TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Former Arizona Cardinals entrance workplace government Terry McDonough has filed an arbitration declare in opposition to the crew that accuses proprietor Michael Bidwill of dishonest, based on an individual with data of the declare.
The particular person spoke to the AP on situation of anonymity as a result of the matter is pending the league’s arbitration procedures.
The NFL confirmed receipt of the submitting on Tuesday, however didn’t disclose its contents.
McDonough claims he was ultimately demoted after he objected to a scheme that might contain the usage of so-called “burner telephones” to bypass the 2018 suspension of then-GM Steve Keim, who had been arrested for DUI.
McDonough claims he nonetheless has the cellphone used within the scheme. He labored 10 seasons for the Cardinals entrance workplace, together with a number of years as vice chairman of participant personnel.
ESPN and The Athletic first reported about McDonough’s arbitration declare.
McDonough’s contract was not renewed throughout Arizona’s latest offseason shakeup. Coach Kliff Kingsbury was fired and Keim was not retained after the crew went 4-13 final season and the group made a number of new hires, together with coach Jonathan Gannon and GM Monti Ossenfort.
“We’re reluctantly obliged to supply a public response together with broader context for some disappointing and irresponsible actions by Terry McDonough,” stated Jim McCarthy, exterior public relations advisor to the Cardinals. “Claims he has made in an arbitration submitting are wildly false, reckless, and an opportunistic ploy for monetary acquire.”
McCarthy’s response, which was supplied to AP, acknowledged the burner cellphone state of affairs, however attributed that to a different Cardinals government and that “Mr. Bidwill took swift motion when he realized of that state of affairs and directed the telephones be retrieved and communications stopped.”
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AP Professional Soccer Author Rob Maaddi contributed to this report.