In the case of Britt Reid, who is now faced with felony accusations, Monday brought some answers. It raises further questions, questions that are currently not answered by his former employer.
The Kansas City Chiefs declined, to comment if their team had any information about where, at almost 84 miles per hour with 0.113% of alcohol, former coach assistant to the team and son of head coach Andy Reid consumed alcohol in the two-wagon race, well over a statutory 0.08 limit.
The proximity of the accident scene and the team’s practise facility are illustrated in an excellent column of Wetzel on this topic. Common senses suggest that Britt Reid probably drank at the building just three days before he was driving home.
“The NFL attempts to cover up personal responsibility and the partnership in the community,” Writes Wetzel. It must investigate and punish a favourite franchise and the family of a famous coach so aggressively as a misbehavioral athlete if necessary. If Roger Goodell is concerned with protecting the shield, how can the public be prevented from doing this?’
In 2020 the NFL was extremely proud to be sure that all COVID-19 protocols were complied with by individuals at each team facility. With the approach of the Super Bowl, enhanced measures were taken, with League office monitors reportedly sent to provide additional surveillance to the teams that made it to the final four of the Ligue.
So what did the leaders know, what the leaders should have known, and when did they know? What did the League observers, on the other hand, know, and what they should know, and when did they know? These are questions which will be answered within litigation, to secure full compensation for Ariel Young, a 5-year-old (by Wetzel) who cannot walk or speak and who is fed by a tube.
This current silence could be due to the fact that the Ariel Young family can look for additional compensation in the Chiefs and/or the NFL. There is no reason (from a legal point of view) for the team or the league to say anything that could be used against them at the courts when such questions are certainly posed when a case is filed.
However, until they are answered, the questions remain. The leaders and the league certainly know the answers already, as Wetzel notes.
Questions to be asked in Britt Reid case
Where did Britt Reid have to drink? Was it at the facility of the team? Who else knew he had to drink from the team, if anybody else? Who else was drinking with the team if anybody? Who supplied the spirit?
The League has clear rules to prevent alcohol from occurring in team buildings. Whether this leads to possible civil liability becomes another issue which is determined by the knowledge and/or participation of the team in the consumption of alcohol in their premises.
The Chiefs couldn’t have known anything at all. Britt Reid may not even have been drinking in the facility. You may have done so secretly and unobtrusively, that nobody had any reason to know or knew.
Knowledge and participation may also have been more widespread. They will remain lingering until such questions are answered publicly. And they should. And they should.
Somebody went into a car, dropped it a short distance away, and injured a 5-year-old girl with serious and permanent damages. The public should know more about this, and the public and media should ask for the replies.
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