The Dolphins' image, which took a hit in the wake of last year's bullying scandal, might be in for further damage, according to a Fox Sports report.
Former Miami scout Nate Sullivan is threatening a lawsuit against the team after it fired him earlier this month after 17 years. Sullivan claims that general manager Dennis Hickey objected to him working from home to take care of his sick wife.
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Citing a document it obtained, Fox Sports reported that Sullivan claims the Dolphins violated the Americans With Disabilities Act. Sullivan has worked from home since 2004 while caring for his wife, JoAnne, who suffers from cystic fibrosis, and they moved to central Florida to be closer to her family.
While the arrangement apparently was approved by three previous general managers, including Hickey's predecessor Jeff Ireland, Sullivan claims Hickey told him that it "just did not work for him."
Ireland was fired in January, in part because of his role in overseeing the bullying scandal.
Also, Sullivan claims, the Dolphins changed insurance offerings recently — they "singled out" cystic fibrosis, the document claimed — and caused the cost of medicine for his wife to rise dramatically.
The Dolphins and the NFL declined to comment to Fox Sports.
The revelation came just a day after center Mike Pouncey revived unwelcome memories of the bullying scandal by telling reporters that he had no regrets over his well-documented role in it — and by saying he didn't think he needed to undergo the mental health evaluation the NFL has made a condition of his playing this season.
Earlier this month, cornerback Don Jones was suspended briefly for negative tweets about the Rams drafting openly gay player Michael Sam, while Pouncey's Twitter account was shut down after he made a reference to hazing the team's first-round draft pick.
