Miami Dolphins general manager Jeff Ireland apologized to Dallas Cowboys first-round draft pick Dez Bryant on Tuesday for asking during a pre-draft visit whether his mother was a prostitute. Sports, which was first to report the story, also revealed that it was Ireland who asked the question of Bryant. Sometimes that leads to asking in-depth questions," Ireland said Tuesday in a statement released by the Dolphins.
I certainly meant no disrespect and apologized to him. Sports reported that during one of his pre-draft visits, Bryant was asked by a high-level executive of one NFL franchise -- during an extensive conversation about Bryant's past -- whether his mother, Angela, was a prostitute. I got a lot of questions like that: Does she still do drugs?
I sat and answered all of them. The background of Bryant and his mother was widely reported prior to the draft. Angela was only 15 when Dez was born, and she served time in jail for selling crack cocaine. For the past year, active, former and incoming players have heard me speak about the expectations we have of them as members of this union, their teams, communities and families. It is equally true that the same kind of respect is demanded of their employers.
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