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"In the blink of an eye, everything can be taken away," Price wrote on Instagram. "On April 24th I had emergency pulmonary embolism surgery to remove a saddle clot that was entering both of my lungs. As a healthy 29 year old, an unprovoked pulmonary embolism with no further medical explanation is terrifying. I am truly thankful to be alive today.
"Unfortunately, I will be retiring from the NFL as the risk of an internal bleed while on blood thinners creates tremendous risk."
With a saddle embolus which is virtually unheard of in a healthy 29 year old...............and unreported except in older than 70 year old population............and then extremely rare. I would have to suspect his COVID vaccine status.
 
Wonder how fans will be treated when their home game tickets coincide with an out-of-country game? I know the team will somehow be taken care of by the NFL. But what about the fans? I also suspect that pay-per-view will quickly see itself in the mix.

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NFL considering Paris and Dublin as future hosts for regular-season games
By Michael David Smith
Published May 26, 2024 06:13 AM

In the NFL’s ongoing quest to bring American football to the entire world, Paris and Dublin are among the cities that are being evaluated to potentially host future games.

Henry Hodgson, general manager of the NFL’s UK office, told the Irish Times that the league is looking at several cities to determine whether they have a suitable stadium to host the NFL and a fan base that would be enthusiastic about attending NFL games.

“There’s a feasibility study, as we would call it, in a number of different European cities and Dublin is one of those,” Hodgson said. “Looking at the stadiums, taking local meetings . . . we’ll take away all of that information, digest it and determine what the next steps are. That’s something that’s happening in Dublin, it’s happening in Paris for example, and a number of other cities around the world as well.”

This year the NFL is playing three games in London, one game in Munich and one game in Sao Paulo. Next year Madrid will host a game, and Mexico City is expected to get back into the mix. The league has also indicated that Australia could host a regular-season game. International games continue to draw big crowds paying high prices for tickets, and the time zones can give the NFL the ability to open new broadcast windows for games that kick off at unusual times but can still draw big ratings in the United States. It’s easy to see why, from the league’s perspective, increasing the number of international games is an ongoing priority.
 
Wonder how fans will be treated when their home game tickets coincide with an out-of-country game? I know the team will somehow be taken care of by the NFL. But what about the fans? I also suspect that pay-per-view will quickly see itself in the mix.
Will it be any different than when games are in London or Germany or Mexico?
 
Will it be any different than when games are in London or Germany or Mexico?
Season ticket holders can just take one game off of their annual payment. Sunday Ticket will not include international games. All non-home fans will have to pay-per-view by some pay broadcast. (I'm not sure if home team games played outside of US will be available to their fans unless they pay.}
 
Wonder how fans will be treated when their home game tickets coincide with an out-of-country game? I know the team will somehow be taken care of by the NFL. But what about the fans? I also suspect that pay-per-view will quickly see itself in the mix.

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NFL considering Paris and Dublin as future hosts for regular-season games
By Michael David Smith
Published May 26, 2024 06:13 AM

In the NFL’s ongoing quest to bring American football to the entire world, Paris and Dublin are among the cities that are being evaluated to potentially host future games.

Henry Hodgson, general manager of the NFL’s UK office, told the Irish Times that the league is looking at several cities to determine whether they have a suitable stadium to host the NFL and a fan base that would be enthusiastic about attending NFL games.

“There’s a feasibility study, as we would call it, in a number of different European cities and Dublin is one of those,” Hodgson said. “Looking at the stadiums, taking local meetings . . . we’ll take away all of that information, digest it and determine what the next steps are. That’s something that’s happening in Dublin, it’s happening in Paris for example, and a number of other cities around the world as well.”

This year the NFL is playing three games in London, one game in Munich and one game in Sao Paulo. Next year Madrid will host a game, and Mexico City is expected to get back into the mix. The league has also indicated that Australia could host a regular-season game. International games continue to draw big crowds paying high prices for tickets, and the time zones can give the NFL the ability to open new broadcast windows for games that kick off at unusual times but can still draw big ratings in the United States. It’s easy to see why, from the league’s perspective, increasing the number of international games is an ongoing priority.
This is going to be great for player safety.

