Mr. Richardson did flex muscles regarding Hardy

[NJPanthers12]

So from 2004 to 2014 was what exactly??

Jerry forgetting his morals??

You can punch guys in the face and break their jaws and you can almost cause someone to go blind by beating the crap out of them and you can be charged with domestic violence and play for the moral king Jerry Richardson only until the shield steps in and intervenes. Then and only then do you fake cry and talk about how you always do the right thing.

[CPF4LIFE]

Why the fug should the seahawks sweat not signing Hardy??

[Kurb]

I've been one of Hardy's biggest supporters for the past 9 months, at least in terms of keeping him. But there was a big development that happened quietly last month that basically nobody paid attention to: turns out the DA's office had in its possession pictures of bruises and welts all over Nicole Holder's body from head to toe. Face, arms, legs, torso, back, feet......Hardy clearly did it. If he thought she faked it, he would have fought tooth and nail and would have never paid her off.

Now that you can (I believe) definitively say Hardy did beat her, it becomes a matter of giving someone a second chance. However, since Hardy is maintaining his innocence, he'll never be apologizing and admitting what he did. So I think I'm going to begrudgingly agree with Richardson's decision to let him go.

As for Cam or Luke getting the same treatment, Hardy was basically on their same level in terms of playmaking ability. And I think if someone accused those two of beating them and they had pictures of their injuries all over their body to prove it, I think they would have gotten the same treatment from Richardson, I really do.

Thanks for that info.

changed my opinion slightly

[NJPanthers12]

i remember when people were trying to say greg hardy was such a locker room cancer and was such a me guy. funny seeing Josh Norman say that him and his teammates would have literally done anything to bring him back. how Jonathan Stewart reached out to him via twitter to wish him good luck. Charles Johnson and Thomas Davis retweeting fans pleading for Greg Hardy to come back. Charles Johnson wishing him good luck via twitter and writing hopefully teammates in the future. Thomas Davis going on WFNZ saying he hopes they bring him back and how the locker room would welcome him back.

 

Just shows the disconnect between Jerry Richardson and everyone but the shield.

[DaCityKats]

Why the fug should the seahawks sweat not signing Hardy??

 

sounds like the seahawks just got out bided. 

[JawnyBlaze]

You're referring to that guy we cut last year?

big difference between getting about four or five chances and getting let go after the first (false) allegation against you.

[Kakarot]

Cool signature. RIP Pimp C!

I'm a big fan of Cookie Lyon.

But back on this topic...man I didn't know Smith literally beat the dudes eyeball out.

[JawnyBlaze]

I've been one of Hardy's biggest supporters for the past 9 months, at least in terms of keeping him. But there was a big development that happened quietly last month that basically nobody paid attention to: turns out the DA's office had in its possession pictures of bruises and welts all over Nicole Holder's body from head to toe. Face, arms, legs, torso, back, feet......Hardy clearly did it. If he thought she faked it, he would have fought tooth and nail and would have never paid her off.

Now that you can (I believe) definitively say Hardy did beat her, it becomes a matter of giving someone a second chance. However, since Hardy is maintaining his innocence, he'll never be apologizing and admitting what he did. So I think I'm going to begrudgingly agree with Richardson's decision to let him go.

As for Cam or Luke getting the same treatment, Hardy was basically on their same level in terms of playmaking ability. And I think if someone accused those two of beating them and they had pictures of their injuries all over their body to prove it, I think they would have gotten the same treatment from Richardson, I really do.

If I recall correctly those photos were taken well after the incident and their legitimacy was questionable at best. From what I remember, the bruises were supposedly minor and the only real bruise was supposed to be on her arm where they were trying to remove her from the apartment.

Then there's the whole thing where she was asked in the first "trial" if she received any damage from the attack and her answer was that she broke a nail. If she were battered and bruised you don't think she would have mentioned that?

As someone said before, if pictures that damning existed you don't think the DA would have pursued the case even if Holder wouldn't show up? Her cooperation wasn't necessary.

And finally, if there were legitimate pictures to be believed, don't you think the original judge would have given him a slightly more stiff punishment than a 60 day suspended sentence and 18 months probation? That sentence screams "I don't think you actually did anything but I gotta punish you somehow for appearances". That's a slap on the wrist for a supposed dangerous, violent woman beater.

I'm sorry, I don't believe for an instant that he or anyone in that room harmed her. There's just way too much evidence to the contrary.

[Semaj]

You mean like these guys?

