TheWashingtonfootballteamsaysitisawareofpicturesonsocialmediashowingquarterbackDwayneHaskinsnotwearing a maskwhileattendinganeventwithstrippersovertheweekend.
AccordingtoESPN's JohnCom, whocoverstheteam, Haskinsistellingpeoplehehiredthestrippersfor a privatepartyat a hotelsuite, onewayoranother.
Haskins, whohasmadehisTwitteraccountprivate, posted a statementbeforedoingso.
Andthestatementsays, I wanttopubliclyapologizeformyactions.
ThispastSunday I spokewithCoachwereveryyesterday, tookfullaccountabilityforputtingtheteamatrisk.
Itwasirresponsibleandimmatureofme, and I acceptresponsibilityformyactions.
They'rehopingtheywerehopingthatthisyoungman, inhissecondyearintheNFL, wouldstarttoshow a higherlevelofprofessionalism, a higherlevelofmaturitythanwhatthey'veseenbehindthescenesfromhimandobviouslyunsaidinsuchasthisshowsthatheisn't.
See, I toldyou, Lookatthis, rightTheyTheysaidthathewasn't smartenough.
Theysaidthathedidn't workhardenough.
Theysaidthathewasn't professionallove, andnowyougivethem a reasontocontinuetalking.
Soyoucouldjustmissallofthethingsthat I mentionedbeforeaboutyourheadcoach.
Thatshowsthatyoudon't careabouthim.
Youcouldmissallofthethingsthatsays, Okay, youarenotprotectingthepeoplearoundyouandjustthinkaboutitfrom a footballperspective.
From a leadershipperspective, thisisunacceptable.
Itneedstobepunished.
Itneedstobeaddressed.
I don't knowhowyoucoulddothatbecauseyouneedhimtoplayquarterbackthisweek, butthiscannothappen.
I mean, whatdoyouthink?
Youknow, I mean, I thinkit's It's hardtoaddanythingtowhatRyansaid, becauseheputitsoperfectly.
Itsoundslike a grownuptalking, unfortunately, doesn't feellikeDwayneHaskinsisthere, but I don't needtopileonDwayneHaskins.
Everybodyhasalreadymadeitclearwhythiswasdonedumbandunacceptable, andtoRyan's point, likegoingto a shakecluborhavingsomedancesovertoyoursuitelikethat's notthatbigof a dealifyoudon't takeintoaccountallthecontextthatwehavesurroundingyouandsurroundingthiscurrentsituation.
So I thinkthat's whatmakesitsodisappointingandthiotoanotheroneofRyan's pointsthathejustmade.
YousaidIfpeoplearetiredofhearingblackandwhitelikethat's, I franklydon't care, thentheycangetusoffTVbecause I don't thinkthat's somethingthatwecanseparatefromthesportsworldinthissituation.
I dothinkthatit's important.
It's unfairthatthere's a differentexpectationat a differentlevelofresponsibilityforblackmenorblackpeople, frankly, butitistrueandithappenswhenyoudothingslikethis.
Soyouhave a responsibilitytoyourcoach, yourresponsibilitytoyourteam, yourresponsibilitytoyourfamily.
Youhaveresponsibilitytoyourcommunity, butyouhaveresponsibilityas a blackmanis a blackquarterback.
And I believeRyan, Thisisthesecondyearin a rowthatwehadfourblackquarterbacksintheProBowl, sowe'reheadedintherightdirectionasfarasquarterbacksareconcerned.
And I knowthatDwayneHaskins, whetherhewokeupandwatchedthisshowthismorningornot, isnotlookingforallthisweightorbaggage.
TheWashingtonfootballteamsaysitisawareofpicturesonsocialmediashowingquarterbackDwayneHaskinsnotwearing a maskwhileattendinganeventwithstrippersovertheweekend.
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