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It's getting nasty in Minnesota

"I was mortally offended when someone used the word ****** in front of me."

"But it was TOTALLY hilarious when I made fun of kids who got raped!"

- A moron.
 
They couldnt be dumb enough to really think this guy was going to keep his mouth shut. They deserve every piece of juicy gossip that comes out of his mouth serves them right
 
I haven't been following this story, so could someone explain to me why Minnesota would spend the money to have this report made, and then only release the part that disparages Kluwe? If I were him, I would want the rest of the report to be released as well.
 
rob19 said:
I haven't been following this story, so could someone explain to me why Minnesota would spend the money to have this report made, and then only release the part that disparages Kluwe? If I were him, I would want the rest of the report to be released as well.
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Apparently he's going to sue for just that reason (getting the full report released).

Btw, for all of you who thought Jon Martin was trying to do a shakedown on the Dolphins, take note - this is what a real shakedown looks like.
 
GasPed said:
Apparently he's going to sue for just that reason (getting the full report released).

Btw, for all of you who thought Jon Martin was trying to do a shakedown on the Dolphins, take note - this is what a real shakedown looks like.
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I would say that, if anything, this is what it looks like when you don't do as good of a job as the Dolphins did when it comes to diminishing your liability.

The Vikings should have called the league office in for an immediate investigation that would have then shielded team management from blame.
 
J. David Wannyheimer said:
I would say that, if anything, this is what it looks like when you don't do as good of a job as the Dolphins did when it comes to diminishing your liability.

The Vikings should have called the league office in for an immediate investigation that would have then shielded team management from blame.
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C'mon, you really don't believe Martin was all about the money, do you?

That said, the Vikings really could've handled this better, because when you've got a full-on self-serving leech like Chris Kluwe tweeting the world about the injustice of it all, you have to cover your bases. Sad, because now they're actually going to have to pay this hypocritical clown real money to shut up.
 
The lawyer for former Vikings punter Chris Kluwe indicated Friday a settlement has been reached with the team, avoiding a lawsuit.


“We will have a statement Monday about a settlement,” Halunen first wrote Friday, the day after a second meeting with the Vikings on settlement talks..

Kluwe accused the Vikings in a first-person Deadspin.com article last January of releasing him in May 2013 due to his outspoken views on same-sex marriage and special teams coordinator Mike Priefer of making homophobic remarks during the 2012 season.

The Vikings last month announced that a six-month investigation showed Kluwe was released for football-only reasons. Priefer has been suspended for the first three games of the regular season for what the Vikings said was one inappropriate comment made.

The Vikings have released a 29-page summary of the investigation rather than the full 150-page report. Kluwe and Halunen have called for the full report to be made public, and had threatened a lawsuit against the team and Priefer.

Halunen said early this month a possible lawsuit would be put on hold to engage in further settlement talks with the Vikings. The sides met Aug. 6 and Thursday.

“Conversations are ongoing and nothing has been finalized,” Vikings executive vice president of legal affairs Kevin Warren said Friday.

The Vikings assembled a high-profile team of lawyers for the talks. It included Ted Wells, who wrote the report for the NFL on the recent Miami Dolphins bullying case, Roberta Kaplan and Joe Anthony
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http://blogs.twincities.com/vikings...s-statement-settlement-talks-released-monday/
 
GasPed said:
C'mon, you really don't believe Martin was all about the money, do you?
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I believe Jon Martin's primary motivations were financial in nature. Absolutely.

The entire thing only blew up after the Dolphins threatened to put him on the NFI list without pay. That was when he decided to retain David Cornwell.

You're a classics major who decides to walk away from your job, knowing full well that you aren't going to make anywhere near NFL money after you head back to school for several years and then look for a job teaching humanities. Your employer says "not so fast" and tells you he's not going to pay you another dime. And then mentions that he is going to go after a big portion of your signing bonus -- hundreds of thousands of dollars. What would you do?

Once the team decided to play hardball, Jon Martin did what just about any educated person would do under the same circumstances. The idea that his financial assets had nothing to do with the way he played that situation seems completely preposterous to me.




As for Chris Kluwe, he claims he is not going to take a dime from the Vikings. I think he is trying to use this as a stepping board to get into politics.
 
Sirspud said:
Something tells me he will fit right in.
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I think it's a brilliant move on his part. Politics is actually a pretty good career track for athletes. They're likeable, marketable, and have experience dealing with the media and in the spotlight.

The American political landscape has been littered with recognizable athletes for a hundred years. And Kluwe is certainly recognizable now.
 
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