Meanwhile players aren't allowed to tackle players from behind.

And they took away the most exciting part of the game KR/PR, then replaced it with the bastardized version that we will be seeing next yr. Dont even have kickoffs anymore.

Wonder what new rules they will come up with to further damage the game next offseason?
 
This is going to be great for player safety.

Meanwhile players aren't allowed to tackle players from behind.

And they took away the most exciting part of the game KR/PR, then replaced it with the bastardized version that we will be seeing next yr. Dont even have kickoffs anymore.

Wonder what new rules they will come up with to further damage the game next offseason?
I'll let you in on something that no one is talking about..........because few know. All these changes have been happening Search beginning after the concussion lawsuits..................not because the NFL is altruistically concerned about the safety of their players, but because many of the insurance companies covering the NFL, NFL teams and NFL players have left the game..........and those that haven't have significantly increased the premiums because of the increased liability. The changes in the game are all about what it is usually about.................$$$$$$$$$$$$$. The more that they can show that they are trying to increase the safety of the game, the more the NFL et al can save $$$$$$$$$$.
 
I'll let you in on something that no one is talking about..........because few know. All these changes have been happening Search beginning after the concussion lawsuits..................not because the NFL is altruistically concerned about the safety of their players, but because many of the insurance companies covering the NFL, NFL teams and NFL players have left the game..........and those that haven't have significantly increased the premiums because of the increased liability. The changes in the game are all about what it is usually about.................$$$$$$$$$$$$$. The more that they can show that they are trying to increase the safety of the game, the more the NFL et al can save $$$$$$$$$$.
I would have thought the NFL would just self-insure their players.
 
There is no safe way to play football. It's a sport where players deliberately run into each other at full speed. What does everybody expect?

And I'm certain football will get toned down even more than you can even imagine right now.
Simply go back to two way football with limited substitution.
 
OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- When Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson took the field for spring practices on Wednesday, he jumped up and down with excitement. The reigning NFL Most Valuable Player then handed the ball off to new running back Derrick Henry, exclaiming "Go, big guy, go" afterward.
 
As a refresher:

McManus is accused of trying to kiss one woman while she was seated during a turbulent period of the September flight and “grinding up against her” during one of the flight’s meal services. The second woman also accuses McManus of grinding against her and then “smirked and walked away” when confronted about it. The lawsuit also claims that McManus offered money to other flight attendants to “drink and dance inappropriately.”

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Commanders: We are aware of Brandon McManus allegations and are looking into them
By Josh Alper
Published May 27, 2024 03:26 PM

The Commanders have issued a statement in response to the news that their kicker Brandon McManus has been sued by two women alleging he sexually assaulted them while playing for the Jaguars last year.

McManus is accused of assaulting two flight attendants during a team flight last September. The Jaguars have also been sued.
“Earlier today, we were made aware of the civil lawsuit filed on May 24 against Brandon McManus,” the Commanders said in a statement, via Nicki Jhabvala of the Washington Post. “We take allegations of this nature very seriously and are looking into the matter. We have been in communication with the League Office and Brandon’s representation, and will reserve further comment at this time.”

McManus, who signed with the Commanders in March, has not made any comment at this point, but ESPN’s initial report about the lawsuit said that he or his attorney is expected to make a statement at some point on Monday.
 
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Report: NFL is finalizing proposal to scrap voluntary offseason work for longer training camp ramp-up
By Mike Florio
Published May 28, 2024 09:57 AM

OTAs could be DOA. Or MIA. Whatever. They might go away.

PFT (those bastards) reported back in February that the NFL Players Association was “exploring the possibility of attempting a full overhaul of the offseason program,” with the current workouts scrapped in favor of a longer runway in advance of training camp.”

“For instance,” we wrote at the time, “the existing series of phases and OTAs and minicamps that are followed by six weeks of down time could be swapped for four weeks before training camp. That would give players a lot more time off, and it would potentially make them just as ready for camp, since they’d go straight from the pre-training camp workouts into camp.”

Per Tom Pelissero of NFL Media, the union is currently “working to finalize a proposal to overhaul the offseason starting as soon as 2025,” with voluntary on-field work gone and a longer training camp, with players showing up from mid-June to early July.
The NFLPA can make whatever proposal it wants. It won’t change the status quo without making concessions.

