So the league claimed that Rice lied during his interview with the league, with Goodell and others contending that Rice said he had merely “slapped” his then-fiancee, who then “knocked herself out”. The MMQB with Peter King If the four players implicated in the Al Jazeera report show up in NY as Roger Goodell demanded, they will be setting a unsafe precedent.
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While Harrison agreed to the meeting on his terms and on a date of his choosing, less information is known about the Packers’ players giving in to the league’s demand.
The NFL announced in July that it had closed its separate investigation into former Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning, whom Sly also implicated in recorded conversations.
Green Bay Packers linebackers Clay Matthews and Julius Peppers are among four National Football League players facing suspension for their refusal to cooperate with an National Football League investigation into performance enhancing drugs.
When asked for a reason to explain his refusal, he bluntly responded, “I’m not going to answer questions for every little thing that some Tom, Dick and Harry comes up with”.
“I don’t have a problem doing the interview”, Harrison told reporters on Tuesday. “And y’all can see whatever evidence it is they say they got”.
Harrison isn’t sure what to expect from the interview.
Harrison said he doesnt want to be suspended, but he is prepared to take the situation as far as New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, who fought his four-game Deflategate suspension for 18 months almost to the U.S. Supreme Court before deciding to no longer proceed with the legal process.
Harrison maintains he has never used PEDs and is interviewing because he wants to play this year – not because he wants to make the league happy.
Green Bay’s Clay Matthews and Julius Peppers and free agent Mike Neal, all linebackers as well, also were threatened with suspensions. In fact, back in June, he agreed to meet with the league investigators. “They don’t have credible evidence”. I wouldn’t be shocked if all five were a part of the drug delivery scheme that was laid out in the documentary, but has since been recanted. If and when they do agree to speak with the league, any further punishment would be handed down by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.
“This has nothing to do with us”, Tomlin said.
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It’s unclear at this point whether Harrison’s terms will satisfy the NFL’s requests, but the 38-year-old has a bold idea to ensure everyone sees how everything really unfolds if and when a meeting takes place. Brady will be suspended for the first four games of the season.
