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OnlyPantherFaninMaine

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Once again, it concerns me as it did in the trial thread that most in here are completely absolving Greg Hardy of any blame here and putting all of it on Richardson.

 

The franchise tag was placed on Hardy BEFORE this happened, otherwise we wouldn't have had anything to do with him.

 

Media pressure or not, the guy still has a court issue that needs to be resolved and whether or not he is innocent he put HIMSELF in this situation and has been judged guilty in court and attempting to prove his innocence. Let him sit until his trial in November then bring him back if his appeal is successful. The only place the Panthers screwed up is not sitting him until the trial took place.

 

The last thing this team wants is Hardy's case hanging over their heads. They're better off grooming his replacement while letting the media storm die down. It's the right move. Doesn't look good considering the timing, but it's the right move.

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Now they can write some stories about what a joke we are and how all it takes is some media articles to make us do the "right" thing.

Organization looks worse by doing what media got them to do.....IMO. Makes it look like they didn't believe what they have stated over and over and over

 

I repeat, I think the NFL HQ had as much to do with this as the media.

 

Remember, the Panthers had asked the NFL earlier how to handle the Hardy case, and they were told "let the legal system play itself through".

 

So now the NFL, does this to them? SMH

 

I know JR ultimately made the decision. But when you receive pressure from the NFL head office, you know it's more than just football involved, and protecting "The Shield" and the NFL's image becomes paramount.

 

Minnesota, didn't do the Panthers any favors as well with the AP incident.

 

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