The Cardinals have 20 days to respond to McDonough's claims under the NFL's dispute resolution procedural guidelines. It is not a smear to expose the truth about an organizations wrongdoing and fraudulent activities. And thats why he came out with all that BS about me., McDonough is seeking damages for breach of contract and emotional distress. As they fully deserved. Register now! Carolina went 6-6 in 12 games under Wilks evidence, McDonough claims, that his failings in Arizona were a result of poor management. At least it wasnt Roger Goodell himself. Say something and defend yourself? He is now seeking damages for breach of contract and emotional distress. gibson45 says: Former Cardinals executive Terry McDonough hasn't treated it that way. Cardinals' Terry McDonough Accuses Michael Bidwill Of Cheating, Gross Ex-Cardinals VP Terry McDonough accuses owner of cheating "Our position was consistent with many efforts we've made to accommodate Terry during his time with the team, despite difficulties in his personal life and his often volatile demeanor toward colleagues," the statement from McCarthy said. ProFootballTalk on Tuesday released portions of a letter by former Cardinals COO Ron Minegar, corroborating portions of McDonough's claims against Bidwill. This is clearly a moneygrab, nothing more. According to an ESPN report, former Cardinals vice president Terry McDonough filed an arbitration claim against Bidwill, accusing him of cheating, discrimination and harassment. As detailed by ESPN, McDonough claims Bidwill wanted McDonough and coach Steve Wilks to use burner phones in 2018 to communicate with general manager Steve Keim, circumventing a five-week suspension by the NFL after the GM pleaded guilty to extreme DUI. ", McDonough said that he wants to prevent Bidwill from treating people the way he said he was treated and that he believes he is giving voice to a group of Cardinals employees too scared to speak out against Bidwill. The NFL has exercised its prerogative to appoint an arbitrator.Via Tisha Thompson . . The NFL has exercised its prerogative to appoint an arbitrator. Information from The Associated Press was used in this report. Terry McDonough promises fight with Cardinals over allegations Do you have any idea of how heinous Michael Bidwills actions were toward Steve Wilks? McDonough said in his text to Franz. Cardinals cheating allegations: Terry McDonough's accusations against owner Michael Bidwill, explained, Cardinals trade rumors: Colts, Titans among top teams that could deal for No. Agreed! Michael Chow/The Republic/USA TODAY NETWORK. The Cardinals claim he directed the burner phones to be retrieved and "communications stopped.". 2:07. https://t.co/GTCUT9xdSK, Cardinals official response to the Terry McDonough grievance is filed, and then leaked https://t.co/zevP6knhRA, Terry McDonough accuses Cardinals owner Michael Bidwill of cheating | Pro Football Talk | NFL on NBC, Adam Schefter: Ex-Cardinals VP Terry McDonough accuses owner of cheating | NFL Live, Arizona Cardinals response to Terry McDonough shows dysfunction | Pro Football Talk | NFL on NBC, Adam Schefter BREAKING: Ex-Cardinals VP Terry McDonough accuses owner Michael Bidwill of cheating, Report: 49ers Interview Terry McDonough, Cardinals VP or Player Personnel, Cardinals owner accused of cheating by former team executive, report, For people and planet: Remembering Terry McDonough. He has represented, per the firms website, leagues including the NFL. https://t.co/xlQqdH09Hm, Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) April 4, 2023, The Cardinals refuted this accusation by using an example of a free-agent meeting Bidwill and McDonough attended together, where the owner displayed no racial animus while calling this portion of the overall allegation especially despicable.. Bidwill, in the statement, denies this accusation, as well. Jets' Aaron Rodgers expects a 'heaven' and 'hell' relationship with Zach Wilson, Top picks Christian Gonzalez, Keion White reflect Patriots' ideal identity, Big takeaways from the NFL draft: A historic QB class, the rebuilt AFC South and new GMs thriving, XFL semifinals: Defenders roll Sea Dragons, set up title showdown with Renegades, Bijan Robinson shares that this is his second stint with the Falcons. NFL. If theres a fart in the room I cant tell if hes reacting to it, guilty of doing it, or just incredulous in his cathartic realization that its a giant farting world. Feb 24. The filing indicates McDonough and Wilks voiced objections to the plan July 23, 2018. Jeffrey Mishkin, the former chief legal officer for the NBA, will "serve as the hearing officer" in the dispute, according to an email sent by the NFL's general counsel Jeff Pash and reviewed by ESPN. of bullying and cheating in a filing with the NFL, in a statement from external public relations advisor Jim McCarthy, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. Yea, not