Arizona Cardinals owner Michael Bidwill is under fire after an explosive report from Tisha Thompson and Josh Weinfuss of ESPN.
Ron Minegar, an executive vice president and chief operating officer of the Cardinals, reportedly carried a hand-written letter in his jacket knowing one day he would have to give it to Bidwill.
“Your negativity sucks the life out of the entire process and erodes our collective resolve to work our ***** off for you and this franchise,” Minegar wrote. “It’s not just me — everyone in this building is impacted by your constant negativity.”
Terry McDonough, the former vice president of player personnel, filed an arbitration complaint against the team in April that accused the team and owner of “gross misconduct, including discrimination and harassment, among other allegations,” according to the ESPN Report.
The Cardinals have denied McDonough’s allegations. But he alleges that he was aware of “two separate instances in which Bidwill reduced to tears two pregnant employees” and that he berated a Black employee in a “racially charged manner.”
The three people named in those incidents didn’t return a request to comment by ESPN.
Bidwell took over as owner of the Cardinals after his father passed away in 2019.
The NFL world was quick to react to the horrible news:
@AZCardinals the recent story that broke on ESPN regarding the AZ Cardinals and particularly Mike Bidwell doesn’t surprise me . How
Many Attorneys do you know that are “Good” people ?— Peter Klaass (@peterklaass1) November 1, 2023
Michael Bidwell is the cancer
— Ken Schwarz (@sleepyfloyd66) November 1, 2023
Defending Michael Bidwell after all the obvious incompetence + employee abuse is certainly…. a choice.
The *only* people that will want to work for him are brown-nose yes man types who tell him only what he wants to hear.
If you can't see that, you truly are a simple rube.
— Arizona Sports Nut Joe (@AZSportsNut11) November 1, 2023
Interesting. I just remember the Cardinals as the team that charged players to eat in the cafeteria. Michael BIdwell is seriously cheap! https://t.co/6kUe7W4Eke
— Jeff Schmitt (@jefflschmitt) October 14, 2023
I'm two paragraphs into what seemed like a hit piece on Cardinals owner Mike Bidwell and came across this sentence. I don't know Ron Minegar but my god this statement just reeks of entitlement from him. pic.twitter.com/bHXdv05dD1
— David Marcus (@THEDavidMarcus) November 1, 2023
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