Quote:I wanted Hardy despite what happened with him. He's going to pay the price for what he did as well as he should. You commit a crime and if you get busted, you pay the consequences. That doesn't mean he's tainted for the rest of his life as a bad person. We all make mistakes no matter how severe. As long as he learned from his mistake and paid the consequences, he should be allowed to move on with his life, and that includes football...

 

This is pretty much my mindset...

 

Do the crime pay the time and once the punishment has been served…not necessarily give them a "clean slate" but don't always hold it over them.

 

The Hardy//Peterson incidences are pretty much mirror in the overall thing…hitting a woman vs. hitting a child.

 

Yet the argument was issued quick against Hardy…could be said that that is the right argument to make…yet with Peterson its overlooked vs. age/salary/giving up a draft pick.

 

DUIs and Patterns of DUI (Blackmon) and domestic abuse are personally on the same level to me…DUIs kill nearly 10 times as many people as domestic violence.  Both are despicable acts but DUI seems to only get a shoulder shrug reaction like its no big deal.

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