What will the union give up to get this change to the current schedule? What will the NFL want?

It could be part of the broader give-and-take that precedes a push to 18 games. Of course, the union would need more than a revamped offseason to justify another regular-season game. But this could be part of it.

Even if the coaches don’t like it, the owners will be pragmatic: “What does it cost us? Nothing? Let’s do it.”

That’s what happened in 2011, as the lockout was resolved. The union asked for changes to practice that didn’t cost the owners any money, and the owners pounced. History could repeat itself with this, especially if the owners see a way to make more money without spending any.
 
Report: NFL is finalizing proposal to scrap voluntary offseason work for longer training camp ramp-up
By Mike Florio
Published May 28, 2024 09:57 AM

OTAs could be DOA. Or MIA. Whatever. They might go away.

PFT (those bastards) reported back in February that the NFL Players Association was “exploring the possibility of attempting a full overhaul of the offseason program,” with the current workouts scrapped in favor of a longer runway in advance of training camp.”

“For instance,” we wrote at the time, “the existing series of phases and OTAs and minicamps that are followed by six weeks of down time could be swapped for four weeks before training camp. That would give players a lot more time off, and it would potentially make them just as ready for camp, since they’d go straight from the pre-training camp workouts into camp.”

Per Tom Pelissero of NFL Media, the union is currently “working to finalize a proposal to overhaul the offseason starting as soon as 2025,” with voluntary on-field work gone and a longer training camp, with players showing up from mid-June to early July.
The NFLPA can make whatever proposal it wants. It won’t change the status quo without making concessions.

What will the union give up to get this change to the current schedule? What will the NFL want?

It could be part of the broader give-and-take that precedes a push to 18 games. Of course, the union would need more than a revamped offseason to justify another regular-season game. But this could be part of it.

Even if the coaches don’t like it, the owners will be pragmatic: “What does it cost us? Nothing? Let’s do it.”

That’s what happened in 2011, as the lockout was resolved. The union asked for changes to practice that didn’t cost the owners any money, and the owners pounced. History could repeat itself with this, especially if the owners see a way to make more money without spending any.
What do you think about this Doc? Is it better for players to rest longer during the offseason and start training camp earlier or is it better the way it is now?
 
What do you think about this Doc? Is it better for players to rest longer during the offseason and start training camp earlier or is it better the way it is now?
Color me skeptical. It's a double edged sword that I believe will cut deeper on the negative side. Players tend to not have the greatest self-control and have a high rate of negative actions during a "rest" period..........getting in trouble............not sticking to a regimen which keeps up their conditioning and training on their own. Following this longer period of non supervision with the need for longer time to return to any semblance of appropriate conditioning......................and then suddenly back to a yet undefined set of pre TC activities................with undefined participation mandates...............then quickly into full contact.............I see more and more severe injuries before and into the beginning of the season.
 
Tony Buzbee: Effort to settle claims against Brandon McManus was made before filing lawsuit
By Mike Florio
Published May 28, 2024 02:19 PM

Tony Buzbee is back.

The lawyer who represented more than 20 women who had claims against Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson for sexual misconduct during massage sessions represents the two flight attendants who claim that former Jaguars (now Commanders) kicker Brandon McManus sexually assaulted them on a flight from Jacksonville to London.

Buzbee posted this message on Instagram regarding the litigation: “For those who have inquired, The Buzbee Law Firm is lead counsel for the two women who brought this case. We filed the case on Friday, but before that filing we attempted, without success, to resolve this matter without the need for litigation. Our efforts at resolution were met with arrogance, ignorance and stupidity, strikingly similar to how Deshaun Watson’s team responded when we tried to resolve those cases pre-filing. The allegations made in this lawsuit are very serious. We made sure to fully vet them and speak to witnesses before even taking the cases. We will pursue this case with the same tenacity we are known for. It’s a shame that this type of conduct still occurs. It happens far too often. These women were simply trying to do their jobs!”

It’s unclear when McManus and/or the Jaguars were first notified of the claims, or whether the NFL was notified of the potential violation(s) of the Personal Conduct Policy. It’s also unknown whether the information was disclosed to the Commanders before McManus signed with them earlier this year.

