Greg Hardy's Suspension Reduced to 4 Games; I bet Brady's Will Be Reduced as Well But Goodell is Listening to Brady's Appeal

Greg Hardy had his 10-game suspension reduced to just four games, same as Tom Brady for his role in "Deflate Gate." It seems to appear that whenever Roger Goodell makes a ruling on the appeal that Brady made to him last month it could mean a reduction in suspension. Maybe two games, one? The consensus is that what Brady did is nowhere near as awful as Hardy's domestic violence against his ex-girlfriend and that he shouldn't be suspended as long, especially after the commissioner bungled the Ray Rice incident last year.

In a way, Hardy already had a long suspension last year. Hardy was suspended (in a way) by the Panthers for 15 games last season and then now 4 this season so it's a total of 19 games not just 4. Had he been suspended for 10 games this season, it would have been 25. So yeah, the four-game suspension looks awful compared to Brady's exact same for deflating footballs. But when you look at it, Hardy has missed a total of 19 games including this year.

It's so hard to determine cheating on the field is worth as many games as domestic violence and beating women. Obviously the latter is so much worse than the former because this is a stupid football game and these criminals should just be kicked out of the league. Brady should however not get away with anything for cheating on the football field and ruining the integrity of the game. Brady is not suspended four games simply for having footballs deflated, it was because of the alleged cover up and failure to cooperate with the investigation in terms of the CBA.

The commissioner has a league to run and overlook to make sure the integrity of the game is not ruined by cheating and the fans don't doubt the way the league is set up and run. Too bad he fumbled the Ray Rice incident last year and he'll never win regardless is he does the right thing or not because if he suspends Brady for four games, it's as long if not longer than woman beaters.

If he reduces the suspension or drops it, then the league looks tarnished and fans will continue not to trust the commissioner as he is in the back pocket of the Patriots and who knows what is right or wrong in the game.