The Arizona Cardinals find themselves in the news again for the wrong reasons. Over the last more than a year, they have been consistently in the news for problems.
This is no different.
The latest are accusations from former team vice president of player personnel Terry McDonough. He has filed a grievance with the league accusing the team of cheating, misconduct and harassment. The details of the report come from ESPN’s Adam Schefter and The Athletic’s Kalyn Kahler, Mike Sando and Stewart Mandel.
What all is being accused?
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Cheating
Back in 2018 when then-general manager Steve Keim was arrested for drunk driving, he was suspended five weeks by the team.
During that time, the team was to have zero contact with Keim. It was during training camp and the preseason.
McDonough alleges that Bidwill had a plan to maintain communication with Keim, providing execs and head coach Steve Wilks with burner phones to use.
McDonough claims he still has the phone.
The team claims it was another executive who had the plan and that Bidwill stopped the breach.
Harassment
McDonough claims that Bidwill “cursed at, berated, and formally reprimanded” him and eventually demoted him.
“Bidwill also subjected McDonough to bullying, mocking, harassing and abusive behavior.”
More harassment, misconduct and hostility to other employees
In addition to what McDonough alleges happened to him, he also cites instances of behavior that belittled other employees.
He alleges that Bidwill “created an environment of fear for minority employees” and made two different pregnant women cry with his “abusive and bullying mistreatment.”
