Bloomberg Critical Of How Giants Handled Burress Incident

Burress May Have Violated  NFL Personal Conduct Policy

SILENT COUNT: In New Jersey, Ian O'Connor notes even though the Giants "followed NFL policy and quickly informed league security officials of the shooting, and even though those officials in turn contacted the police, Bloomberg did nothing to dispel the notion that someone in the organization might've asked the hospital to keep the Burress matter private." However, a Giants exec said, "We absolutely did not say anything to the hospital about keeping this incident quiet" (Bergen RECORD, 12/2). Meanwhile, in N.Y., Paul Schwartz notes Burress could be in "violation of the league's Personal Conduct Policy, which would presumably lead to a suspension of at least four games" (N.Y. POST, 12/2).

BEST INTEREST AT HEART? Burress' agent, Rosenhaus Sports principal Drew Rosenhaus, last night during halftime of ESPN's "MNF" coverage, said that he was upset about the incident because "it had been a year since another of his clients," late Redskins S Sean Taylor, was shot and killed." But in N.Y., Richard Sandomir writes the "circumstances of the Taylor and Burress shootings could not have been more different, and Rosenhaus's failure to distinguish the two sounded insensitive." Rosenhaus last night was in "self-absorbed-agent mode, caring only about himself and his client, and praising" Giants ownership and GM Jerry Reese for "caring, so far, only about Burress's health." Rosenhaus: "I'm very touched by the way the Giants have handled this." But Sandomir writes, "Of course he is. The Giants have full leverage on Burress" (N.Y. TIMES, 12/2). Rosenhaus said of the Giants, "We've not talked about the contract. They've not talked about him playing. They're concerned about his health, his well-being, his welfare as a human being. Credit the Giants organization tremendously, and in all my conversations, their last concern is about football. It's about Plax, the person” ("MNF," ESPN, 12/1). 

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