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Take it however you want to:
Players surveyed on hazing incident
Updated: November 8, 2013, 2:05 PM ET
By Jeff Legwold | ESPN.com
Survey: Little Support For Incognito
Jeff Legwold discusses the results of an unscientific survey of current NFL players concerning their attitude toward Richie Incognito and whether they had been hazed upon entering the league.
Recently suspended Miami Dolphins guard Richie Incognito does not have the support from NFL peers that he has received from teammates.
Incognito, who has been suspended indefinitely by the team in a bullying scandal that has swept over the league and saw Dolphins tackle Jonathan Martin leave the team, has received public support from many of his teammates in recent days, including quarterback Ryan Tannehill.
By The Numbers
72 NFL players were asked to anonymously answer the following questions in the wake of the Richie Incognito-Jonathan Martin scandal. Here are the results:
Which player would you rather have as a teammate?
Incognito 15
Martin 34
Neither 23
Have you been the victim of hazing in the NFL?
True 31
False 41
Have you provided money as a result of being hazed? If true, what's the most you have given?*
True 28
False 44
*Amounts ranged from $40 to $18,000
But in an unscientific survey conducted by team reporters for ESPN.com's NFL Nation over two days this week, Incognito does not have the same level of support from some of his peers. Three players participated from each team surveyed, with 72 players in all asked three questions. The players taking part were granted anonymity.
To the question of which player, Martin or Incognito, would they rather have as a teammate, 15 of the players who responded (20.8 percent) said they would rather have Incognito as a teammate, while 34 (47.2 percent) said they would rather have Martin as a teammate.
However, 23 of those who responded, or 31.9 percent, said they would want neither as a teammate. In all, the results showed that 57 of those who answered (79.2 percent) would not want Incognito as a teammate.
The players were also asked, in true-or-false form, whether they had ever been victims of hazing during their NFL careers. Thirty-one of the players (43.1 percent) answered true, while 41 (56.9 percent) answered false.
In the third question, players were asked if they ever had to provide money as part of a hazing incident. To that, 28 players (38.9 percent) answered true, while 44 players (61.1 percent) answered false.
Those who answered true to the third question were also asked to provide the highest dollar amount they were asked to provide as part of the hazing incident. A wide range of answers were given.
Some of the answers included $40 for donuts, $100 for Chick-Fil-A and $2,500 and $5,000 for team dinners. In addition, six of the players surveyed said they spent $8,000, $9,000, $10,000 (two players), $12,000 and $18,000. Those six players did not identify how the money was used.
The NFL is investigating what happened between Incognito and Martin, with noted attorney Ted Wells appointed by the league to conduct the investigation. Wells will prepare a report for NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and league officials, and the report will be made public upon its completion.
Incognito, a nine-year veteran, was suspended by the Dolphins on Sunday for "conduct detrimental to the team,'' amid accusations that he bullied and used racially charged terms against Martin, who left the team last week. Martin, a second-year tackle from Stanford, is with his family in California and has undergone counseling for emotional issues.
During a week when coaches of several teams were addressing the Dolphins' situation, Broncos interim coach Jack Del Rio was asked whether he spoke of the incident with Denver players.
"I did address it with the team,'' Del Rio said. "And I told them hopefully they feel confident if anything was ever going on they would pick one of the channels internally here, whether it be a coach, position coach, head coach, coordinator, anybody in coaching … somebody else in the building, another player, doesn't have to be a captain or a leader.
"If something's going on, let us help you. We like to talk about being family, and we like to think we would be helpful to a person struggling in a particular situation.''Comment
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Not that this really means much, just think its funny to hear about..the strip club meetings, molesting a woman with a golf club not so much if true.
Incognito held meetings at strip club
Recently suspended guard Richie Incognito held meetings for fellow Miami Dolphins offensive linemen at a South Florida strip club and would fine them if they didn't attend, according to a report.
The National Football Post, citing two sources, reported that Incognito expected the linemen to attend. If they failed to show up, Incognito would fine them in the club's kangaroo court and mock them for not being part of the group, one of the sources said.
"Richie wanted to set up Richie's world as a way for everybody to act," a team source told the National Football Post. "Richie thinks everybody should act that way. He doesn't get that some guys aren't into that behavior. Some guys don't want to constantly explain to their wife or girlfriend why they have to go to a strip club."
This is the latest news to surface about Incognito, who was suspended by the Dolphins on Sunday for conduct detrimental to the team amid accusations he bullied and used racially charged terms against fellow lineman Jonathan Martin, who left the Dolphins last week.
The NFL is investigating whether Incognito harassed or bullied Martin, and whether their teammates and the organization mishandled the situation. Martin will meet with Ted Wells, the NFL's independent investigator, at the end of next week in Los Angeles, a league source told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter.
Martin, a second-year player out of Stanford, is with his family in California, where he is undergoing counseling for emotional issues.
Martin's lawyer, David Cornwell, released a statement Thursday that said Martin endured "harassment that went far beyond traditional locker room hazing."
Also on Thursday, it was revealed that Incognito was investigated last year for harassing a volunteer at the Dolphins' annual golf tournament by allegedly molesting her with a golf club, according to Aventura, Fla., police.
The original police report states that the alleged incident happened at the Turnberry Resort & Club in Aventura, but no charges were filed against Incognito.
The 34-year-old volunteer told police Incognito had been drinking and was "acting very inappropriate towards her," and that she went to police after Incognito said he wouldn't apologize.
The report states that the volunteer told police that Incognito "used his golf club to touch her by rubbing it up against her vagina, then up her stomach then to her chest. He then used the club to knock a pair of sunglasses off the top of her head" before continuing his aggression toward the woman, the report states.
Information from ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter and ESPN.com Dolphins reporter James Walker was used in this report.Last edited by Tailback U; 11-08-2013, 09:34 PM.Comment
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Am I the only one who doesn't fucking care about all of this? Two mediocre players at best.
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at this point the only thing about this thread thats worth viewing is tailback trying to not sound like a retardComment
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Make up your mind.like I said from the beginning this is ultimately nothing more than the ultimate in a non-story.
only amplified because social media helps promote stupid junk to the masses. All day yesterday on sports radio and social media this was amplified as the most important topic in the world. Its nothing more than a few dumb people doing dumb things. Theres been no crime. The media pushes the bullying/harassment angle when it appears the entire thing is contrived anyway...and the entire NFL fraternity is saying "Stay the hell out of our locker rooms, you have no clue whats going on and couldn't hang with it anyway"
a 1970s interpretation
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he didnt notice the north dallas reference. he noticed your idiotic contradictionComment
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