Posted on 02/15/2020 12:45:54 PM PST by NobleFree
Two days after a Myles Garrett interview aired reiterating Mason Rudolph used a racial slur toward him, the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback and his head coach spoke out against the allegation.
"1000% False. Bold-Faced Lie. I did not, have not, and would not utter a racial slur. This is a disgusting and reckless attempt to assassinate my character," Rudolph tweeted Saturday morning.
The social media post includes a link to Garrett's interview on ESPN's Outside The Lines, which includes the Cleveland Browns defensive end alleging Rudolph "called me the N-word. He called me a 'stupid N-word.'"
Shortly before Rudolph's tweet, Steelers coach Mike Tomlin released a statement.
"I support Mason Rudolph not only because I know him, but also because I was on the field immediately following the altercation with Myles Garrett, and subsequently after the game," the statement read. "I interacted with a lot of people in the Cleveland Browns organization -- players and coaches. If Mason said what Myles claimed, it would have come out during the many interactions I had with those in the Browns' organization. In my conversations, I had a lot of expressions of sorrow for what transpired. I received no indication of anything racial or anything of that nature in those interactions."
Garrett initially accused Rudolph of using the slur while appealing his indefinite suspension for striking the QB in the head with his own helmet during a Week 11 brawl. The NFL, which reinstated Garrett earlier this week, reiterated Saturday it did not find evidence to support Garrett's claim.
"As we said at the time the allegation was made, we looked into the matter and found no such evidence," the league said in a statement.
"There was no sound recorded from the field during that game. As with every game, there were microphones on the center or interior linemen that help amplify the ambient sound as the quarterbacks were calling signals at the line of scrimmage. But they do not record sound. Microphones are opened from the break of the huddle (or when the center places his hand on the ball in a no-huddle offense) through the snap of the ball. They are turned off at that point.
"We checked with the officiating crew, including the ref who was on top of the play and the ensuing aftermath. No player on either team came forward to say they heard him say it on the field. There was also no indication of any players saying they heard him say it in their postgame comments."
It’s the NFL any questions?
Looking for that 15 minutes of fame??
He’s just like McCabe. They both skated on bad behavior and neither have the sense to take the win and keep their mouths shut. Then again, why not flaunt it when you know you’re above it all?
I have no doubt that the Steelers consider every Cleveland player to be a “stupid n-word”
No matter what color the Cleveland player’s skin.
The implication seems to be that if Garrett did call the thug a name, the thug is justified in hitting him in the head with his helmet.
It has also been used as a 'get out of jail free' card both figuratively and literally in situations when street thugs physically attack or even kill a white victim. By claiming that the white victim of the street thug's attack used the dreaded "n-bomb", it is hoped that this will serve as a mitigating circumstance or even absolve the attacker of all culpability. Unfortunately; society at large seems to agree with this on some level. Once you claim victim status; you are teflon.
I can pretty much guarantee that every song on Myles Garrett's I-Phone has an "n-bomb" as every other lyric, and that he and his homies refer to each other by that term daily. Make a decision. Either the word is offensive, or it isn't. Stop trying to have it both ways with the selective outrage.
He called him a “Lying,Dog-Faced Pony Soldier”
“Looking for that 15 minutes of fame??”
If a quarterback would say something like that that could be heard by his own offensive line, the first pass called would be his demise. There are words used out there that may reference someone’s pedigree, but not to use racial slurs for opposite races. It’s called trash talk and it is not controlled by the officials, but by the players themselves. Part of the violence that keeps the game interesting for the fans that they don’t understand. Ugly, but exists.
rwood
At the time any black that was accused of a crime of violence against a White person were counseled to say "He (or she) called me a nigger".
All you needed on the jury was one vote for a mistrial.
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