A "Rabid Giants Fan" Deals On Greg Hardy

[DandyDon1722]

From the article...

Former sex crimes prosecutor Lisa Mendelson Friel—who was hired 11 days ago by embattled National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell to help clean up the mess he’s made—loves and reveres the New York Giants.

She’s the sort of fan who turned the den of her Brooklyn home into a shrine (painting it Giants blue and red and decorating it with team paraphernalia and a life-size wall-hanging of Eli Manning), boasts season tickets that have been in her family for more than 60 years, and cheers her lungs out at every game at MetLife Stadium in the New Jersey Meadowlands.

“She’s a rabid Giants fan,” says Friel’s former boss, Linda Fairstein, the famed New York prosecutor-turned-crime novelist. “I can be sitting at home staying good and toasty, watching a game, and she’s out there in all kinds of weather,” Fairstein says. “She knows football inside-out.”

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/09/26/can-lisa-friel-save-roger-goodell.html

Apparently...Lisa knows how the schedule works too.

 

[DFWJC]

No surprise there.
This crap is so transparent.

 

[speedkilz88]

John Mara is probably the one who recommended her for the job.

 

[AsthmaField]

lol...

 

[big dog cowboy]

Funny I didn't see anything about this on ESPN or NFLN today.

 

[speedkilz88]

Did they remove that article? Link doesn't work.

 

[theogt]

As a "rabid" Cowboys fan, I have to say that if I were in a position of power in the NFL, I'd have a very hard time not discreetly sticking it to rival teams. It would be such that it's not bad enough to be an obvious abuse of power but just enough to make those fans pissed.

 

[DandyDon1722]

Did they remove that article? Link doesn't work.

You're right but then I did a search and it's there under this link. Very strange though.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/09/26/can-lisa-friel-save-roger-goodell.html

 

[DandyDon1722]

As a "rabid" Cowboys fan, I have to say that if I were in a position of power in the NFL, I'd have a very hard time not discreetly sticking it to rival teams. It would be such that it's not bad enough to be an obvious abuse of power but just enough to make those fans pissed.

Good observation - and I wouldn't put it past me to push the envelope a bit, but you know, it's one thing to be a fan, go to games, wear a jersey. I get that. But as an adult - in a position that she holds and the power she apparently wields, does it seem a bit strange that she has built "a shrine?" Doesn't that seem a but off - and if I was Roger, I sure as hell would advise her to tone the Giants stuff down a bit.

Whether you believe in this kind of stuff or not - The optics here from the league are just brutal.

 

[endersdragon]

I wonder what would happen if Eli was ever accused of anything, that might finally get Mara and Goodell fired.

 

[Bigdog]

This would be a conflict of interest and if I was a lawyer for Hardy I would bring this up. It would be different if she was a Niner, Dolphin, or even a Jets fan.

 

[windward]

I'm guessing the shrine stuff is pre hire, but she should recuse herself.

 

[SilverStarCowboy]

If this happened to Eli, Brady or Peyton it would be a non-issue. Could have shot her dead in the head. They called 911 and the woman was ADMITTEDLY under the influence of Cocaine!

 

[speedkilz88]

Yeah, in a jury trial it comes out she admitted to being on cocaine along with alcohol and that he called 911. Case is over.

 

[big dog cowboy]

You're right but then I did a search and it's there under this link. Very strange though.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/09/26/can-lisa-friel-save-roger-goodell.html

Edited the Op.

 

[Oh_Canada]

Disgusting. How on earth can she stay partial in this case being that fanatic about their team who happens to play on the same division?

 

[mickswag]

*waits for someone to DM this to Hardy on Twitter.*

 

[Plankton]

 

[KB1122]

Please. We go and sign a woman beater who paid off a witness, and you all want to act like it's a conspiracy against the team. And somehow you're shocked that people in the league office are upset about it.

 

[mickswag]

Please. We go and sign a woman beater who paid off a witness, and you all want to act like it's a conspiracy against the team. And somehow you're shocked that people in the league office are upset about it.

You must not have read the OP. This is about a rabid Giants fan leading the investigation. This talk about the league being upset belongs in antother thread.