It's not looking good for Incognito.
First, some background for those of you who may not follow football:
Last year, Miami Dolphin's tackle Jonathan Martin left the team, later claiming that he faced bullying and other indignities from his teammates on and off the field.
Richie Incognito was, according to Martin, the "ringleader," for lack of a better word, of the bullying.
Surprising no one, Incognito claimed that the accusations were false, and although he did call Martin the N word, to judge [him] by that one word is wrong.
“It sounds like I’m a racist pig. It sounds like I’m a meathead. It sounds a lot of things that it’s not. And I wanted to clear the air just by saying I’m a good person,” Incognito said. “I’m embarrassed by my actions, but what I want people to know is the way Jonathan and the rest of the offensive line, and our teammates, how we communicate, it’s vulgar. . . . People don’t know how Jon and I communicate to one another.”For what seems like the longest time, the only thing the public has had to go on is the he said/he said version of the story. Predictably, most football fans took a strong position on the case either for or against Martin. Even Brett Favre chimed in to offer such eloquent words as "“You have to be kidding me[...]Pro football? Bullying? It’s the toughest sport, most violent. Not to mention you’re men. So it’s not like it’s a little 12-year-old on a playground."Incognito noted that many of his teammates, white and black, have said they support him.
“If I was a racist and I was bullying Jon Martin, when the press went in there and asked questions, that locker room would have said, ‘Listen, we saw this, we saw that.’ I’m proud of my guys for having my back and telling the truth,” Incognito said.
So the Dolphins said they were going to investigate and NFL fans expected nothing to come of it.