So Uncle Rog.....what do we got:
1. Past DV conviction: yes
2. New conviction/charges of any type: no
3. New Child Abuse: no
4. New DV: no
5. Threat on a recorded call: yes
6. Disciplining child: yes
7. Termination of Parental Rights: no
8. Mother admitting to abusing the child in text messages and admitting to try and shame Hill: yes
9. Hill denying abuse of any type in recent events: yes
(#6....while Hill has admitted to disciplining the child with spanking and using a belt in the past, it has not been shown that HE was the one who caused the markings and welts that CPS investigated....so those are two different things....he may have used spankings and a belt in the past, but didn't take it too far to leave marks....
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(#5....
terrified comment as it relates to the son: we also have to remember that she is the one that said that about the son and led the conversation down that road....honestly we have no idea if the son is "terrified" of him, those were her words ....and Hill's reaction at that point could have been more about having his buttons pushed in a pre planned recorded call and reacting to her instead of actually what she said about the son.....in the audio you can hear him reacting with comments like "unbelievable" as she is saying some of those things....Hill immediately talks about it being a respect thing...should he have said what he said about she should be terrified....no...)
there are probably many layers to some of the above, but again, we have to remember that "technically" Uncle Rog and his office will not have any access to the details of the CPS investigation.....any info he gets about that will be through "self report" by Hill when interviewed........he has publicly denied doing anything wrong, so not sure why that would change when he meets with Rog....I am not sure how it will go as far as getting information or interviewing the mother....there are rumors of her having a mental condition that leads to these type of behaviors, but not sure if that has been confirmed and how that would factor into any of this....
thanks to Anarchy for that historical post ..it helps put things in perspective a little....the only two that stick out a little for me are ADP and Zeke...but in Hill's case, unlike ADP.... Hill isn't going to be "charged with reckless or negligent injury to a child and end up pleading no contest to a misdemeanor charge"....and it doesn't look like he will be....and then in comparison to the Zeke thing....like Zeke, Hill is probably going to come out of this without any"charges" ....but it still "drew unwanted negative attention" to the league.....
so bottom line...."technically"
all Hill has done wrong (this time) is the comment he made about she should be scared of him too....people freak out when you break it down like that, and this is not meant to defend Hill.....but when you try to figure out what Rog will do, this is what he is dealing with...although I know the NFL investigation will be more thorough and maybe able to get some idea of the CPS details through other sources, they really won't be able to reveal any of those details in their justification of any form of suspension....all of that should be confidential...
I think Hill and his team (all things considered) will agree that the comment itself is worthy of suspension and quietly agree to a suspension......4-6 games.....