Although the case has been described as an “extortion attempt,” it is normal and usual for lawyers to send a demand letter before filing a lawsuit. As mentioned in the attached clip, my first writing assignment in law school was to write a demand letter.
They are sent every day, coast to coast. But the hundreds if not thousands.

The question in response to each demand letter is whether the pre-suit settlement effort is taken seriously, or whether it is dismissed. Watson, by refusing to respond to a fairly low opening demand from his first alleged victim of $100,000, learned the hard way. Whether a similar lesson will be learned by McManus and the Jaguars remains to be seen.
 
"Mental reps"...............he falls back to throw...........his right hand pretends to throw and his left hand holds onto the ball.............sneaky little bugger!!!!!!! :thinking:

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He just practicing his patented move where he runs back 20 yards from the scrimmage line and throws backwards to a defender. :)
 
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Tarik Cohen to sign with Jets
By Josh Alper
Published May 29, 2024 10:37 AM

Running back Tarik Cohen’s bid to resume his NFL career is set to continue with the Jets.
Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that Cohen is signing with the AFC East team. It will be a one-year deal.

Cohen last appeared in a regular season game with the Bears in 2020. He suffered a torn ACL and other knee injuries that kept him out for all of 2021 and he then tore his Achilles in 2022. Cohen spent time on the Panthers practice squad last season and signed a future contract with the team, but he was released earlier this month.

When healthy, Cohen scored touchdowns as a runner, receiver and punt returner in Chicago. He was an All-Pro and Pro Bowl selection for his work as a returner and the Jets will get a chance to see if he can still impact games over the coming months.
 

Another Chiefs lowlife..........

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Chiefs’ Isaiah Buggs accused of animal cruelty over neglected dogs
By Michael David Smith
Published May 29, 2024 03:23 PM

Chiefs defensive tackle Isaiah Buggs has been accused of animal cruelty after two neglected dogs were found on a property Buggs had rented.

Civil documents filed in Tuscaloosa County District Court say the Tuscaloosa Police Department received a report of two dogs abandoned at the property, according to Tuscaloosa Patch. When police and animal control arrived, they found a pit bull on the screened-in back porch surrounded in feces, with no access to food or water, and a Rottweiler mix locked in a metal cage in direct sunlight with no access to food or water.

Both dogs were described as severely “malnourished, emaciated and neglected.” The pit bull has been euthanized.


The report says two misdemeanor warrants have been obtained for second-degree cruelty to dogs.

Buggs played his college football at Alabama and was a sixth-round pick of the Steelers in the 2019 NFL draft. He has also spent time with the Raiders and Lions and signed with the Chiefs’ practice squad during the playoffs in January. He re-signed with the Chiefs after the Super Bowl.
 

Another Chiefs lowlife..........

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Chiefs’ Isaiah Buggs accused of animal cruelty over neglected dogs
By Michael David Smith
Published May 29, 2024 03:23 PM

Chiefs defensive tackle Isaiah Buggs has been accused of animal cruelty after two neglected dogs were found on a property Buggs had rented.

Civil documents filed in Tuscaloosa County District Court say the Tuscaloosa Police Department received a report of two dogs abandoned at the property, according to Tuscaloosa Patch. When police and animal control arrived, they found a pit bull on the screened-in back porch surrounded in feces, with no access to food or water, and a Rottweiler mix locked in a metal cage in direct sunlight with no access to food or water.

Both dogs were described as severely “malnourished, emaciated and neglected.” The pit bull has been euthanized.


The report says two misdemeanor warrants have been obtained for second-degree cruelty to dogs.

Buggs played his college football at Alabama and was a sixth-round pick of the Steelers in the 2019 NFL draft. He has also spent time with the Raiders and Lions and signed with the Chiefs’ practice squad during the playoffs in January. He re-signed with the Chiefs after the Super Bowl.
Sure glad he's not a Texan!
 

Another Chiefs lowlife..........

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Chiefs’ Isaiah Buggs accused of animal cruelty over neglected dogs
By Michael David Smith
Published May 29, 2024 03:23 PM

Chiefs defensive tackle Isaiah Buggs has been accused of animal cruelty after two neglected dogs were found on a property Buggs had rented.

