Horrifying details emerge. Yesterday regarding a lawsuit
that has been filed against bills, rookie punter, Matt
araiza and to others who with Horizon were playing for San
Diego State last year, the allegation is g******** of a 17
year old girl. The LA Times had the story
the details, as I said,
are horrifying.
The reality is
And it's unfortunate, but this is the way it works because it
happened before. Erisa was drafted by the bills, the NFL
can do nothing about it whatsoever under the personal
conduct policy. Now, if he would ever
get in trouble under the personal conduct policy in
the future, you could have expedited or enhanced
punishment, because of this
and obviously there's a criminal investigation
happening, he could go to jail.
Then it wouldn't matter
if the personal conduct policy applies, it also doesn't
matter. If the bills decide this guy plays a position.
That hundreds of guys.
Can fill and it's not like we're going to be a punt
machine this year. Anyway. I know that he's kind of a
fan favorite. You had an 82-yard punt in a preseason
game and I guess it's good to have a
good putter instead of a bad one but there's plenty who can
just do the job. Well, enough, do you really want? If you're
the bills to have this
tied to your team,
it's a tough call because he's entitled to due process.
He's entitled to the presumption of innocence,
but good Lord. These allegations
are horrifying. And if I was the bill,
I was the NFL, I would want to get to the point very quickly
where I have a feeling a reliable
gut feeling, whether or not, this guy may be responsible for
what he's accused of because if he is, see you later matter,
Rising you can't work here.
Yeah and and Mike the bill said in their statement they were
recently made aware of these allegations. But according to
reporting that came out of Buffalo multiple reporters said
the lawyer notified the bills at the end of July that to
me is not recent. That is a month ago, that means the Bills
new when they made the transaction last week to move
on, from that Hawk that
arrives, it was going to be their guide and they knew what
these allegations were. And they knew that they Probably
we're going to come out at some point and they were prepared
for that. So they made their decision knowing what was out
there already. Might now, maybe they didn't do a thorough
investigation
but they knew enough to to make a
educated decision to keep him and move on from that hot.
They made their decision when they used a sixth-round pick on
him though. This wasn't a real pun in competition. He was
going to be the guy. The moment you draft upon her or a kicker,
he's your guy unless he is an absolute disaster.
In training camp in the preseason. And obviously this
guy wasn't, the question is, what do they know before, they
drafted him? What did the NFL know about this? It would have
been very easy to not draft him,
not sign him. Not look his way if you think. There's any
chance. He's connected to this now but people get wrongfully
accused all the time. I get it and I don't like it. When
we saw he's a she it's a Shakedown. It's a money. Grab
already hearing that. From arises lawyer. It's always
a money. Grab until it isn't
It's always a Shakedown until there's Merit to the allegation
and settlements are being paid, and Justice is being meted out
against the people who are accused of wrongdoing. Everyone
says, it's a frivolous lawsuit. It's a Shakedown, it's a money
grab,
anybody who has any money. Can say that if they're being held
responsible, the things they've done. I don't know what
happened here, but it needs to be investigated by the relevant
authorities, criminal, and civil,
and the bills need to care about. This,
look, there's a great Vibe around the bills right now
and it puts the fans in a tough spot. It's just like Browns
fans. They were put into tough spot when the team traded for
Deshaun Watson.
Brought him under the Browns umbrella
fans need to support him and I think Bills fans are going to
feel conflicted about this but it's one thing to support
a franchise quarterback. It's another thing to support
a punter when punters come and go
all the time and when you've got a team that isn't going to
need a punter very much this year because the offense is
going to kick ass and score points.
I can see Bills fans. I have faith in the
In the inherent goodness of everyone, I could see Bills
fans. Look at this saying I'm sorry we can't we can't stand
by if there's any potential Merit to this. We can't
tolerate it. The allegations
are too horrifying. This isn't a guy
getting a massage
and trying to engineer
a sexual encounter.
This is an allegation that Matt araiza and two others
g********* a 17 year old girl
who basically was
unconscious or semi-conscious because
of alcohol or other substances that Consumed. So,
this is as bad as it gets folks,
and the bills need to be concerned. The NFL needs to be
concerned. And even though the NFL can't do anything about it
under the personal conduct policy,
there are ways that things can happen behind the scenes,
for somebody, 345 Park Avenue
to get Terry pegula on the line
and say,
hey man, look your team is
In 13 days.
Playing in La,
first game of the year.
Does it really help anyone to have made her eyes on
the football field? If
there's any
chance that? This is true and it's a tough balance.
I understand innocent till proven guilty
but,
The NFL's got the resources, I think to get to the point where
they can make a reasonable conclusion between now and
September 8. And if they can make a reasonable conclusion,
Fair reasonable objective, proper conclusion. If they
think this guy may have done it,
I don't see how he's on that roster
when the NFL season kicks off 13 days from today Cherie.
Yeah and you're right. Mike, you go back to the draft and it
according to all the reports yesterday, the bills didn't
know about this and I'm just curious. Why the NFL in
the bills didn't know about this. They should have known about
it. It would seem
like a relatively easy thing
to find out. If you go talk to the right people, if you're
interested in drafting this guy, the I know this the NFL
and it steams talked a lot about women and they talk about
them and how important they are and they put out statements
when something happens and all those sorts of things.
But I don't see the action. I think they care about women's
money and the commitment that women make with the pocketbook.
But what I've seen from the NFL, I haven't seen those
actions and say we really do care.
This is another, I think example of that and you're
right the NFL can't do anything
on the surface of it but they can tell the bills. Look. You
need to do the right thing here and move on from this guy. He's
not worth it.