Agent Phil Williams, who represents former New Orleans Saints defensive tackle Anthony Hargrove, released a statement Sunday asking a lengthy series of questions to the NFL about the league's handling of its "bounty" investigation. In it Williams expresses his disappointment with the league's "cloak and dagger" approach to the investigation, and he specifically accuses the league of lying or misrepresenting certain accusations. Williams said in the statement that Hargrove actually had a meeting with the NFL scheduled before the league handed out its punishments, and he was waiting on flight details before the meeting was cancelled by the league without explanation. The league, however, has said that no players agreed to meet with investigators before punishments were handed out. "These are legitimate questions that I think myself and others want to know the answer to," Williams said of his reason for releasing the statement on the day before the players' appeals are scheduled to be heard by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. "And its just an opportunity to get it out there and see If there's any chance they'll answer them." Source: The Times-Picayune