Civil documents filed in Tuscaloosa County District Court say the Tuscaloosa Police Department received a report of two dogs abandoned at the property, according to Tuscaloosa Patch. When police and animal control arrived, they found a pit bull on the screened-in back porch surrounded in feces, with no access to food or water, and a Rottweiler mix locked in a metal cage in direct sunlight with no access to food or water.

Both dogs were described as severely “malnourished, emaciated and neglected.” The pit bull has been euthanized.


The report says two misdemeanor warrants have been obtained for second-degree cruelty to dogs.

Buggs played his college football at Alabama and was a sixth-round pick of the Steelers in the 2019 NFL draft. He has also spent time with the Raiders and Lions and signed with the Chiefs’ practice squad during the playoffs in January. He re-signed with the Chiefs after the Super Bowl.
In this day and age I am bewildered how anyone can treat a dog this way. What is disconnected in a person's brain to have such little compassion?
 
Tyreek Hill contract isn’t aging well
By Mike Florio

Published May 30, 2024 06:37 AM

Two years ago, Tyreek Hill became the highest-paid receiver in football, with a contract carrying a new-money average of $30 million per year.

There are now two problems with the contract, one of which was there from the moment the contract was signed. First, the $30 million is and always was fake, phony, fugazi. To get to $30 million per year, the final year’s compensation package was pumped up to a ridiculously unrealistic $45 million.

Take that away from the four-year, $120 million extension, and Hill got a three-year, $75 million extension. The real, true, actual new-money average isn’t $30 million. It’s $25 million.

Second, recent deals compare very favorably to Hill’s contract. This offseason, his fake $30 million contract has been matched and beaten — without fake final years — by Amon-Ra St. Brown and A.J. Brown. More recently, Texans receiver Nico Collins (represented by Drew Rosenhaus, the same agent who represents Hill) got a three-year extension with a real new-money average of $24.25 million.

Could the Texans and Collins have added a phony fourth year with a $47.25 million compensation package to drive the average to $30 million per year? Yep. And that would have been exactly what the Dolphins and Hill did.


Throw in the fact that Hill makes only $19.765 million in cash this year, and he could be getting antsy. Look at what he said earlier this month about finishing his career in Miami: “I love the team I play on, love the guys in the locker room, love the head coach, love the G.M. So that means sign me. I love all you guys so much, I want to stay in Miami forever, man. Keep me there.”

Sign me? He’s signed for three more years.

It’s not sign me. It’s pay me.

And that’s only going to get louder, as other receivers get new contracts. What if Justin Jefferson gets a real $35 million or more per year? What if Ja’Marr Chase gets close to that?

“Sign me.”

“Pay me.”

Bottom line? At a time when there’s so much focus on working out a new deal with quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, the Dolphins need to be thinking about keeping their best player happy. Our guess is that, beyond what he said publicly, there’s already some private agitation to get something done.

If there isn’t, there will be if/when Jefferson gets paid. After all, it was the Davante Adams contract in 2022 that prompted the push by Hill for a new contract. And that push ended up with Hill playing for a new team.
 
Second, recent deals compare very favorably to Hill’s contract. This offseason, his fake $30 million contract has been matched and beaten — without fake final years — by Amon-Ra St. Brown and A.J. Brown.
I don't know what Florio is looking at, but all of these contracts have fake years. St. Brown has a $120 million deal. But only $35 million is guaranteed. Of Brown's $96 million, $51 million is guaranteed. Even Nico's contract is less than half guaranteed ($73 million deal, $ 32 million guaranteed). Nothing new here, Mike.
 
I don't know what Florio is looking at, but all of these contracts have fake years. St. Brown has a $120 million deal. But only $35 million is guaranteed. Of Brown's $96 million, $51 million is guaranteed. Even Nico's contract is less than half guaranteed ($73 million deal, $ 32 million guaranteed). Nothing new here, Mike.
Although many players are reported to get 3 or 4 year contracts, it is typical that the only real money resides in the 1st two years.
 
