Panthers Front Office has lost it!

[Mr. Scot]

Let it be known that the Panthers wanted no part in Hardy's removal from the team. The league pulled a Gettleman and gave an offer that could not be refused.

 

I don't know how anyone could watch that presser, see the way Gettleman and Rivera looked and talked, and come to any conclusion other than that they were forced into this.

 

Rivera especially looked utterly pissed off by the end of it.

[O-Ther]

The Panthers didn't want to suspend him.

 

The NFL wanted him out of the way.

 

And we wouldn't have for 3 more weeks, since we can do that inactive thing only 4 times to a player who can reasonably expect to start. Then suspension would have been their only other choice besides letting him play. Since both options have serious problems attached to either one (union grievance/lawsuit) (public outrage/boycotts), glad to see the commish give the team an out.

 

It's the least he could do.

[the butch]

He still gets his 13.1, which at the end of the week, that's all he really cares about.  Why feel sorry for a guy who put the team in this situation?  Sure, blame the media for their biased reporting, but blaming the Panthers for caving to NFL and sponsor pressure, which btw means MUCH MORE than 13.1M, is ridiculous.

[Tub of Goo]

Goodell should just come out and say Hardy gets 6 game suspension, if found innocent will not be interpreted as 1st offense.

BOOM done.

[Mr. Scot]

And we wouldn't have for 3 more weeks, since we can do that inactive thing only 4 times to a player who can reasonably expect to start. Then suspension would have been their only other choice besides letting him play. Since both options have serious problems attached to either one (union grievance/lawsuit) (public outrage/boycotts), glad to see the commish give the team an out.

 

It's the least he could do.

 

Per what Rivera said last week - and Gettleman's words today - they weren't going to deactivate him or suspend him.

 

Rivera said he'd be playing this week.

 

[Semaj]

People need to read in between the lines. We caved to Goddell, not media pressure. Goddell is trying to save his job right now and make no mistake about it we are the fall guy for that. Unbelievable.

Exactly. It's all about saving Goodell's job. The owners love their little puppet and will do whatever it takes to protect and save him. I want him gone. Let us hope that the media pressure finally turns where it should, on the commissioner. He screwed up the rice situation so badly that we now have a tsunami overwhelming the league and they are incapable of doing the right thing. They are unable to look at each case individually and therefore justice is impossible.

[O-Ther]

Per what Rivera said last week - and Gettleman's words today - they weren't going to deactivate him or suspend him.

 

Rivera said he'd be playing this week.

 

 

They actually said his playing status would be determined later in the week. He would still practice, just not sure if he'd suit up for the game.

 

[brandon_87]

While what you said isn't 100% wrong! it isn't 100% right either.

Yes there was a hearing in front of a single judge.

That judged listened to both sides and found it necessary to find GH guilty.

Upon that verdict, confident that a jury trial would exonerate him, Hardy appealed the judges decision.

Once the appeal was filled and a jury trial was requested the bench trial verdict of "guilty" is not just set aside, it is wiped away.

This must be done because of the double jeopardy laws. You cannot be tried or convicted of the same crime twice.

Yes, and that initial single judges ruling of guilty is why this is different then someone who hasn't been to cpurt or was initially found innocent. That's all the league needs.

Plus, with all these women that are now in places of power, this poo is getting out of hand. I do think a professional athlete should be held to higher standards, but this latest poo is just too much.

[Set of Circumstances]

they gon make it rain hehehehehehehehe

[BettyBangzer]

The Panthers FO is doing the best it can with the league's crappy unclear policies. They've been backed into a corner.

[Montsta]

exempt list

He can use Huddle facilities on his own time, just can't participate in team Huddle activities. I like where your head is at.

[rainwater]

plain and simple the nfl has put us in this situation

 

No, Greg Hardy did.

[Montsta]

Goodell should just come out and say Hardy gets 6 game suspension, if found innocent will not be interpreted as 1st offense.

BOOM done.

Exactly. Hardy gets the max 6 game suspension without pay, retroactive to last week. If he is found not guilty he gets his game checks back and doesn't have a NFL DV strike against him.

It satisfies the clueless masses, GH gets paid if found innocent, and the only people that get fuged are his Panther teammates and fans.

[Billy Love]

plain and simple the nfl has put us in this situation

Make no mistake. Greg Hardy and Greg Hardy alone, have put us in this situation.