Adrian Peterson deactivated AGAIN indefinitely

[Ruff]

This doesn't make any sense IMO. The punishment for DV first time offender is 6 game suspension. So, absolute worst case scenario is Hardy misses the next 6 games, right? Also, gotta remember even though Hardy's DV charge sounds graphic, it's still a misdemeanor.

 

If this were to happen, at least we have Addison for these next 2 games and we'll get Alexander back for final 4 games of Hardy's suspension. Ealy will have to step up. We would still get Hardy for both Falcons games, both Saints games, Seahawks game, and Philly game.

 

It is. But, the problem is going to be the same thing we're facing now. After Hardy servers his suspension (or any player for that matter), the outcry is going to be so loud and so ridiculous, that it's going to be hard for any player to come back onto the field. We're at the point now where we're on a very slippery slope, and it's going to be interesting (and dangerous to the league) with what happens moving forward.

[SgtJoo]

AP was already indicted by a grand jury for a felony charge. There is also photo evidence of the abuse, similar to the Ray Rice video. Hardy hasn't even had a jury trial yet. His charge is only a misdemeanor with a bunch of he said/she said "evidence." With NC's 2-tiered legal system, Hardy is still presumed innocent despite what the media says. The NFLPA would also have a case against the NFL for issuing a 6 game punishment for a case still in the legal process.

 

For the record, I think Rivera will deactivate Hardy for the next 2 games. No way you can play Hardy on SNF Primetime especially after Bob Costas' rant last week about Hardy. The Ravens game will have a huge DV narrative if Hardy were to play.

 

IMO, incomplete legal process (half way through) = half of the 6 game suspension. In another 2 weeks, the media will move on from this DV narrative raging right now. Plus, I think Addison might be better for the team right now because Hardy must be extremely distracted and thinking about a lot of things other than football.

 

I mean you're getting no argument here, it's bullshit.

 

But with $pon$ors getting pissy and the NFL caving to media pressure the writing is on the wall.

 

Hardy is next.

[pantherking15]

It is. But, the problem is going to be the same thing we're facing now. After Hardy servers his suspension (or any player for that matter), the outcry is going to be so loud and so ridiculous, that it's going to be hard for any player to come back onto the field. We're at the point now where we're on a very slippery slope, and it's going to be interesting (and dangerous to the league) with what happens moving forward.

 

Right now, at this very moment, we're at the peak of the DV narrative. The media wants to attack Hardy to continue the momentum from the Ray Rice fiasco. It's like sharks looking for blood in the water. I highly doubt the media and general public is STILL fixated on DV 6 weeks from now.

 

"it's going to be hard for any player to come back onto the field"

 

Why? You think the public still won't be satisfied after Hardy sits out 6 games? When did DV misdemeanor, that too a first time offense, become a season suspension? 

[Ruff]

Right now, at this very moment, we're at the peak of the DV narrative. The media wants to attack Hardy to continue the momentum from the Ray Rice fiasco. It's like sharks looking for blood in the water. I highly doubt the media and general public is STILL fixated on DV 6 weeks from now.

 

"it's going to be hard for any player to come back onto the field"

 

Why? You think the public still won't be satisfied after Hardy sits out 6 games? When did DV misdemeanor, that too a first time offense, become a season suspension? 

 

I'm not saying that it is, or that it should be. What I'm saying is, the public outcry is going to be outrageous when Hardy or AP or any other player tries to take the field. Can you imagine, right now, what it would be like if Ray Rice wins his appeal against the league and plays another down for a team? There would be such an outrage that the NFL wouldn't know what to do with the backlash. 

 

And sadly, Hardy is now in the same boat as Ray Rice, especially in the eye of public opinion, whether or not he did it or not.

[Jakob]

People are quick to forget Donte Stallworth killed a man with his car while under the influences and only received a season suspension.

[RJK]

mike vick did it...and while some of you will argue that's just dogs i'd argue lots of people care about animals more than people.  i mean guys have killed people and played again. eventually everyone will forget and nobody will care

[carolina-chuck]

Nice knowing you Hardy.

The real Kraken is now Cameron Wake!!!!

[BANE]

None of this would have happened if the NFL just had a stance and stuck to it. Let this be a lesson to everyone, being spineless and trying to appease EVERY little group that has their panties in a wad will only lead to more damage. If the NFL would have come out during the Ray Rice situation and said, look, Ray has been suspended for 2 games, deal with. The outcry would have been loud and full of vitriol, but it would have died down. Same thing with AP. These groups don't have the attention span to keep focus for that long, theres always another social justice war to be waged right around the corner. 

 

Also, sidebar, the AP situation is just white america trying to tell black america how their culture "should" be. Sorry, but thats the truth.

[PandaPancake]

Since when did Budweiser start caring about domestic violence?

I've always heard it started it

[RJK]

i'm white and i just HATE child abuse...fuging hate it. disgusts me...i'm white and was abused as a child. it has nothing to do with that at least from this white boy

[gettlemanjack]

Budweiser threatening to pull their contract with the NFL as well.

Budweiswer and many other big sponsors of the NFL have issued statements saying that they have expressed their concerns with the NFL. It's not that they are threatening to pull their contracts, it's more that those companies are in a mutually beneficial relationship with the NFL, and so they want the NFL to do what's best for the NFL, and those companies, as partners that mutually benefit from the success of the NFL, have a big say at the board room table regarding what the NFL decides to do. The question is, what is the best thing for the NFL to do regarding Rice, AP, Hardy and McDonald and addressing the issues of domestic abuse in general?

[Ruff]

None of this would have happened if the NFL just had a stance and stuck to it. 

This is the problem. The problem isn't so much what happened, but the fact that the NFL tried to take the high road, then it backfired, then they tried to take the high road again, only for that to backfire. So now, this swirling storm of ridiculousness has reached an all-time high because Roger Goodell really has fuged this whole thing up in the past three months.

[pantherking15]

I'm not saying that it is, or that it should be. What I'm saying is, the public outcry is going to be outrageous when Hardy or AP or any other player tries to take the field. Can you imagine, right now, what it would be like if Ray Rice wins his appeal against the league and plays another down for a team? There would be such an outrage that the NFL wouldn't know what to do with the backlash. 

 

And sadly, Hardy is now in the same boat as Ray Rice, especially in the eye of public opinion, whether or not he did it or not.

 

You really think there will still be public outrage about DV 6 weeks from now?

 

Where was the public outrage from July 15 (or whenever Hardy was guilty by the judge's ruling) - September 7?

 

The reality is that the public didn't even care that much about Hardy until the Ray Rice video got released about a week ago. AP's fiasco just added gasoline to the fire. 6 weeks from now, people would have moved on. The media will have other narratives to focus on.

[Ruff]

You really think there will still be public outrage about DV 6 weeks from now?

 

Where was the public outrage from July 15 (or whenever Hardy was guilty by the judge's ruling) - September 7?

 

The reality is that the public didn't even care that much about Hardy until the Ray Rice video got released about a week ago. AP's fiasco just added gasoline to the fire. 6 weeks from now, people would have moved on. The media will have other narratives to focus on.

 

Read Bane's post. All of this has to do with the NFL and its image. The public outrage came from the Ray Rice video and the NFL doubling down and it fuging them in the end. 

 

It was years after Mike Vick took the field again, and people are still at games talking about him killing dogs.