Quote Originally Posted by King Friday View Post
To someone like Hardy, it isn't a punishment though...more of an inconvenience only. Despite all the time off and the threat of a significant suspension hanging over him, he STILL signed a 1 year, $11-13M deal. He's probably laughing about how he smacks women around and gets away with it. It is a joke. God forbid you get involved in dog fighting...expect prison time and years out of the league. Smack a woman with a hand that is rightfully a deadly weapon...and the league simply hopes to give you a free vacation long enough for the whole deal to "blow over".
Considering the criminal charges didn't stick, the NFL was pushing things suspending him as long as they did. The charges were dropped, weren't they? I know it was a pretty fishy outcome in the courts, but that was the outcome.

How did the league sort it out with the teams re: cap space? I know the players get paid, but in the cases of Peterson and Hardy, do the teams end up with franchise tag level dead money against their cap?