The Miami Dolphins should be ashamed of themselves for the
situation at hand involving the bully Richie Incognito and the person suffering
at the other end of this Jonathan Martin.
Never before have I seen such an egregious situation
involving racism in football and probably sports in my lifetime, and this wasn’t
just someone that hates blacks but someone that is a violent individual. When you call someone the N-word, threaten to
slap their mother and threated to kill your own teammate you are a putrid
individual who is a blatant racist and is very violent.
What I find most disturbing is how the Dolphins have handled
this situation so far, it sounds like Coach Joe Philbin has been speaking off
of speeches he put together right before he talks to the media. That is not the only issue I have with this,
in an article I read on the Huffington Post’s website that was wrote by Chris
Greenberg there are quotes from wide receiver Mike Wallace that I found to be
surprising. He said that he loves Richie
and that many teammates still do, that this situation was Richie being himself,
that he respects Richie and that he loved playing with him. While Wallace did say that this was a serious
situation following what I just listed above there is still no room to say what
he did.
Not only is Wallace a big free agent signing but also a
leader in the locker room which shows that this sort of behavior might have
been tolerated in the locker room for some time. It also makes me believe that this team knew
about this situation that was ongoing but turned the other way or thought maybe
Richie would not do this again. That is
not professional at all, and that creates an environment that allows for
bullying and hazing to occur without consequence to the player(s) that are
creating the issues.
Bullying and hazing are in no way a rite of passage for
anything in life, why should someone be harassed and chastised with racial
slurs in order to be part of a team or for that matter be part of any organization?
The NFL better do a great job investigating this issue and
those responsible for the bullying and those that chose to ignore it better be punished,
that not only includes players but also the coaching staff, the GM himself Jeff
Ireland and the ownership.
On a final note I seriously doubt Incognito will every play
again and I truly hope he does not ever play again because players like him who
abuse the privilege they have to play in the NFL don’t deserve that chance to
play….
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