The Miami Dolphins and Dolphins player Richie Incognito are both denying a report by ESPN’s Adam Schefter that former Dolphins tackle Jonathan Martin left the team as a result of harassment/bullying.
https://twitter.com/68INCOGNITO/statuses/397002427775598592
https://twitter.com/68INCOGNITO/status/396995910171107329
https://twitter.com/68INCOGNITO/status/396996836109860864
https://twitter.com/68INCOGNITO/status/396997521211662336
Meanwhile, the Miami Herald’s Dolphins reporter, Adam Beasley, is tweeting that older players routinely take financial advantage of rookies:
Just got off the road, and saw Schefter's report on the $15,000 allegedly gotten from Martin for a trip to Vegas.
— Adam Beasley (@AdamHBeasley) November 3, 2013
I reported last week that there were other issues, with resentments being harbored between other players. It's about this.
— Adam Beasley (@AdamHBeasley) November 3, 2013
I can now report this: This is a HUGE issue inside the Dolphins' locker room, and not just limited to this situation.
— Adam Beasley (@AdamHBeasley) November 3, 2013
One young defensive player, whose privacy I'm protecting, has literally gone broke because he's been pressured to pay for older players.
— Adam Beasley (@AdamHBeasley) November 3, 2013
They've gotten sucked into the Miami lifestyle, and the veterans are using the younger players as an ATM, I'm told.
— Adam Beasley (@AdamHBeasley) November 3, 2013
When I talked about anger, dysfunction last week, this is what I was referring to. This issue extends far beyond the Martin situation.
— Adam Beasley (@AdamHBeasley) November 3, 2013
It shouldn't be surprising that some Dolphins players have financial problems. Ever seen Broke?
— Adam Beasley (@AdamHBeasley) November 3, 2013
Some are living paycheck to paycheck, I've heard — and having to pay for their teammates' spending habits has not helped.
— Adam Beasley (@AdamHBeasley) November 3, 2013
Beasley retweeted these three tweets (one of which was deleted but preserved by Twitchy shortly before this post was published) by Dolphin players Jared Odrick and Will Davis:
Everything tastes better when rookies pay for it pic.twitter.com/KGaisEfap2
— Jared Odrick (@JaredOdrick) November 2, 2013
https://twitter.com/JaredOdrick98/status/396498498839121920
I just seen a dinner bill for $30,000… WOW #RookieNight
— Will Davis (@WillieD_effect) November 2, 2013
Davis says the $30,000 #RookieNight bill was split among more than one player:
The bill was definitely split… They would never put that on one man to pay for it all. Haha now that would be crazy…
— Will Davis (@WillieD_effect) November 3, 2013
How many players, and were all of them rookies?
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