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Colts Owner Jim Irsay - Arrested - Facing Four Felonies
Jim Irsay still in jail, can post bond and be released this afternoon
Posted by Michael David Smith on March 17, 2014, 11:53 AM EDT
Colts owner Jim Irsay remains in an Indiana jail this morning and will likely have spent about 14 hours there before he is released.
Authorities told WISH TV that Irsay was arrested at 11:41 p.m. Sunday and that the earliest he could be released from Hamilton County Jail is 1:30 p.m. Monday.
Bond for Irsay was set at $22,500, and he is expected to post that bond this afternoon.
Irsay was arrested in Carmel, Indiana, which borders Indianapolis. He faces four felony counts of possession of a controlled substance and one misdemeanor count of operating while intoxicated.
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...can-post-bond-and-be-released-this-afternoon/
League says Irsay will be subject to discipline
Posted by Mike Florio on March 17, 2014, 9:11 AM EDT
The NFL’s Personal Conduct Policy applies to players. And to non-players. And, as the league office has confirmed via email, to owners.
For players, discipline for alcohol-related arrests currently is imposed under the substance-abuse policy. Non-players still fall under the Personal Conduct Policy, which the NFL beefed up and revised in 2007.
“All persons associated with the NFL are required to avoid ‘conduct detrimental to the integrity of and public confidence in the National Football League,’” the policy states. “This requirement applies to players, coaches, other team employees, owners, game officials, and all others privileged to work in the National Football League.” (Emphasis added.)
The policy requires all persons arrested or charged to “undergo a formal clinical evaluation,” which could result in a possible requirement to participate in treatment. While the policy states that’s not part of the discipline, failure to comply with any directives will be a “separate and independent basis for discipline.”
Other coaches and executives have been discipline for DUI in recent years, including Matt Russell and Tom Heckert of the Broncos and Tom Lewand of the Lions.
Lewand, the Lions president, was suspended 30 days and fined $100,000. The suspension later was reduced to 21 days.
For an owner, the process likely becomes a bit more complicated. A suspension doesn’t really mean anything. A fine would have to be significant to get the attention of someone with a net worth of $1.6 billion.
But there’s a danger in going too far. Taking away draft picks or cap space would be unfair to the rest of the employees, the players, and the fans.
Regardless, the NFL has found itself in new territory with this one. But it’s important that the NFL not create the impression that a double standard exists between disciplining players and non-players, especially when the non-player is an owner.
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/17/league-says-irsay-will-be-subject-to-discipline/
Source describes Jim Irsay as “a sick, sick man”
Posted by Darin Gantt on March 17, 2014, 12:58 PM EDT
Indianapolis Colts Release Peyton Manning - News Conference
Colts owner Jim Irsay hasn’t bailed out of jail yet, and already word is creeping out about what has apparently been a long and losing fight with drug addiction.
According to Bob Kravitz of the Indianapolis Star, Irsay’s arrest for driving under the influence and four counts of drug possession was a “sad inevitability” to those close to him.
“He’s a sick, sick man,” one source told Kravitz. “He desperately needs help.”
Those around Irsay had been leaning on him in recent years to get help, or at least get a driver. But even as he withered physically, he resisted the suggestion anything was wrong.
He lost 70 pounds, down to 165, but explained it away by saying his doctor wanted him to lose weight to take the pressure off his bad back.
Kravitz paints the picture of a man very much in denial, and enabled by the many people he employed.
But it’s becoming clear that Irsay’s bizarre Twitter ramblings, which are easy to make fun of (trust us, we know), are also a hint at some of the issues he was dealing with, which are deeper than anyone was willing to admit or confront before he was arrested.
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/17/source-describes-jim-irsay-as-a-sick-sick-man/
Jim Irsay still in jail, can post bond and be released this afternoon
Posted by Michael David Smith on March 17, 2014, 11:53 AM EDT
Colts owner Jim Irsay remains in an Indiana jail this morning and will likely have spent about 14 hours there before he is released.
Authorities told WISH TV that Irsay was arrested at 11:41 p.m. Sunday and that the earliest he could be released from Hamilton County Jail is 1:30 p.m. Monday.
Bond for Irsay was set at $22,500, and he is expected to post that bond this afternoon.
Irsay was arrested in Carmel, Indiana, which borders Indianapolis. He faces four felony counts of possession of a controlled substance and one misdemeanor count of operating while intoxicated.
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...can-post-bond-and-be-released-this-afternoon/
League says Irsay will be subject to discipline
Posted by Mike Florio on March 17, 2014, 9:11 AM EDT
The NFL’s Personal Conduct Policy applies to players. And to non-players. And, as the league office has confirmed via email, to owners.
For players, discipline for alcohol-related arrests currently is imposed under the substance-abuse policy. Non-players still fall under the Personal Conduct Policy, which the NFL beefed up and revised in 2007.
“All persons associated with the NFL are required to avoid ‘conduct detrimental to the integrity of and public confidence in the National Football League,’” the policy states. “This requirement applies to players, coaches, other team employees, owners, game officials, and all others privileged to work in the National Football League.” (Emphasis added.)
The policy requires all persons arrested or charged to “undergo a formal clinical evaluation,” which could result in a possible requirement to participate in treatment. While the policy states that’s not part of the discipline, failure to comply with any directives will be a “separate and independent basis for discipline.”
Other coaches and executives have been discipline for DUI in recent years, including Matt Russell and Tom Heckert of the Broncos and Tom Lewand of the Lions.
Lewand, the Lions president, was suspended 30 days and fined $100,000. The suspension later was reduced to 21 days.
For an owner, the process likely becomes a bit more complicated. A suspension doesn’t really mean anything. A fine would have to be significant to get the attention of someone with a net worth of $1.6 billion.
But there’s a danger in going too far. Taking away draft picks or cap space would be unfair to the rest of the employees, the players, and the fans.
Regardless, the NFL has found itself in new territory with this one. But it’s important that the NFL not create the impression that a double standard exists between disciplining players and non-players, especially when the non-player is an owner.
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/17/league-says-irsay-will-be-subject-to-discipline/
Source describes Jim Irsay as “a sick, sick man”
Posted by Darin Gantt on March 17, 2014, 12:58 PM EDT
Indianapolis Colts Release Peyton Manning - News Conference
Colts owner Jim Irsay hasn’t bailed out of jail yet, and already word is creeping out about what has apparently been a long and losing fight with drug addiction.
According to Bob Kravitz of the Indianapolis Star, Irsay’s arrest for driving under the influence and four counts of drug possession was a “sad inevitability” to those close to him.
“He’s a sick, sick man,” one source told Kravitz. “He desperately needs help.”
Those around Irsay had been leaning on him in recent years to get help, or at least get a driver. But even as he withered physically, he resisted the suggestion anything was wrong.
He lost 70 pounds, down to 165, but explained it away by saying his doctor wanted him to lose weight to take the pressure off his bad back.
Kravitz paints the picture of a man very much in denial, and enabled by the many people he employed.
But it’s becoming clear that Irsay’s bizarre Twitter ramblings, which are easy to make fun of (trust us, we know), are also a hint at some of the issues he was dealing with, which are deeper than anyone was willing to admit or confront before he was arrested.
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/17/source-describes-jim-irsay-as-a-sick-sick-man/
