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Bountygate investigator Mary Jo White hired for Panthers
Posted on 2/25/18 at 9:06 pm
Posted on 2/25/18 at 9:06 pm
Posted by PFT on February 25, 2018, 3:28 PM EST PFT
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The NFL has hired Mary Jo White to handle the investigation regarding workplace misconduct allegations against Panthers owner Jerry Richardson. The man who runs the NFL Players Association has concerns about that.
“If it’s true that Mary Jo White is involved in the current investigation of the Panthers, I have a question because I know that she falsely accused players in Bounty[gate],” NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith recently told ESPN, referring to the 2012 controversy arising from claims that Saints players were involved in giving each other inducements to injure opponents. “And things that she said to the press were either knowingly untrue or there came a time when we all knew they weren’t true.”
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Smith is correct. The league hired White to provide, ostensibly, the appearance of independence in the review and presentation of the evidence against the Saints players. And she pushed to the media a grossly inaccurate characterization of sideline video that supposedly provided the league with a smoking gun.
“So at the very least, it seems to me that the league as a whole and their partners, the players, deserve to have the results of the investigation of the Panthers released publicly before the sale,” Smith said. “And that’s simply because, if the premise of the personal conduct policy is the integrity of the league, why shouldn’t we have the same level of transparency that occurs in player investigations occur here?”
The disparity between the league’s handling of players accused of wrongdoing and owners accused of wrongdoing has become a frequent subject of discussion and attention for Smith, and for good reason. If players will be held to a high standard of conduct — one that sparks investigations and discipline even in the absence of formal criminal or civil charges — the owners need to be held to that same standard.
Although the league would likely rattle off White’s accomplishments and offices (she’s the former chairman of the SEC) to justify its ongoing reliance on her, the skewed assessment of the evidence in the bounty case should disqualify her from any further involvement in league investigations. Whether deliberate or negligent, the misrepresentation of the evidence in a way that supported the league’s predetermined outcome in the prior case means that she possibly will deliberately or negligently misrepresent evidence in a way that supports the league’s predetermined outcome in the Panthers case, if the league has a predetermined outcome in mind.
Multiple past cases would suggest that it does.
Posted on 2/25/18 at 9:14 pm to Mrwhodat
Mary Jo White is the woman pictured Left:
Posted on 2/25/18 at 9:47 pm to Mrwhodat
I’m still fricking pissed about those 2 2nd rounders
Posted on 2/25/18 at 10:09 pm to Mrwhodat
Well, we got f'ked over by Goodell and the league for the purposes of PR and the league upholding its image with draft picks taken away, so I say let the Panthers also get a blown out of proportion investigation fall on them then get f'ked out of draft picks too. F them, just wish it was the Falcons instead, but since their owner is so far up Goodell's arse, that will never happen.
This post was edited on 2/25/18 at 10:12 pm
Posted on 2/26/18 at 12:42 am to Mrwhodat
Well Panther fans have said that the NFL findings in the bounty case against the Saints were all justified so they should have no problem with White investigating their organization, right? I mean, since she did such a good job against the Saints. They’re about to find out the MO of this bitch is to do the NFL’s bidding. They’re in for a riude awakening and I can’t wait to see the hypocrisy when they start whining about it.
Posted on 2/26/18 at 7:24 am to GeauxBayouBengals
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Well Panther fans have said that the NFL findings in the bounty case against the Saints were all justified so they should have no problem with White investigating their organization, right? I mean, since she did such a good job against the Saints. They’re about to find out the MO of this bitch is to do the NFL’s bidding. They’re in for a riude awakening and I can’t wait to see the hypocrisy when they start whining about it.
I don’t know. I’ve seen plenty of people from a lot of fan bases say it was bullshite after the initial backlash when it first hit. I wouldn’t let the three auburn/panthers on the msb speak for panthers fans.
I just can’t believe how unbelievably cocky and stupid the Goodell regime continues to be.
Posted on 2/26/18 at 7:50 am to Mrwhodat
Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil.
This post was edited on 3/19/18 at 10:13 pm
Posted on 2/26/18 at 7:51 am to diat150
The Lord is my Shepherd. I shall not want.
This post was edited on 3/19/18 at 10:22 pm
Posted on 2/26/18 at 9:13 am to Mrwhodat
How are there no legal consequences to her lying about the evidence in these cases?
It seems like there should be some sort of backlash for stuff like that.
It seems like there should be some sort of backlash for stuff like that.
Posted on 2/26/18 at 9:58 am to Bert Macklin FBI
If there was ever a case about being a transgender...she should win that case.
Posted on 2/26/18 at 11:15 am to Mrwhodat
I’m sure the panthers will lose a first rounder, multiple 2nds, and have Rivera suspended for a year right?
What’s funny is the panthers stuff is so much more serious than what the saints were doing and the team won’t get punished as hard.
What’s funny is the panthers stuff is so much more serious than what the saints were doing and the team won’t get punished as hard.
Posted on 2/26/18 at 12:57 pm to soccerfüt
Exactly how I pictured her
Hateful arse old hag
Hateful arse old hag
Posted on 2/26/18 at 1:29 pm to diat150
So....Yoda is going after the panthers?
This post was edited on 2/26/18 at 1:31 pm
Posted on 2/26/18 at 11:32 pm to Breesus
Why is it not possible to upvote more than once?
I'd pay good money to see this.
I'd pay good money to see this.
Posted on 2/27/18 at 12:02 am to TheBeezer
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Well, we got f'ked over by Goodell and the league for the purposes of PR and the league upholding its image with draft picks taken away, so I say let the Panthers also get a blown out of proportion investigation fall on them then get f'ked out of draft picks too. F them, just wish it was the Falcons instead, but since their owner is so far up Goodell's arse, that will never happen.
If you think the league is going to do anything to devalue a team that is up for sale, you are crazy. We got fricked. It is what it is.
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