The NFL was quick to suck up to Annie Apple, the mother of Giants first-round pick Eli Apple, with commissioner Roger Goodell making sure she knew how important she was.
But it hasn’t stopped her from making it clear she’s not thrilled with her son’s employer today.
In the wake of Giants owner John Mara’s rather tone-deaf comments about the Josh Brown situation, Apple went on a bit of a Twitter rant, and rightfully so.
As a domestic violence survivor, reading these Mara comments makes me sad, angry and completely baffled. He just doesn't get it. This is sad
— Annie Apple (@SurvivinAmerica) October 20, 2016
The tweet came after Mara’s appearance on WFAN to explain the decision to leave their kicker home from the London trip, after reports emerged of his admission of physical and emotional abuse of his then-wife.
“He’s admitted to us he’s abused his wife in the past,” Mara said. “But what I think is a little unclear is the extent of that.”
Mara said in August that they had done their “due diligence” before re-signing the free agent kicker this offseason, but the team admitted they didn’t know about the most recent information until it was reported last night.
Apparently, the abuse they knew about fell within the threshold allowed for a kicker. Because knowing and signing him anyway (did we mention he’s a kicker?) sends a horrible signal for a franchise often cited as one which operates in a first-class manner.
And their first-round pick’s mother picked up on that hypocrisy, and isn’t pleased.