Here we go: Alvin Kamara will be in New York City on Wednesday meeting with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, having been granted the face-to-face meeting he hoped for. Kamara hopes to share his side of the story after last year’s arrest in Las Vegas, in which he was allegedly involved in a brawl outside a nightclub. It was previously reported that Kamara wanted this meeting (and that Saints team officials encouraged him to seek it out), but ESPN’s Adam Schefter was the first to report it’s happening.
Kamara agreed to a plea deal on misdemeanor charges in Nevada and settled a civil suit out of court in Louisiana earlier this summer. Now that the legal process has concluded, the league office is likely to hand down its own discipline. Kamara is trying to get out in front of that and soften the blow as best he can.
We’ll see whether it works out for him. Nola.com’s Jeff Duncan reports that Kamara has sought counsel from members of the Saints organization including general manager Mickey Loomis as he prepares his arguments, and that team owner Gayle Benson is giving him use of her private jet to get him to New York promptly.
Saints head coach Dennis Allen shared his perspective on the situation after the team’s training camp practice earlier this week: “I think Alvin really wants to get out ahead of this and have a chance to visit with Roger and kind of give him his side of the story. And look, at the end of the day, I think part of it is, ‘Let’s get some resolution with where we’re at and move forward.’ I think Alvin is looking forward to putting this behind him and focusing in on what he has to do to be the best he can for our team this season.”
