protection for his family when he was out of town because he considered Cerullo a threat.
Vitt also shared a text he received from Williams that read, “For your information, I’ve had 20-plus teams reach out to me saying that I must stand firm to take the heat because all teams do this. (Expletive) me.”
Well it looks like the NFL needed a scapegoat and some bitter folks in the Saints organization were willing to tell the NFL what they wanted to hear.
For the full article by Mike Triplett, click here.