well. Bidwill also subjected McDonough to bullying, mocking, harassing and abusive behavior.". Cardinals executive Terry McDonough filed an arbitration claim against Michael Bidwill, accusing the owner of cheating and gross misconduct. redlikethepig says: How are you already deciding which one to side with? The way the Cardinals have tried to smear him is disgusting. April 5, 2023 at 1:41 pm The parties were informed of the selection by NFL general counsel Jeff Pash on April 18. Did he have a realistic legal alternative other than going through the league? This allegation would also align with a recent revelation from the NFLPA that the Cardinals do not provide their players with sufficient support and amenities. Teams interested in DeAndre Hopkins want Cardinals to help with salary The degree of specificity of the allegations made by the Cardinals should make a defamation suit easyif what they are saying is not true. He accused team owner Michael Bidwill of cheating, harassment, discrimination and misconduct. The Cardinals should delete their comments about McDonough. As part of his arbitration duties, Mishkin will next determine a schedule for legal discovery and depositions, which are expected to take at least several months. The claim also accuses Bidwill of sabotaging Wilks first HC opportunity which ended after one season, a 3-13 year in 2018 and berating McDonough since he came forward with objections to the 2018 plan. The PHOENIX suns have a really good chance to win the championship this year, How is this cheating? Often, a company accused of misconduct by a former employee has no comment in response. Overall, the Cardinals are painting McDonough as an outlier who frequently battled his colleagues and violated their rules. NFL mock draft database 2016 - 49ers picks across the Internet 2016 NFL calendar: League year, free agency, draft, salary cap deadlines 49ers Many people ask this question about the money Terry McDonough makes from Facebook. Wilks has declined ESPN's request for comment. When Bidwill learned about it, he ordered the phones to be collected and told the executive the disposable phone idea was misguided and inconsistent with terms of Keim's suspension. Which means that he and/or his firm hope to do so again in the future. That doesnt make him a liar, and it certainly doesnt mean he deserves to be ostracized and doubted before getting to plead his side. 3 Super Bowl Titles since Deflate-Scam (aka I wish I checked into high-school science before making damn a damn fool of myself and my co-conspirators) unequivocally clinches the title of greatest NFL Team of the modern salary Cap era for the New England Patriots. There are several factors, but much of this was directed at you based on the poor interaction theyve had with you. . No horse in this race. The Arizona Cardinals are entering a new era with a new head coach and new general manager. Even when the Big Red reached the Super Bowl? The fish rots from the head. Full list of Mr. Irrelevants in NFL draft history: Is Brock Purdy already the best final pick? McDonough has alleged his refusal to go along with Bidwills plan led to career advancement opportunities disappearing. Once the Commanders are sold, theyll pass the baton to the Cardinals for the worst run organization from top down. Full list of Mr. Irrelevants in NFL draft history: Is Brock Purdy already the best final pick? McDonough is seeking damages for breach of contract and emotional distress. 3 pick in 2023 draft. Terry McDonough makes first public comments on Michael Bidwill He cant win! In 99% of cases, the defendant, through counsel responds, to the facts and denies the claims, primarily though the legal documents, and even more limited with press releases. Arizona Cardinals owner Michael Bidwill is accused of gross misconduct, including cheating, discrimination and harassment, in an arbitration claim filed Tuesday by former Cardinals executive Terry McDonough to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. The filing said that the day after McDonough told Bidwill neither he nor Wilks wanted to communicate with Keim during the suspension, Bidwill summoned him to his office and wrote him up for "insubordination." As for Terry McDonough, he can file a defamation lawsuit against the Cardinals if anything they say isnt true. I know the answer to this one1 he does it himself and there better be dinner on the table when hes done. Could McDonough have prevented those lapses. MORE: NFLPA team report cards, explained: Vikings & Dolphins praised, Commanders & Cardinals blasted. 