YoloinOhio

They can make him inactive or cut him but there isn’t a “list” he can go on

That is an nfl league list, not a team list. He’s not subject to this list as the civil allegations occurred prior to him being in the nfl. The Exempt List is a special player status available to clubs only in unusual circumstances," NFL.com points out, citing the league's manual. "The List includes those players who have been declared by the Commissioner to be temporarily exempt from counting within the Active List limit. Only the Commissioner has the authority to place a player on the Exempt List; clubs have no such authority, and no exemption, regardless of circumstances, is automatic. https://www.nbcsports.com/boston/patriots/just-what-nfl-commissioners-exempt-list

No, it sounds like she was likely raped. Not sure that’s really in dispute. What we don’t know is if araiza was one who raped her or was involved in the act in some way.

Araiza’s lawyer said he hired a private investigator and provided all the info to the team. Correct, The team would not be talking directly to the young lady.

The reason is that they believe he’s innocent of the allegations. They don’t believe he should be cut based on allegations that they believe to be untrue. It’s as simple as that. Stay tuned as it could change but that’s my read on it.

I agree with this. The only thing I wonder is if more information has come out since the civil lawsuit dropped that may point them in another direction. But as of their statement last night and all of their actions since they were notified, it was pretty clear where they stand.

As I’ve said I find it hard to believe that if they did stall, that it was to protect the sdsu football team because they were having a good season. This isn’t Columbus or Tuscaloosa. And even those police depts wouldn’t do that.

He hasn’t been named in a criminal lawsuit. Only a civil lawsuit. He could be end up being one of the players charged by the DA. But it’s not up to them to clear his name. The Bills as of now believe that he’s not involved with the rape. So I don’t think suspending/inactive makes sense but for optics. Maybe they do go that route. We will see. As of now he’s expected to play tonight.

I see it as the opposite. The twitter lawyer is making his side look less credible with his approach. Araiza’s lawyer has gone on record on video and asserted his side. It’s an ongoing criminal investigation as well. How else would you like Matt to fight back at this point? All we have are the civil lawsuit, the twitter lawyer tweets, Matt’s side via his attorney, and the team statement.

No, he was just inactive

His lawyer asserts that he has witnesses that say she was not obviously drunk

Araiza attorney said he had witnesses who claim she told them she went to Grossmont college

He’s specifically singling out araiza only as well… when he’s not the only one named

Can you link to this or where did you read it? Seems weird that they (or anyone) would care about SDSU football. Not trying to be snarky. Just wondering where this is written so I can read the context.

She said she told them that she went to Grossmont (period). There is both a Grossmont college and Grossmont HS. Ariaza’s lawyer said he has witnesses who say she told them she went to Grossmont college.

His stuff is so bizarre. He posts text messages without context

There was an Ohio state player falsely accused of sexual harrassment by his tutor. Ruined his football career. She was mad he didn’t want to date her. It’s not a big name, but he was a highly ranked recruit who had a lot of potential but removed from the team while they did the title IX investigation and set him back so far he never recovered even though he wasn’t guilty of it. This happens a lot actually where women accuse football players of things which is why they need to be extremely careful if where they go, what they do and who they trust. Regardless of what matt did or didn’t do here within the accusations, he clearly put himself in a very bad situation.

Shady: https://nypost.com/2018/07/10/lesean-mccoy-accused-of-beating-girlfriend-in-horrific-photo/ https://people.com/sports/lesean-mccoy-accused-abusing-son/

Yes it’s what happened. It was reported by wawrow. They learned of the pending civil lawsuit on 7/30

Attorney is saying that he has witnesses who are claiming she told everyone she went to a specific college

Sort of, but they may have new information now