The Observer: Panthers Should Suspend Hardy Now

[Panthro]

Well... Hardy has been found guilty

Not by a jury

Judges at bench trials always err on the side of caution. Better to say guilty and let it go to trial by jury then day not guilty and a video like Rices appears afterwards

[LinvilleGorge]

[TheRumGone]

What still stands?

They are playing with fire if they suspend him now

[Carolina Cajun]

I won't be destroyed to see Hardy walk in the offseason, I don't like people who cause major off field issues, and this isn't the first time Hardy has done something distracting.  That said, no, you don't suspend him.  He hasn't been found guilty in front of a jury, theres a lot of missing pieces of the puzzle, and lastly (while he did/said something stupid, with someone stupid, and drunk), this is a misdemeanor and is not in the same plane of existence as what the turd rice did.

[CRA]

They better be damn sure he will get convicted again with a jury trial. That is playing with fire

You can give him 6 games and wait and see what happens. That isn't really playing with fire.

It is a delayed punishment that makes people look dumb and reactionary....but it isn't really playing with fire.

[teeray]

Times like this, I hate the fugging media.

I don't mean to parrot what others are saying, but dude is entitled to his due process.

Then if jury of his peers convict him, then you deal with the punishment.

It is not hypocrisy, it is protecting a defendant's rights.

The stupid azz media doesn't seem to grasp even the reason a trial by jury is his right. It is for his protection so his reputation, or guilt isn't determined by one person who may have bias or prejudice.

I don't know if media is really terrible at their job, or just flat stupid. Not all of course, but the numbers seem to grow every day.

[IGSaint]

https://twitter.com/search?f=realtime&q=greg%20hardy&src=typd

 

Yeesh.

[CRA]

They are playing with fire if they suspend him now

How so? Even if he wins his appeal...they can stand by the games they suspended him

You don't have to be guilty of a crime to get suspended

[TheRumGone]

You can give him 6 games and wait and see what happens. That isn't really playing with fire.

It is a delayed punishment that makes people look dumb and reactionary....but it isn't really playing with fire.

It really isn't hard to stand what will happen if they give him six games and then he's found innocent

[carolina-chuck]

Fuggn Observer!!!

[CRA]

It really isn't hard to stand what will happen if they give him six games and then he's found innocent

What?

If he wins his appeal....so what? You don't have to be guilty of a crime for the NFL to suspend you.

[TheRumGone]

How so? Even if he wins his appeal...they can stand by the games they suspended him

You don't have to be guilty of a crime to get suspended

Hypothetically if they suspend him and he wins the jury trial and is cleared of all charges there will be lawsuits from the players association out the ass

[TheRumGone]

Oh and nflpa and hardy would win big time

[CRA]

Hypothetically if they suspend him and he wins the jury trial and is cleared of all charges there will be lawsuits from the players association out the ass

Again, you don't have to be guilty of a crime for the NFL to suspend you.

See Big Ben.