As some of you may have noticed, I have been quiet thus far in regards to the Richie Incognito/Jonathan Martin situation going on in Miami right now.
Why?
Well, I don't like to report something or give my opinion on something without the facts, or, at least most of the facts.
Well, the facts continue to pour in today, and with every Adam Schefter tweet, this story gets worse and worse for the Miami Dolphins.
Here's what we KNOW as of right now:
- Last week, Jonathan Martin abruptly left the Miami Dolphins after a lunch time prank gone wrong. News then began to come out of alleged bullying against Martin inside the Dolphins locker room.
- A few days later, following the Dolphins 22-20 OT win, starting LG Richie Incognito's name first popped up in the alleged bullying scandal. It was said that Martin feared to return to the Dolphins because of what Incognito would do to him.
- Then the Las Vegas story came out. This from ESPN:
"Sources told ESPN that one of the significant allegations being reviewed is that Incognito got Martin to contribute $15,000 to help finance a trip to Las Vegas by some teammates last summer, even though Martin preferred not to travel with the group.
Rather than go, Martin simply gave Incognito the $15,000, sources told ESPN, fearing the consequences if he did not hand over the money."
- Yesterday morning, Incognito went to twitter in regards to these allegations:
@AdamSchefter Enough is enough
If you or any of the agents you sound off for have a problem with me, you know where to find me #BRINGIT
- Late last night, news broke that Incognito had been suspended by the Miami Dolphins indefinitely:
"We believe in maintaining a culture of respect for one another and as a result we believe this decision is in the best interest of the organization at this time. As we noted earlier, we reached out to the NFL to conduct an objective and thorough review. We will continue to work with the league on this matter."
- And now today, ESPN's Adam Schefter broke the news that voicemail's left by Incognito to Martin last April had been obtained by the NFL. Here's what Incognito said:
"Hey, wassup, you half n----- piece of s---. I saw you on Twitter, you been training 10 weeks. [I want to] s--- in your f---ing mouth. [I'm going to] slap your f---ing mouth. [I'm going to] slap your real mother across the face [laughter]. F--- you, you're still a rookie. I'll kill you."
ESPN also reported that these were not isolated incidents, and that Martin "received a series of texts that include derogatory terms referring to the female anatomy and sexual orientation."
This is what we know RIGHT NOW. The Dolphins did return to practice today, and Joe Philbin will speak to the media shortly. Check back for a full recap.
More to come.
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