Quote:I have a feeling the league could be facing hell from the NFLPA if they suspend him. Even if he got off on a technicality he's innocent in the eyes of the law and therefore shouldn't face any punishment from the NFL.

 

The NFLPA has no say so. The CBA leaves the discipline issues up to Goodell. 

 

He's not innocent in the eyes of the law. He was convicted. Because of the weirdness of North Carolina's system he gets to appeal via a jury trial. Lo and behold the prosecutor can't find the victim. Imagine that. I'm sure she's enjoying some of Hardy's money in a warm locale. Thus they have to drop the charges. Hardly innocent.

 

In the Rice and Peterson appeals the judges found fault with the NFL for relying on the final result of the judicial process. Thus Goodell will have to make his own decision. Thus it will be a few games or more - which is why the Cowboys wrote the contract the way they did, i.e. about $2.6 million to Hardy and then per game payments based on how many he gets to play.

 

Seems as if both the player and the team get something out of the way this contract was written. 

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