NFL investigates Browns after Hue Jackson alleges team paid him to lose games, reports say

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – The Browns weren’t simply a poor football group in 2016-17, they misbehaved purposefully, previous Head Train Shade Jackson affirms.

2 months after Jackson spoke up, the NFL opened up an examination right into the Browns for tanking for those 2 periods, AP Sports Author Tom Withers reported.

Withers tweeted that the organization spoke with the group and also the group is totally complying.

Sports Illustrated reported that “previous SEC chair Mary Jo White, of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, is leading an independent probe” right into the accusations.

The Cleveland Browns shared the adhering to declaration on the NFL examination pertaining to the Shade Jackson accusations:

“Despite the fact that Shade recanted his accusations a brief time after they were made, it was essential to us and also to the honesty of the video game to have an independent testimonial of the accusations. We invited an examination and also we are positive the outcomes will certainly reveal, as we’ve formerly specified, that these accusations are unconditionally incorrect. We have actually totally accepted Mary Jo White and also eagerly anticipate the searchings for.”

Jackson and also the supervisor of his structure affirmed on Twitter that the group paid Jackson to shed video games and also obtain a greater draft choice.

Jackson seems sustaining previous Dolphins head instructor Brian Flores, that is taking legal action against the organization for its therapy of minority training prospects.

Flores additionally stated Miami proprietor Stephen Ross supplied $100,000 per loss, a deal Flores rejected.

Sports Illustrated specified the NFL worked with White to explore the Dolphins from Flores’s insurance claim.

In a declaration back on Feb. 2, the Browns called Jackson’s insurance claims “unconditionally incorrect.”

Jackson waited his tale on ESPN, and also stated he has evidence of his insurance claims and also the NFL realizes he has evidence.

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