So aside from Richie Incognito allegedly blasting teammate Jonathan Martin with racially charged harassment and physical threats, it looks as though Incognito’s father is perhaps doing the same thing.
According to Deadspin, a message appeared on a Miami Dolphins message board that attacked Martin and another Dolphins lineman Mike Pouncey as “black brothers that do drugs on a regular basis,” and asked readers to “pray [GM Jeff] Ireland and [coach Joe] Philbin die of AIDS.” He blasts the team from top to bottom, claims Incognito is getting railroaded, and uses the “black people say the N-word in rap music” argument to dismiss claims that Incognito sent racial messages to Martin. He also implies that Martin has pondered suicide, and “does not belong in an NFL locker room.”
Richie Incognito’s alleged harassment of Jonathan Martin very disturbing
Here’s a screen capture that Deadspin took before the message was taken down:
But what leads suspicion to believe that this was Incognito’s father?
Here’s some of the evidence that Deadspin as well as a user named “TheWalrus” dug up on the poster Idrd1994:
- A search history on Idrd1994 revealed that the poster “only talks about the offensive line, praises Jeff Darlington (who Richie ‘trusted’ to write the big feature on Richie) and constantly refers to Jason Smith, the legendary #2 overall draft pick bust of the Rams, who was taken when Incognito was there.”
- Google searches on the web handle Idrd1994 posting messages on RC car message boards claiming to be from Arizona where the Incognito family moved when Richie was 11.
- According to the Miami Herald, the board administrator for FinsHeaven discovered that the DOB listed on the Idrd1994 account is 12/14/1949, which matches Richie’s father’s (Richie Incognito Sr) birthday.
- Idrd1994 also talks about growing up in New Jersey and watching the Jets at Shea Stadium according to The Walrus. Richie Incognito was born in New Jersey.
- There is also reports that Richie’s father was also an active poster in University of Nebraska message boards when his son played there.