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Probably. 10+ million per probably. Might have behavior stipulations in the contract but he will get paid by a team desperate for an all-pro DE and elite pass rusher

I also remember last year the report that the Hornets had zero interest in signing Lance Stephenson according to Charlotte Observer sources

There are other factors at play here. Mostly we have to make choices. Like Cam and Luke, or Hardy. I wish we could keep him, but there are reasons why he will not be back and this trial is only one piece of that puzzle

Always?? Eh.

I don't know about paying their rent

coke whores can be fun and they need wealthy folks to pay for their habit. It is a natural match

I will. Are you cooking or are we going out?

To be fair there is a difference between smoking some herb and slamming a woman on a bed of guns and threatening her life. Allegedly

I have been to court on several occassions, but I am also Caucasian so..... things tend to work out okay

That rules out probably a third of the entire NFL

If he only paid 200k to make this headache go away I don't think you can take that as an admission of guilt but just a guy wanting this poo to be over

This

I think she flaked and got cold feet

I will have to re-read my post But I think I am agreeing with your assessment. I was trying to anyway ETA: I think I get it. Why have the bench trial. I think they thought it would not even get past that point. Even with a female judge. I was shocked he was found guilty, even if judge was a female

Someone make sure Frank Alexander doesn't get high anymore. We are going to need that dude

Exactly how DA and prosecutors want you to feel so it doesn't look like they just wasted everyone's time

Based on the evidence and what was presented in court I don't think they believed anyone in their right mind, activist or not, would have found him guilty

You are never, ever found innocent. You are innocent. You have to be proven guilty.

All these "sources" about a settlement. I bet $100 these are coming from DA

The way that I understand it, her legal team doesn't even know if there was a settlement. No one has talked to her. They are trying to save face

Keep in mind the state is claiming there was a settlement. They are the ones with egg on their face. No knows for sure if there was a settlement at all. She may have just bounced out of town because she was about to look foolish

She was not going to likely win anyway.

Sorry Scot but I disagree. There may be 3 players on our roster that can do what he does collectively, but no one player. Guys like Hardy are hard to find. He is good against the run, he can line up in the interior, he can defend both RB and QB on the read option, he can chase down runners, he can drop into coverage, etc. Oh, and he can single handedly dominate games with 3 or 4 sacks and get you 15 over a season. And he is only one year older than Cam Newton. Meaning, he is just entering his prime. We can still be good without him, but we are better with him. He will not be easily replaced

Is the "wrong way" doing good by and doing what is best for a player or bending to media demands even if they don't have all the information? I don't think anyone is saying go and recruit the federal penitentiaries for football players. But at the same time, what if a player is unfairly scrutinized or accused of actions that are either untrue or sensationalized? Ray Lewis may have murdered some guys. He has a statue, a Super Bowl ring, and a great job as an analyst on ESPN. Then again, ESPN is one of the entities tooting the horn of Panthers tone deafness because we kept Greg Hardy on our active roster. I am resigned to the fact that Hardy is done here. We will be okay. But just because someone makes up an accusation against you doesn't mean you can no longer win with a player you respect.

Most figured this would be the case. Our defense will be weaker because of it, but we also have other holes to fill and big extensions on the docket I just hope he doesn't end up in the NFCS