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Jonathan Martin details harassment from Dolphins teammates
Posted by Michael David Smith on January 29, 2014, 10:14 AM EST
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Jonathan Martin, the offensive lineman who left the Miami Dolphins after he was harassed by teammates, has detailed some of that harassment, which he says went far beyond the normal razzing that teammates give each other.
“There was persistent comments of a racial nature,
aggressive ****** comments related to my sister and my mother,” Martin said in his interview with Tony Dungy. “I’ve spoken to my former teammates in other locker rooms across the NFL and I asked them, does this stuff go on? Is this normal rooking hazing? The consensus was, this is not normal.”
Martin says he wasn’t the only victim of bullying in the Dolphins’ locker room. And Martin also says
Richie Incognito, the teammate who was suspended for his role in the bullying, was not the only bully on the team. But Martin does say that he believes he was picked on more than the rest of his teammates, for reasons he never understood.
“There were other people that got it, too,” Martin said. “I can’t say why I may have gotten more.”
I certainly don't condone personal attacks against family, but I think you still need to stand up for yourself. Like sharks smelling blood in the water, it could be the instigators took it to a higher level because of the perception that he is soft and he reinforced it by not standing up for himself.
Think about what Dez Bryant, whose mother was apparently a hooker, must hear from opposing players and fans. Yes, he's not the most mentally stable player in the league. But I don't think it's because of the taunting.