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>> some say the rules are stupid. >> he wanted to fight me in the green room about this. thankfully, this is my five minutes. but heres what im saying about this. you go through this 230 pages. it could have been done in 20 pages. two assistants went out of their way for over a year to take air pressure out of a ball and if you look at the style, they feel pressure to do this because theres only a slight window for them to do this and they dont like tom brady. >> theres no question they did it. ...

Was showing it. >> mcnally is the guy that took the air out of the ball. the other is the assistant trainer. >> would you do a dramatic reenactment? >> tom sucks. if i like through the text messages they wouldnt be saying megyn kelly sucks. they love you. im going to make that next ball a balloon. talked to him last night. he actually brought you up and said you must have a lot of stress trying to get them done. i told him it was. he was right though. a few of them were at 16, meaning too hard. ...

The assistant coach, scouts, nfl player personnel assistant, one former general manager, none of them speaking on the record. all of them saying that michael sam would fall in the draft because of this. claimed that his numbers are inflated. they argued that an openly gay player could chemically impossible nfl locker room because football is still a mans mans game. not a smart move for sam to come out before the draft. that was the consensus of the anonymous voices. the league isnt ready, they c...

Teammates were that wig of a deal, then the independent report commissioned by the nfl and released on friday night might change your mind. the 140-page report chronicles the persistent and graphic harassment that martin, a fellow player, and an assistant trainer endured in the 2013 season. the level of language used by richie incognito, john jerry, and mike pouncey in statements, texts, and voice mails to jonathan martin is so vulgar, that we will not show it on air. what i can show you is the ...

Miami dolphins tackle. he says he is a bullying victim. and now the nfl has a very good reason to believe him. when he suddenly left his team last fall saying he was bullied by this guy, number 68, teammate richie incognito, the league appointed attorney ted wells to head up an investigation into those allegations. today, the report is out. the bottom line from them? we conclude that three starters on the dolphins offensive line, richie incognito, john jerry and mike pouncey engaged in a pat an ...

Environment is much different than our workplace environment. ive been in many nfl locker rooms, its vulgar, racists, at times its homophobic. they slow around slurs like game towels. its commonplace. the findings are they crossed the line. it wasnt just one victim, three, two players and an assistant trainer. and they did it to the point where jonathan martin, sort of the face of this, felt that he not only had to leave the team, but he felt his life wasnt worth living not once but twice. he co...

The report also says an assistant trainer was the subject of racial slurs. in the fall richie incognito defended himself. >> im embarrassed by my actions. but what i want people to know is the way jonathan and the rest of the team community, its vulgar. its not right. when the words are put in the context, i understand why a lot of eyebrows get raised. but people dont know how jon and i communicate to one another. >> reporter: according to the report, martin says he was driven into depression. a...

But hes also joined by two other dolphin linemen, john jerry and mike pouncey. and the man on the left side of your screen, jonathan martin, wasnt the only one being harassed and engaged in a pattern of harassment. were hearing that -- im reading, i should say, that the assistant trainer was also the target of numerous racial slurs and other racially derogatory language. and that the other offensive lineman -- described as player a., its a younger offensive lineman, younger than jonathan martin,...

Into former player jonathan martins allegations of bullying, ritchie incognito, they engaged in a pattern of harassment directed at not only jonathan martin, but other young players, as well, also an assistant trainer is involved here. the report is the assistant trainer is the object of racial slurs, the other player was subjected to homophobic name calling, improper physical touching. lets speak to nbcs kyra sanders. >> you do point out one of the key things here, and remember, this all began ...

Younger offensive lineman. they are referred to as player "a." there is not a name to the assistant trainer. it said martin was taunted on a persistent basis with not only sexually explicit remarks but also racially charged, racially slurred, racially derogatory language on a consistent basis. this was the subject of him leaving the team abruptly in 2013. the report also says that martin was so stressful on him that it was consistent with contributing to his mental health issues. two different t...