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Report: NFL to interview players named in Al-Jazeera America report
More than six months after five current and now-former NFL players were named in an Al-Jazeera America report linking them to performance-enhancing drug use, at least four will be interviewed by the league next month.
According to a report by USA Today's Tom Pelissero, the NFL has notified the NFL Players' Association that it will conduct interviews with Green Bay Packers Clay Matthews III and Julius Peppers, and the Pittsburgh Steelers' James Harrison on the first day of their respective training camps.
The Packers are scheduled to hold their first practice of camp on July 26, and the Steelers set to open July 29.
Additionally, free agent linebacker Mike Neal, a former Packer, will be interviewed on or before July 22.
However, the "strongly worded" (according to Pelissero) letter from Adolpho Birch, NFL vice president of labor policy and league affairs, to NFLPA counsel Heather McPhee makes no mention of Peyton Manning, the most prominent player named in the Al-Jazeera report.
Manning recently retired and is no longer a member of the union; citing a source, Pelissero reports that investigation is progressing.
Birch's letter to the NFLPA reads:
“On January 11, 2016, the league notified Messrs. Peppers, Neal, Matthews and Harrison that it had initiated an investigation following the airing of the Al-Jazeera America documentary, which raised serious issues concerning their possible violation of the NFL/NFLPA Policy on Performance-Enhancing Substances. The players were further advised that, with their full and timely cooperation, the investigation would be conducted expeditiously and with minimal disruption.
“While the investigation has proceeded, we have yet to interview the players. We have attempted since early April to work through the NFLPA to schedule them, but despite multiple requests the NFLPA has failed to respond, except to seek reconsideration of the basis for the investigation. This continuing delay and avoidance has obstructed our ability to conduct and conclude the investigation.
“In fairness to all, including the players involved, we must move forward with the interviews. Accordingly, this will advise that the interviews of Messrs. Peppers, Matthews and Harrison will be scheduled for the first day of their respective training camps, and the interview of Mr. Neal (free agent) will take place on or before July 22. The players will be advised of the specific scheduling details by separate correspondence on which the NFLPA will be copied, and of course an NFLPA representative may attend each interview should the player so request.”
The AJA documentary featured Charlie Sly, a former intern at an anti-aging clinic, telling a reporter wearing a hidden camera about players in the NFL and Major League Baseball he had worked with, providing them with performance-enhancers. Sly has since recanted his statements.
According to Sly, Manning and his wife received human growth hormone, or HGH.
There is no word on why it has taken the NFL so long to get around to interviewing the players.
