As reported on ESPN.com, Mawae rips the league for disclosing information regarding fellow Titan Ryan Fowler, who is under investigation for apparently buying steroids from David Jacobs, who commited suicide two weeks ago. Shortly before his death, Jacobs fingered (not like that) the Titans MLB as one of his clients from 2006, something that Fowler denies.
Mawae has a point here, and the league say so too:
"We agree with Kevin," Aiello said by e-mail. "Unfortunately, information that has to be shared with individuals outside of our office is sometimes given to the news media improperly."
- NFL spokesman Greg Aiello
It is worrying that, when you consider what is at stake, the league couldn't keep their findings under wraps whilst investigating serious allegations of steroid use. Looking at the bigger picture though, it is more worrying that these leaks occurred when Jacobs made this stark warning just days before his death::
"The kinds of people I have information about, they're the kinds of people who can put a bullet in the back of my head."
- Steroids Dealer David Jacobs
For the NFL to allow a person under investigation to be named like this is troubling. Surely they must be aware that even with Jacobs out of the picture, anyone implicated in the whole episode would be at risk from those looking to cover their tracks? If not, Jacobs's suicide should have been the wake up call they needed.
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