31 14 Im choosing who I believe, admittedly based on little evidence. The Sunday Ticket component affects the revenue projection, thus holding up cap finality. Terry McDonough. _______________, It is not a smear to expose the truth about an organizations wrongdoing and fraudulent activities Plus injury news, trade value, add drop advice, graphs, and more. Arizona finished 3-13 in 2018 and had the No. McDonough also alleges Bidwill not only created a culture of fear in the Cardinals' front office, but also discriminated against a Black employee and two pregnant women. Therefore, I wont comment on that. I dont know the intimate details as to why-it always seemed from the outside that Keim just saw Murray and fell in love with and had a hair brained impulse to just blow the thing up-but it certainly seemed from the exterior that the Cardinals never gave the Wilks regime an actual chance. FILE - Arizona Cardinals president Michael Bidwill speaks prior to the NFL football teams' new uniform unveiling April 20, 2023, in Phoenix. In response, Bidwill who has owned the Cardinals since fully inheriting them from his late father, Bill, in 2019 allegedly belittled McDonough, reprimanded him and eventually demoted him to senior personnel executive. McDonoughs claim was filed to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. Arizona Cardinals exec alleges retaliation by owner Michael Bidwill Heres what we know so far about the allegations. The people around you feel it daily and it impacts them more than you understand., MORE: Former Cardinals GM Steve Keim gives honest assessment of QB Kyler Murray: 'He still needs to grow'. Otherwise, youre not wrong. McDonoughs team, led by attorney Mike Caspino, has called this method dishonest character assassination.. ". Bidwill purportedly told Minegar a portion of his letter was used in the filing; he also asked whether the team could use snippets of a September 2022 email, which Minegar sent to Bidwill congratulating the team for honoring McDonough's father, famed Boston Globe reporter Will McDonough. Terry Bradshaw Earned $25,000 as a Rookie but Doesn't - Sportscasting Houston Texans, Arizona Cardinals set off NFL Draft fireworks with top Terry McDonough Awards: British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series, Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form, Terry McDonough Nominations: British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series, MORE. They say McDonough was insubordinate and had clashes with colleagues. "Claims he has made in an arbitration filing are wildly false, reckless, and an opportunistic ploy for financial gain. Scott Baily says: April 5, 2023 at 3:36 pm occurred shortly after McDonough's text to Bidwill regarding the Keim recordings. Arizona Cardinals executive Terry McDonough has filed an arbitration demand with the NFL accusing team owner Michael Bidwill of demoting McDonough in 2019 after McDonough objected to a. In documents obtained by the AP, the team says the contract McDonough signed with the Cardinals in May 2022 included a waiver of all his legal claims. Always. I really do. Sadly, we learned that a majority of our employees are working in fear. McDonough maintained that both he and former Cardinals head coach Steve Wilks were left with no choice but to follow Bidwill's plan to use burner phones to communicate with former Arizona general manager Steve Keim while Keim was serving a five-week suspension after pleading guilty to extreme DUI in Arizona. Maybe not the best look to lay it out to the public but they are damned if you do and damned if you dont. Stand up for yourself. McDonough cant really believe hes going to get a fair arbitration hearing? The Cardinals deny these allegations, maintaining they had repeatedly encouraged and facilitated Terrys [McDonough] wish to continue his career advancement., According to ESPN, some more notable cases of Bidwills alleged bullying include targeting two pregnant women and creating an environment of fear for minority employees., This has been brewing for a while, and carries some serious accusationsCardinals owner Michael Bidwill is accused of "bullying treatment" towards pregnant women and having "created an environment of fear for minority employees. I am not going anywhere, McDonough said in one portion of his text exchange with Franz, adding of Bidwill, He brought all of this on himself. He cant win! The Cardinals have strongly denied his claims in a detailed response to multiple media outlets, including The Republic, calling the arbitration filing outlandish.. Cardinals' official response to the Terry McDonough grievance - MSN Our position was consistent with many efforts we've made to accommodate Terry during his time with the team, despite difficulties in his personal life and his often volatile demeanor toward colleagues. So bush league. Rodgers latest aging NFL star to join Jets late in career. Steve Wilks has demonstrated that he is a skilled NFL head coach when he is not forced to cheat and is given an opportunity to succeed. McDonough's arbitration claim accuses the Cardinals of breach of contract, retaliation after engaging in protected