Post by Guvmintcheeze on Oct 28, 2015 8:09:13 GMT
NFL continues Manziel investigation
Maybe the Browns should think about signing quarterback Ryan Mallet.
With starter Josh McCown day-to-day due to a shoulder injury and Johnny Manziel facing an ongoing NFL investigation regarding a recent incident with his girlfriend, there’s a chance the Browns will have neither available, soon.
Manziel will be interviewed as part of the league’s new Personal Conduct Policy procedures. (It’s possible that interview already has occurred.) According to Mary Kay Cabot of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, investigators arrived in Avon, Ohio last week to learn more about the situation.
“They spent the early morning here and each individual officer involved in the incident went in and spoke to them,” Sgt. George Ruple told Cabot. “They were just looking into the police report in full detail. They had copies of the full report, which are public records, as well as the video, and like I said, they were just investigating to see if there was any player conduct violations that the NFL holds their players accountable for.”
Ruple made it clear that Manziel will face no criminal charges.
“Ours is fully complete and finalized with no charges and theirs would be independent as far as their internal stuff that they’re looking for,” Ruple said. “It would have no impact as far as what we had decided to do in ending the case.”
That meshes with the league’s new approach to Personal Conduct Policy violations. The league disregards the opinions and conclusions of law enforcement, and the league makes its own decisions.
One of those decisions could be the placement of Manziel on paid leave pending the finalization of the league’s review of the situation. Whether he’s placed on paid leave depends on what the NFL finds during its investigation.
The problem for the league is that it will be impossible to know with any confidence what occurred without the cooperation of Manziel’s girlfriend. She gave inconsistent statements to police, and she likely won’t be cooperating with the league. Unlike the Greg Hardy case, which included lengthy, sworn testimony from his ex-girlfriend at a bench trial, the league may never have enough evidence to find that Manziel did anything wrong, even under the league’s reduced “more likely than not” standard.
Maybe the Browns should think about signing quarterback Ryan Mallet.
With starter Josh McCown day-to-day due to a shoulder injury and Johnny Manziel facing an ongoing NFL investigation regarding a recent incident with his girlfriend, there’s a chance the Browns will have neither available, soon.
Manziel will be interviewed as part of the league’s new Personal Conduct Policy procedures. (It’s possible that interview already has occurred.) According to Mary Kay Cabot of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, investigators arrived in Avon, Ohio last week to learn more about the situation.
“They spent the early morning here and each individual officer involved in the incident went in and spoke to them,” Sgt. George Ruple told Cabot. “They were just looking into the police report in full detail. They had copies of the full report, which are public records, as well as the video, and like I said, they were just investigating to see if there was any player conduct violations that the NFL holds their players accountable for.”
Ruple made it clear that Manziel will face no criminal charges.
“Ours is fully complete and finalized with no charges and theirs would be independent as far as their internal stuff that they’re looking for,” Ruple said. “It would have no impact as far as what we had decided to do in ending the case.”
That meshes with the league’s new approach to Personal Conduct Policy violations. The league disregards the opinions and conclusions of law enforcement, and the league makes its own decisions.
One of those decisions could be the placement of Manziel on paid leave pending the finalization of the league’s review of the situation. Whether he’s placed on paid leave depends on what the NFL finds during its investigation.
The problem for the league is that it will be impossible to know with any confidence what occurred without the cooperation of Manziel’s girlfriend. She gave inconsistent statements to police, and she likely won’t be cooperating with the league. Unlike the Greg Hardy case, which included lengthy, sworn testimony from his ex-girlfriend at a bench trial, the league may never have enough evidence to find that Manziel did anything wrong, even under the league’s reduced “more likely than not” standard.