Tennessee Titans second-round pick and defensive lineman T’Vondre Sweat was one of the more notable absences from the team’s first open practice of organized team activities last week. After not taking part in the session, Sweat was revealed to be working with the “rehabbing group,” according to head coach Brian Callahan. It was later reported that Sweat’s injury is nothing serious.

 
The $28.25 million average annual value of the extension is the fourth highest in the NFL among wide receivers, while the guaranteed money is the third behind A.J. Brown ($84 million) and Amon-Ra St. Brown ($77 million).

Waddle is now signed through the 2028 season.
 
Tyreek Hill contract isn’t aging well
By Mike Florio

Published May 30, 2024 06:37 AM

Two years ago, Tyreek Hill became the highest-paid receiver in football, with a contract carrying a new-money average of $30 million per year.

There are now two problems with the contract, one of which was there from the moment the contract was signed. First, the $30 million is and always was fake, phony, fugazi. To get to $30 million per year, the final year’s compensation package was pumped up to a ridiculously unrealistic $45 million.

Take that away from the four-year, $120 million extension, and Hill got a three-year, $75 million extension. The real, true, actual new-money average isn’t $30 million. It’s $25 million.

Second, recent deals compare very favorably to Hill’s contract. This offseason, his fake $30 million contract has been matched and beaten — without fake final years — by Amon-Ra St. Brown and A.J. Brown. More recently, Texans receiver Nico Collins (represented by Drew Rosenhaus, the same agent who represents Hill) got a three-year extension with a real new-money average of $24.25 million.

Could the Texans and Collins have added a phony fourth year with a $47.25 million compensation package to drive the average to $30 million per year? Yep. And that would have been exactly what the Dolphins and Hill did.


Throw in the fact that Hill makes only $19.765 million in cash this year, and he could be getting antsy. Look at what he said earlier this month about finishing his career in Miami: “I love the team I play on, love the guys in the locker room, love the head coach, love the G.M. So that means sign me. I love all you guys so much, I want to stay in Miami forever, man. Keep me there.”

Sign me? He’s signed for three more years.

It’s not sign me. It’s pay me.

And that’s only going to get louder, as other receivers get new contracts. What if Justin Jefferson gets a real $35 million or more per year? What if Ja’Marr Chase gets close to that?

“Sign me.”

“Pay me.”

Bottom line? At a time when there’s so much focus on working out a new deal with quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, the Dolphins need to be thinking about keeping their best player happy. Our guess is that, beyond what he said publicly, there’s already some private agitation to get something done.

If there isn’t, there will be if/when Jefferson gets paid. After all, it was the Davante Adams contract in 2022 that prompted the push by Hill for a new contract. And that push ended up with Hill playing for a new team.
I don't believe I would extend Tags for half of what he will ask for. I am still very concerned about all of his injuries.
 
A Tuscaloosa Police Department spokesperson confirmed to WIAT in Birmingham, Alabama, that Buggs surrendered at the jail Thursday, a day after two misdemeanor warrants were filed against him.

Buggs was booked and released on $600 bond and faces a court hearing on June 13. He refused a reporter's question while leaving the jail and getting into a truck.
Buggs' agent, Trey Robinson, on Wednesday denied the charges and alleged his client is a victim of an ongoing "subversive campaign" to force the closure of the hookah lounge he owns in Tuscaloosa.

"Under no circumstance does Mr. Buggs condone the mistreatment of any animal,'' Robinson said in a statement. "The dogs at issue did not belong to him, and he was unaware they remained at the property in question."
 
A Tuscaloosa Police Department spokesperson confirmed to WIAT in Birmingham, Alabama, that Buggs surrendered at the jail Thursday, a day after two misdemeanor warrants were filed against him.

Buggs was booked and released on $600 bond and faces a court hearing on June 13. He refused a reporter's question while leaving the jail and getting into a truck.
Buggs' agent, Trey Robinson, on Wednesday denied the charges and alleged his client is a victim of an ongoing "subversive campaign" to force the closure of the hookah lounge he owns in Tuscaloosa.

"Under no circumstance does Mr. Buggs condone the mistreatment of any animal,'' Robinson said in a statement. "The dogs at issue did not belong to him, and he was unaware they remained at the property in question."
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