Former Seattle Seahawks fullback Michael Robinson, who now works for NFL Media, confirmed on Sunday that there was a fight between Percy Harvin and Golden Tate last season. Robinson told NFL GameDay First that he was the one who broke up the altercation.
“Something did go on at the Super Bowl that a lot of fans don’t know about,” he explained. “There was an altercation in the locker room between Percy Harvin and Golden Tate. It saddens me because I was a leader on that team and to know that this information got out — usually Pete Carroll-coached teams, this type of thing stays in-house. There was an issue, I physically broke it up, I was there, you would have to ask those guys what they were arguing about, I’m not at liberty to talk about it.”
As we learned last week, Harvin gave Tate a black eye and also tried to fight Russell Wilson at one point during the season. Robinson said fights like that happen all the team between teammates and seemed more concerned about how the information went public.
“We kind of talked about it afterwards,” he said. “I talked to Percy and Golden and they ironed their situation out. But again, you’ve been in locker rooms, these type of things happen all the time. Families fight. That is what is so disturbing. Again, this type of information usually doesn’t get out of that locker room. Why it comes out now, almost a year after the Super Bowl is mind-boggling.”
It wouldn’t be a surprise if someone within the Seahawks organization leaked most or all of the Harvin dirt. A healthy Harvin was expected to be a huge part of Seattle’s offense this season, so it would make sense that the Seahawks would want to explain why they traded him for a conditional sixth-round pick when they spent a first-rounder to get him last year.
In addition to reports about the fight, there have also been indications that Harvin pulled himself from games. The fact that everything is coming out at once isn’t a coincidence. The whole thing reeks of a smear campaign, albeit one that Harvin probably deserves.
