Around the League: Week 2

[punch it in]

Originally Posted by mooby

180 Central: AP taking leave of absence until legal issues resolved



Well that didn't take long.

Still a trash organization for not making the decision on their own. I mean now they are basically saying "we didnt think child abuse outweighed winning and losing, but we do think that it outweighs losing money". Hogwash. No offense Hog1.

[NC_Skins]

Originally Posted by mooby

180 Central: AP taking leave of absence until legal issues resolved

Well that didn't take long.

Vikes are a bunch of morons. Rather yet, Ziggy Wilf is a moron. That said, I wonder if Bob Costas is going to get on his soap box about these issues like he did the Redskins name?

[Ruhskins]

I still think the Vikings are handling this situation better than the Ravens handled Ray Rice. I'm not saying they're doing a good job, but more like the lesser of two evils.

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by Ruhskins

I still think the Vikings are handling this situation better than the Ravens handled Ray Rice. I'm not saying they're doing a good job, but more like the lesser of two evils.

I wonder if the Vikings were making that decision or the NFL? I think the Vikings made their decision 24 hours before with reinstatement, what changed since to go back? Anheuser Busch change things maybe? I think this was the NFL saying, nope he doesnt play.

[NC_Skins]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

I wonder if the Vikings were making that decision or the NFL? I think the Vikings made their decision 24 hours before with reinstatement, what changed since to go back? Anheuser Busch change things maybe? I think this was the NFL saying, nope he doesnt play.

I still think it was Ziggy Wilf that reversed the decision. He had already lost his Raddison sponsor and then when Anheiser/Busch comes out and makes a statement, well it doesn't take long to understand these guys respond to bottom lines and nothing else.

Notice the Panthers did the same thing. I have respect for Jerry Richardson though, you can tell this has really bothered him because he actually got on the podium. (and broke down) I think the Panthers just wanted to give Hardy the due process he's deserved, and that's understandable when you don't have the tangible evidence like we saw with the Rice case.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by NC_Skins

I still think it was Ziggy Wilf that reversed the decision. He had already lost his Raddison sponsor and then when Anheiser/Busch comes out and makes a statement, well it doesn't take long to understand these guys respond to bottom lines and nothing else.

Notice the Panthers did the same thing. I have respect for Jerry Richardson though, you can tell this has really bothered him because he actually got on the podium. (and broke down) I think the Panthers just wanted to give Hardy the due process he's deserved, and that's understandable when you don't have the tangible evidence like we saw with the Rice case.

Wasn't Hardy already convicted? That seems like enough

[donofriose]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Wasn't Hardy already convicted? That seems like enough

He was convicted in June. He is in the process of appealing that decision.

If there is enough evidence for AP to be deactivated there was more than enough for Hardy.

[NC_Skins]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Wasn't Hardy already convicted? That seems like enough

It was a bench trial, not a trial by peers. The thing about judges making these types of judgements, none of them want to be known as the guy who let's off some woman beater in case he goes and kills her after he's let go. I've sit in court and watched a judge let go a woman in a assault with another woman (and this woman had serious proof of an assault), and turn around and drop the guilty verdict on the next case where there really was no evidence. The difference is, one involved a man, the other a woman. I'm not saying that's the case here because I don't know the details, it's just saying I don't fully trust judgements made in these cases.

We've had situations in NC where judges were lenient on some DV cases and the man goes back and kills the wife. The judge took heat as well as the district attorney. Now, the DA won't even drop a DV case without charging the woman for filing a false report. Truthfully, Hardy should have asked for a trial by peers from the get go.


I agree though. He should be deactivated until his name is(or if) cleared in a trial by jury, since he's been found guilty in the first round.

[punch it in]

Originally Posted by Ruhskins

I still think the Vikings are handling this situation better than the Ravens handled Ray Rice. I'm not saying they're doing a good job, but more like the lesser of two evils.

I think the Vikes just had their hands forced sooner. They both would have handled it equally as horrible for equally as long if given the opportunity.

[Ruhskins]

Originally Posted by punch it in

I think the Vikes just had their hands forced sooner. They both would have handled it equally as horrible for equally as long if given the opportunity.

Yet the Vikings are the ones being slammed in the media and by sponsors, while the Ravens are just an afterthought in the Rice case.

[punch it in]

Originally Posted by Ruhskins

Yet the Vikings are the ones being slammed in the media and by sponsors, while the Ravens are just an afterthought in the Rice case.

Yeah, but its sort of unfolding still. I hear you. Quake is rite anyway in another month nobody will give a hoot. Than again the world goes on. Just hope justice is served somehow at the end of the day.

[Ruhskins]

Kurt Warner, Junior Seau among 15 first-year candidates nominated for Pro Football Hall of Fame - ESPN

HOF Candidates for this year.

Quick side note, am I the only one who feels that Marvin Harrison just disappeared from the public eye and no one talks about how he was involved in a two shootings and civil suit?

[SirLK26]

Originally Posted by Ruhskins

Kurt Warner, Junior Seau among 15 first-year candidates nominated for Pro Football Hall of Fame - ESPN

HOF Candidates for this year.

Quick side note, am I the only one who feels that Marvin Harrison just disappeared from the public eye and no one talks about how he was involved in a two shootings and civil suit?

I think that's part of the reason he's not in the Hall right now.

Really rooting for Tim Brown to get in.

[EARTHQUAKE2689]

^They both will be an afterthought in about 3 weeks.

[Dirtbag59]

I'm glad amphetamines have been reclassified as substance abuse drugs under the new policy. Honestly it's been kind of a bad joke for a while now having them classifying as PEDs. The PED label needs to be reserved for steroids and HGH. Up until now it's basically been the equivalent of calling an 18 year old caught with their 17 year old boyfriend or girlfriend a sex offender.