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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSources: Dolphins coaches asked Incognito to toughen up Martin
Miami Dolphins coaches asked player Richie Incognito, who was the offensive line's undisputed leader, to toughen up teammate Jonathan Martin after he missed a voluntary workout last spring, multiple sources told the Sun Sentinel.<snip>
Sources say that communication took place when Martin skipped two days of the team's OTA program, and Incognito was encouraged by his coaches to make a call that would "get him into the fold," one source said.
Even though OTA workouts are voluntary, the NFL culture forces coaches to strong arm the team's leaders to make sure everyone attends. Sources say Incognito was doing his job, but they admit he crossed the line.
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During Martin's rookie season he was nicknamed "Big Weirdo" by his teammates, and was forced to sport an embarrassing haircut given to him by the offensive linemen. He also forked over $15,000 for a veterans trip to Las Vegas he didn't attend.
The Dolphins traditionally hold rite of passage rituals for its rookies, and some of the team's antics which included ridiculous haircuts, hair dyeing, and elaborate dinners paid for by the rookies could be considered hazing. Those would make them a violation of the NFL's personal conduct policy.
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Linebacker Dannell Ellerbe indicated that Martin should have come to the leadership council with his problems, which apparently carried over to his second season. The problem is Incognito was also on the leadership council, and possessed a tremendous amount of power and influence.
That might explains why Martin hid his issues with Incognito, and on occasion hung around with him in South Florida, and during road trips. It is possible Martin felt he had to do so to feel accepted.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/breaking/fl-miami-dolphins-hazing-1106-20131105,0,3517033.story
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Sources: Dolphins coaches asked Incognito to toughen up Martin (Original Post)
tenderfoot
Nov 2013
OP
"North Dallas Forty" does a great job capturing NFL team politics and exploitation.
1000words
Nov 2013
#6
"When we call it a game you call it a business and when we call it a business ...
TeamPooka
Nov 2013
#7
trublu992
(489 posts)1. By calling him a n****r. Love the excuses they're
making for this asshole
Archae
(46,356 posts)2. There's a new video out of Incognito...
Clearly in a drunken rage, screaming "Nigger" at random, his shirt off, just raging all over.
gopiscrap
(23,765 posts)3. if that's true those fuckers need to be banned from football also
msongs
(67,459 posts)4. they work hard for the $$ nt
1000words
(7,051 posts)6. "North Dallas Forty" does a great job capturing NFL team politics and exploitation.
Although a comedy, and now dated (1980s,) it touches on a lot of what this story entails. Including the racism, and how coaches pit players against others to "motivate" them.
TeamPooka
(24,262 posts)7. "When we call it a game you call it a business and when we call it a business ...
you call it a game." - The exasperated player screams at his coach.
Best film about NFL football ever.
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)8. And as ususal the book was better than the movie
TeamPooka
(24,262 posts)9. they always are.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)10. So it was a Code Red. nt
City Lights
(25,171 posts)11. Nice.
Why doesn't this surprise me?