Riley Cooper Supposedly Knew About the Video Before It Hit the Internet

[dunkman6]

Although Eagles receiver Riley Cooperhas done a fairly admirable job of falling repeatedly on his sword regarding one of the NFL’s most unlikely off-field incidents, there’s one specific wrinkle in this story that makes us wonder whether he’s simply saying what he thinks he needs to say in order to make it all go away.

“The last few days have been incredibly difficult for me,” Cooper said in the Friday statement regarding his temporary (or possibly longer) departure from the team. “My actions were inexcusable. The more I think about what I did, the more disgusted I get.”

''That last sentence is the one that caught our eye. Cooper didn’t utter a racial slur in a public place on Wednesday, when the video surfaced. He said it on June 9.''

Unless he was so drunk that he doesn’t remember saying it, how does the disgust not begin to grow until July 31, when the video became public?

Cooper supposedly learned of the video “a couple hours” before addressing it with reporters the day it surfaced. According to CrossingBroad.com, the site that purchased the video for only $150, Cooper previouslyhad been made aware of the videovia Twitter. Per the report, people “tweeted at” Cooper 10-to-15 times about the video since the middle of June; Cooper reportedly blocked two of the people who were sending Twitter messages to him about the video.

Regardless of whether the folks who had the video were trying to extort money from Cooper (like the guy who ended upgetting 18 months in prisonlast year after pleading guilty to extortingRobert Griffin III), it’s hard to completely reconcile the tone and content of comments made by Cooper after the video surfaced with the notion that he knew about the video before it was released. Given that Cooper’s perceived sincerity will be a key factor in whether the locker room can move forward, that could be a subtle yet important point for one or more of his teammates.

And if Cooper had a chance to buy the video before it was released, maybe he should have. After the Griffin incident occurred last year, a league source told PFT that extortion attempts happen “[m]ore often than you realize.” In many cases, the player who is being extorted pays the money and moves on.

If the video netted only $150 from CrossingBroad.com, Cooper likely could have had it for not much more than that. Given everything that has happened since the video surfaced, it could have been the best investment Cooper ever made.''

My florida nikkas just keeping taking L's left and right.

 

[Ronnie Lott]

If Riley Cooper could have actually bought the video for 150 bucks, then he is truly a dumbass.

 

[Reality]

If Riley Cooper could have actually bought the video for 150 bucks, then he is truly a dumbass.

Redneckonomics bruh. That's like 25 6-packs of Budweiser. Some things just aint worth it.

 

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Doesn't surprise me. He said it in public and everybody's phone has a camera. He's kind of a celebrity. It happened back in June.

I'm surprised the media is just getting a hold of it to be honest.

 

[I'm Billy FUCO!!]

I don't get this article.

They doubt his sincerity.....then they suggest he should have bought the video instead of owning up to his actions?

 

[FaTaL]

Doesn't surprise me. He said it in public and everybody's phone has a camera. He's kind of a celebrity. It happened back in June.

I'm surprised the media is just getting a hold of it to be honest.

wasnt he the fourth string wr last year? lmao he aint no celebrity

one of his boys sold him out for 150 bucks

 

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

wasnt he the fourth string wr last year? lmao he aint no celebrity

one of his boys sold him out for 150 bucks

Yeah, that's why I said kind of a celeb.

I'm sure he has a following though. Especially now.

 

[jadillac]

by most accounts Cooper is a d-bag to ppl around Philly, so in his arrogant mind this was probably nothing that would hurt him.

 

[delta]

if riley cooper feased up the next day, it wud be no story. instead he tried to front for 60 dayz

 

[King Poetic]

i said it in another post.

He was hoping and praying that it will never get out so he can go about his business. that's why i don't feel no sympathy for dude

 

[Deflatedhoopdreams]

He probably didn't think it was that much a big deal and didn't think someone would sell him out

 

[#1 pick]

Be an idiot redneck and say idiotic stuff with your friends thinking everywhere is like the South brehs

 

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Just read an article that said he told the team about it... but only because he was getting threats on twitter. This allegedly happened well before the video surfaced.

 

[OH SOHH TRILL]

Be an idiot redneck and say idiotic stuff with your friends thinking everywhere is like the South brehs

nikkas down south would've come over the fence to see if his threat was legit.

 

[theGoldmangod]

I was talking to my old head about it this morning. He said these cacs coming out and saying/doing racist shyt do so by design, so Riley Cooper had no reason to buy that tape back. He didn't want to. Look at the immense amount of funding and support a non-Black hispanic cac got for killing an unarmed Black boy. In the millions. I wouldn't be surprised if these racists want to be discovered, funded, and taken in by underground racist networks who discover their views are in line by these highly public displays of racism.