Live Stream of Today's Pressers

[setzer2030]

This ESPN discussion is hilarious.

Shame on this team!- Mark Schlereth 

Some things are more important than winning football games!- Herm Edwards

 

We get it guys.

[Matthias]

Rivera is like a much more controlled, and intelligent version of Mike Ditka.

[Ruff]

If I was Cam, my first thing said tomorrow would be, "I love all of my teammates. And that's all in going to say about that. If you want to talk about the Steelers, go ahead. Anything else and I'm walking out."

[Matthias]

This ESPN discussion is hilarious.

 

According to them, Hardy is as guilty as sin.  They saying he needs counseling and the whole nine yards.  I'm glad they are not on the jury.

[CatTower]

While this decision stings, let's all remember that the Carolina Panthers stand for class.  Greg Hardy, innocent or not, has put the organization in a bad light.  The front office made the only decision that they could.  

 

If you ask me why did they not make it to begin with?  It's as Rivera said, "The climate changed."  This directly implies the media storm that erupted after Rice.

 

So, please don't get mad at Greg Hardy or Rivera.  This is the type of situation where there is no good way out.  Show your support for the guys that must step up and replace a top competitor on the field.  Greg Hardy will have his chance to defend his name.  Until then, the Panther organization's hands are tied.  

[Spaceballs83]

Shame on this team!- Mark Schlereth 

Some things are more important than winning football games!- Herm Edwards

 

We get it guys.

 

They are a bunch of idiots. Not one of them said anything about what they have been talking about for the past 2 weeks until the video came up.

[PandaPancake]

Looks like the NFL is acting like the military. Oh you got into an altercation but no one was charged? Let's just warm up that NJP

[gettlemanjack]

So now someone can go up to and accuse someone of something and they are put down on a list until the entire process plays out? no matter the outcome? Terrible and stupid precedent to set.

no. Hardy had a trial where the judge found him guilty beyond a responsible doubt after the evidence was presented. AP was indicted by a grand jury after the evidence was presented. Ray rice got caught on camera

so no, you can't just go accuse someone of something. that is why McDonald of the 49ers isn't being suspended

[setzer2030]

They are a bunch of idiots. Not one of them said anything about what they have been talking about for the past 2 weeks until the video came up.

How perfect would it have been if Herm's infamous "YOU PLAY TO WIN THE GAME!" vid popped up immediately after him spouting about the unimportance of it.

[ItsNotGonnaBeAlright]

Major thing I took from the presser: I now fully believe that the front office and team as a whole believe Greg Hardy is innocent.

[Fox007]

no. Hardy had a trial where the judge found him guilty beyond a responsible doubt after the evidence was presented. AP was indicted by a grand jury after the evidence was presented. Ray rice got caught on camera

so no, you can't just go accuse someone of something. that is why McDonald of the 49ers isn't being suspended

 

I said entire process and as far as Hardy's case goes the trial was clearly a farce and I'm trying to figure out what all this evidence beyond a reasonable doubt is because its clearly a he said she said case.

 

McDonald was actually arrested on the night of...Hardy wasn't...and his wife was clearly banged up.

Each case is different but they are coming very close to looping all these into the same category and that's wrong.

This is a decent read: http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2014/09/17/why-the-49ers-are-doing-the-right-thing-with-ray-mcdonald/

 

The actual truth is Goodell forced this on the Panthers and that's why they are so upset and Goodell is doing this to save face. Hardy's punishment only really affects the team as he is getting paid.

 

If he had received a 6 game ban it would have been in line with his "guilty" verdict and they could have moved on. No way should he be on the sideline until the fugin trial is over. Maybe they went over this and Hardy chose the money...he still claims innocence right?

[rainwater]

Of course caused by Hardy, you maroon.

 

MY question is why are the Panthers the only party receiving negative consequences?

 

They weren't culpable in any of the original transgressions.

Greg Hardy plays for the Panthers.  Who else do you want punished?  The NFL didn't cause this.

[Fox007]

Greg Hardy plays for the Panthers.  Who else do you want punished?  The NFL didn't cause this.

 

lol neither did the Panthers wtf are you talking about

[gettlemanjack]

Major thing I took from the presser: I now fully believe that the front office and team as a whole believe Greg Hardy is innocent.

reasonable minds can disagree if the evidence shows he is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, and Hardy was accused of multiple assaults (throwing her in bathtub, choking her, throwing her down on a couch full of machine guns)

Of those, I read at least five articles that said the woman said Hardy threw her in the bathtub and that is how she got the big bruise on her back, while Hardy said at trial she got the bruise by throwing herself in the bathtub. If that's true, sounds like Hardy is guilty of at least that. But that's not as bad as punching a girl in the face and so the punishment shouldn't be as bad as for punching a girl in the face