Redskin’s cornerback DeAngelo Hall denies claims that he threatened to kill head linesman Dana Mckenzie when the two got into altercation during the team’s Oct. 28 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers at Heinz Field.
The argument resulted in an ejection and a $30,000 fine from the NFL after an investigation was held.
“Yeah, he said that’s what threw the flag for the ejection,” Hall said. “And so, you know, that didn’t happen. That should have never happened, and we wouldn’t be having this conversation. There’s just a lot of things that are unresolved with that case that have to be resolved.”
The Washington Post is reporting Hall also was highly critical of other aspects of the way the NFL handled the investigation and appeal process. He said the interview conducted with him during the league’s investigation “felt like an interrogation” and that the process under which the league set his punishment and heard his appeal is unfair.
“Any time you’ve got one person that’s the judge, jury and executioner — he makes the fine, then he hears the appeal, then he decides the amount — it’s just tough. It’s just tough,” Hall said. He added, “the CBA [collective bargaining agreement between the league and players’ union] we agreed on probably wasn’t in the best interests of the players, from my viewpoint.”
Hall went on to voice his frustration with the NFL’s appeal process.
“It used to be you got on the phone,” he said. “The guy heard your appeal: ‘All right, I’ll take the $15,000 down to $7,500. All right, D-Hall.’ You heard it right there. But you’ve got guys now, ‘Yeah, all right, okay, that’s all you have to say? All right. We’ll get back to you.’ And I’m like, ‘Well, what do you think?’ I still don’t know what the hell’s going on. But it’s a process, I guess.”