activity, intentional infliction of emotional distress, defamation, and civil conspiracy. Good owners can elevate one. Please only use it for a guidance and Terry McDonough's actual income may vary a lot from the dollar amount shown above. The Cardinals contend that when new general manager Monti Ossenfort informed McDonough he was not being retained after his contract expires in 2024, "in retaliation (McDonough) filed his arbitration demand and launched a publicity campaign, both of which are full of exaggerations and falsehoods about the Cardinals organization and its President. As explained yesterday, the teams lengthy statement makes personal attacks against McDonough that are gratuitous, excessive, and unbecoming. McDonough told ESPN he still has the burner phone, which he said contains the evidence of the cheating scandal, as well as additional documentation. I suppose thats more of an in spite of than a contributed to. . You deserve to be happy, but you are miserable. Every once in a while, there's a lengthy comment in response . No horse in this race. McDonough has not interviewed for a GM position since 2017; the claim also indicates Bidwill bullied, belittled and criticized McDonough in front of coaches and scouts during two meetings. April 5, 2023 at 1:27 pm Minegar issued a statement to PFT in direct response to the Cardinals' claim he walked back statements to Bidwill. He has been active since 1985. Terry McDonough might be a jerk, but that doesn't mean he's wrong about There has been a critical error on this website. ", The grievance said that Wilks recently joined the racial discrimination class action lawsuit brought by former head coach Brian Flores against the NFL and its teams, with Wilks alleging that he was hired by Bidwill only to serve as a "bridge coach" without being given the opportunity to succeed and that he was "the fall guy for failures that were largely attributable to Keim.". Which means that hes hardly impartial. McDonough is still in possession of the burner phone, according to his claim, which includes a picture of the device. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. This is clearly a moneygrab, nothing more. The owner is purported to have created a workplace culture centered around fear among his employees, and that he even went so far as to cancel a 2019 employee engagement survey that indicated changes were needed. This unnecessary vindictive action by Terry was intended to malign his co-workers, our owner Michael Bidwill, and our team with outlandish accusations., Second voice:Another former Cardinals executive weighs in on Michael Bidwill, supporting misconduct claims. Please check your email for a confirmation. The only thing I did was let Bidwill know I was going to expose him for his atrocious treatment of Steve Wilks. Are we ever going to hear something positive about the Arizona Cardinals? Regarding the phone scheme, the Cardinals denied Bidwill orchestrated it. In the filing, McDonough said he and Wilks "objected to and sought to avoid participation in a scheme hatched by Bidwill to utilize burner phones to communicate with general manager Steve Keim -- in violation of the terms of Keim's suspension for extreme DUI -- during a critical period of the Cardinals training camp in the summer of 2018. McDonoughs arbitration claim accuses the Cardinals of breach of contract, retaliation after engaging in protected activity, intentional infliction of emotional distress, defamation, and civil conspiracy. In patton state hospital rn salary. Its also not a smear if their response about his character/professionalism was accurateit is however a smear if what the cardinals organization said is lies or if what McDonough said is lies its also a smear. Wilks declined to comment. Let's assume McDonough is 100 percent to blame in the "difficulties in his personal life" and that he is an "often volatile" jerk. Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul Wednesday, 11am. I told Michael that I would consider his request, but I would want the entire note to be utilized as opposed to just selecting snippets. He will also determine whether the dispute can be settled through arbitration. If you need an idea of how much salaries have changed, consider this. And it looks like he might be right. The players will fold for another % of revenues, just like always. Having the CEO settle all claims is beyond absurd and shouldnt be tolerated. That is expected to take several months. Right now though theres no way to tell which 1 (or if both are lying) but the problem is youve already assigned blame. Goodell will do nothing. "It must be stressed that our owner's long track record of fostering diversity and racial equity within our team and the League make this allegation especially despicable," the Cardinals said in their statement. 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