Quote:You're points are well thought out, but that's also the point of Dakota...  Most times, we get some details when other players are involved.  You'd think with Blackmon, a huge commodity when he came out, would have alot of investigative reporters trying to get to the bottom of it.  But in Blackmon's situation, it's been all darkness in terms of information....  It's just...  Odd...

 

For whatever it's worth, he obviously has problems.  So maybe he's just taken a Ricky Williams approach and has said "bag it all" to the powers that be and the media that is sniffing around.  

 

But still, it's just really weird.  You'd think someone somewhere would have given some semblance of a story on this one.  I've been reading all the posts on Blackmon, and the last big hullaballooo was about his car incident late at night---which I jumped all over--- but other than that, there's no real information on what happened, and why the indefinite suspension...

The details you have gotten regarding other players usually come from the player or a police report which is public record.

 

For the league to release information on the situation without Blackmon's consent would be a violation of his privacy much akin to releasing his medical records considering addiction is considered a medical issue.

 

The law requires a certain amount of employer employee confidentiality. Just like you can't say anything about a former employee to a prospective employer regarding what kind of worker he was or why he is no longer employed, unless it was for breaking the law which would be public record. You could get sued.

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