The longer this goes on the worse its looking for Incognito and Miami.
Players surveyed on hazing incident
Recently suspended
Miami Dolphins guard
Richie Incognito does not have the support from NFL peers that he has received from teammates.
Incognito, who has been suspended indefinitely by the team in a bullying scandal that has swept over the league and saw Dolphins tackle
Jonathan Martin leave the team, has received public support from many of his teammates in recent days, including quarterback
Ryan Tannehill.
By The Numbers
72 NFL players were asked to anonymously answer the following questions in the wake of the Richie Incognito-Jonathan Martin scandal. Here are the results:
Which player would you rather have as a teammate?
Incognito 15
Martin 34
Neither 23
Have you been the victim of hazing in the NFL?
True 31
False 41
Have you provided money as a result of being hazed? If true, what's the most you have given?*
True 28
False 44
*Amounts ranged from $40 to $18,000
But in an unscientific survey conducted by team reporters for ESPN.com's NFL Nation over two days this week, Incognito does not have the same level of support from some of his peers. Three players participated from each team surveyed, with 72 players in all asked three questions. The players taking part were granted anonymity.
To the question of which player, Martin or Incognito, would they rather have as a teammate, 15 of the players who responded (20.8 percent) said they would rather have Incognito as a teammate, while 34 (47.2 percent) said they would rather have Martin as a teammate.
However, 23 of those who responded, or 31.9 percent, said they would want neither as a teammate. In all, the results showed that 57 of those who answered (79.2 percent) would not want Incognito as a teammate.
The players were also asked, in true-or-false form, whether they had ever been victims of hazing during their NFL careers. Thirty-one of the players (43.1 percent) answered true, while 41 (56.9 percent) answered false.
In the third question, players were asked if they ever had to provide money as part of a hazing incident. To that, 28 players (38.9 percent) answered true, while 44 players (61.1 percent) answered false.
Those who answered true to the third question were also asked to provide the highest dollar amount they were asked to provide as part of the hazing incident.
A wide range of answers were given.
Some of the answers included $40 for donuts, $100 for Chick-Fil-A and $2,500 and $5,000 for team dinners. In addition, six of the players surveyed said they spent $8,000, $9,000, $10,000 (two players), $12,000 and $18,000.
Those six players did not identify how the money was used.
The NFL is investigating what happened between Incognito and Martin, with noted attorney Ted Wells appointed by the league to conduct the investigation. Wells will prepare a report for NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and league officials, and the report will be made public upon its completion.
Incognito, a nine-year veteran, was suspended by the Dolphins on Sunday for "conduct detrimental to the team,'' amid accusations that he bullied and used racially charged terms against Martin, who left the team last week. Martin, a second-year tackle from Stanford, is with his family in California and has undergone counseling for emotional issues.
During a week when coaches of several teams were addressing the Dolphins' situation, Broncos interim coach Jack Del Rio was asked whether he spoke of the incident with Denver players.
"I did address it with the team,'' Del Rio said. "And I told them hopefully they feel confident if anything was ever going on they would pick one of the channels internally here, whether it be a coach, position coach, head coach, coordinator, anybody in coaching
somebody else in the building, another player, doesn't have to be a captain or a leader.
"If something's going on, let us help you. We like to talk about being family, and we like to think we would be helpful to a person struggling in a particular situation.''
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