Seahawks were nervous about Greg Hardy and his price

Look, I don't personally dislike Mr Richardson. I am sure that he is a nice guy. However, it is this nice guy approach that got us into cap hell. I don't believe that it was the doing of hurney all alone. I believe that he needs to step back and let the football guys do their jobs. We have had like about 5 or 6 winning seasons. If you don't think that he is at least partially responsible for that, then you are sorely mistaken. The entire Hardy thing has been handled wrong since the moment he started crying on TV. That came across so manufactured to me. Why wasn't he crying when it first happened before the outrage from the media started up? Anyways, I reiterate, he needs to let DG manage football ops and just enjoy the ride. It will give him the best opportunity to hoist the Lombardi trophy before he passes. The only thing that he needs to be involved in is the hiring and firing of the GM.

[Fox007]

Can't wait till someone beats up a dood who then says he identifies as a female...what will happen then...can't wait.

 

 

[Sam Mills Fan]

If I recall correctly those photos were taken well after the incident and their legitimacy was questionable at best. From what I remember, the bruises were supposedly minor and the only real bruise was supposed to be on her arm where they were trying to remove her from the apartment.

Then there's the whole thing where she was asked in the first "trial" if she received any damage from the attack and her answer was that she broke a nail. If she were battered and bruised you don't think she would have mentioned that?

As someone said before, if pictures that damning existed you don't think the DA would have pursued the case even if Holder wouldn't show up? Her cooperation wasn't necessary.

And finally, if there were legitimate pictures to be believed, don't you think the original judge would have given him a slightly more stiff punishment than a 60 day suspended sentence and 18 months probation? That sentence screams "I don't think you actually did anything but I gotta punish you somehow for appearances". That's a slap on the wrist for a supposed dangerous, violent woman beater.

I'm sorry, I don't believe for an instant that he or anyone in that room harmed her. There's just way too much evidence to the contrary.

 

If she really faked her injuries, do you honestly think Hardy would have been willing to pay her off? If someone did that to you and significantly ruined your reputation to a huge chunk of the entire country, would you reward that lying skank with a 7 figure payout?

 

Dozens of photos of her bruises exist. This is a fact.

Hardy paid her off so the charges would be dropped. This is a fact.

 

The only reasonable conclusion I can come up with knowing those two things is that Hardy paid her off because he knew he was guilty.

[JawnyBlaze]

If she really faked her injuries, do you honestly think Hardy would have been willing to pay her off? If someone did that to you and significantly ruined your reputation to a huge chunk of the entire country, would you reward that lying skank with a 7 figure payout?

 

Dozens of photos of her bruises exist. This is a fact.

Hardy paid her off so the charges would be dropped. This is a fact.

 

The only reasonable conclusion I can come up with knowing those two things is that Hardy paid her off because he knew he was guilty.

 

Hardy paying her off isn't a fact.  It's a theory.  One I actually do believe however.  Does it prove he's guilty?  Absolutely not.  Paying her off was an economical move.  Paying her was probably cheaper than paying his lawyers AND it got the case resolved quicker.  Do you think that if he hadn't paid her off the whole ordeal would have been done by now and he would have been able to hop into FA with a resolution in time to get a deal worth up to $13mil for one year?  I sincerely doubt it.  The only reasonable conclusion I can come up with, knowing all the facts (as well as believing the payoff theory) is that he needed the situation done in order to get on with his life and get on with getting paid.  For all we know the case would still be going on now if it hadn't been dropped.  And no team is going to offer him a contract until the legal process is done.  He wouldn't have been able to receive offers til all the real money had dried up.

 

[JawnyBlaze]

If she really faked her injuries, do you honestly think Hardy would have been willing to pay her off? If someone did that to you and significantly ruined your reputation to a huge chunk of the entire country, would you reward that lying skank with a 7 figure payout?

 

Dozens of photos of her bruises exist. This is a fact.

Hardy paid her off so the charges would be dropped. This is a fact.

 

The only reasonable conclusion I can come up with knowing those two things is that Hardy paid her off because he knew he was guilty.

 

Also, I have a higher opinion of you than the sort of simplistic "oh he paid her off, that means he must be guilty" mindset we see from the uninformed masses.  I see all these comments on PFT articles, elsewhere and people I talk to up here and it just amazes me that people can be so utterly simple minded than to believe that because he paid her off it's proof that he did it.  You're better than that.

 

[Anybodyhome]

"Flex muscle?" Seriously? I would think flexing muscle would have been to keep Hardy pending the legal system's conclusion.

 

Instead, he showed nothing but how to cave under media and league pressure. Beholden to the NFL just like most politicians beholden to corporate money.

 

Not to mention the hypocrisy of "We do the right thing..." bullshit while Frank Alexander remains on the roster after not one, but 2 drug suspensions of 4 games and 10 games.