Im pretty sure most of the Fins players are in Richie's corner in all of this...
Not really. The narrative has been set. It is hot. It is selling.
Personally, I believe Richie is not a good person. I think his history speaks for itself.
But I also believe that this story is really about the MONEY. The money Jonathan Martin is afraid to lose after checking himself into rehab. And nobody is going to report that, because Richie is a person with a checkered past and writing this one off as "RACIST ******* ABUSES POOR TEAMMATE" is way too easy.
The amount of hiding behind bro code meat head crap and victim blaming from the beginning on this board was stunning. Decent human beings don't do this to one another it isn't college its a Professional Football league full of men not kids. Hazing should be out lawed heck is already outlawed in college because stupid **** like this happens all the time. Men don't have to act like apes to fight side by side with each other grow the **** up
Of course you can. We don't have a different set of laws regarding hostile workplace for the NFL as opposed to any other job.
That's starting to leak out now, along with the fact that this is something that the organization has dealt with before and thought they'd fixed. Apparently it wasn't.
Do we know he didn't approach a union rep about this? It's unlikely, since this involves two players, that the union would have made that fact public. And the union would have an obligation to protect both players, so that comes with a built in conflict of interest.
Of course you're basing your opinion on assumptions. You're assuming Martin didn't go through normal procedures before getting to this point. That's a HUGE assumption.
At this point, he's probably been advised not to by both his lawyer and his union.
Im pretty sure most of the Fins players are in Richie's corner in all of this...
1. What date did he receive these text messages and voice mail? Are they recent or something from awhile back.
2. If they are from awhile ago, what possessed him to keep them for a later date and not immediately report the communication?
3. When did Martin specifically go to management about the alleged bullying?
4. Why did the simple prank of players getting up from a lunch table and moving to another so as not to sit with Martin set him over the edge and make these workplace hostility complaints?
5. Does Martin have mental disorders?
6. How much does him getting replaced at LT go into his frustration of all that has transpired?
7. Was Jonathan Martin involved in hazing of other players?
8. What is Martin's endgame? Does he expect to return and under what circumstances?
*** The focus is no on Incognito and what he did and that is appropriate. Incognito might have done some mean-spirited things. Soon, it will shift to what Joe Philbin, Jeff Ireland and Dawn Aponte knew and what they did/didn't do.
However, it is fair to ask questions of Martin and his conduct through this entire episode.
I still have issues with Jonathan Martin. How does the lunchroom prank spiral into this major news story? I am not going to lie: I am so disappointed this has turned into a distraction for a team trying to find its way in the league. There were many other ways Martin could have handled this and he chose not to. I hope Martin understands how he elected to handle this might have costed the jobs of a slew of people within the organization. As a player, I would not want him back into the locker room. I would trust him as far as I could throw Sun Life Stadium. All of those players saying last week they would welcome him back I bet will not be making those comments anymore...and if they do, it is not honest.
Here's a question. Why was Incognito not cut after he sexually assaulted a female at a team function? I'd like to ask the team that question and get their response.
How any of you can continue to support him tells me a lot about your character.
A police report and confidentiality agreement make it very clear that this is true.well to be fair they dont know how true it is. If True there is no excuse
Here's a question. Why was Incognito not cut after he sexually assaulted a female at a team function? I'd like to ask the team that question and get their response.
How any of you can continue to support him tells me a lot about your character.
Here's a question. Why was Incognito not cut after he sexually assaulted a female at a team function? I'd like to ask the team that question and get their response.
How any of you can continue to support him tells me a lot about your character.