Didn’t we learn anything from the reporter at the Boston Herald. Don’t assume something to be true until you know the facts. The defintion of “allegedly” is represented as existing or being as described but not so proved: supposed. Ed and others is jumping down this kids back for what, because he issued an apology? Could he be apologizing for the negative image placed upon him by media members? The other “alleged” incident with his girlfriend was later learned to had been exagerated by the girl because she was mad at him. The kid is trying to do the “right” thing and become a better person. Save the persecution of him until you have something “factual”. James Hardy, I hope you have a Rookie of the Year season and help the Bills to the playoffs and beyond.

I agree with Skycap.

Sorry Ed that Hardy didn’t phrase his apology the way you wanted him to. You don’t know what happened, so making the comments that Hardy should apologize for messing up is ridiculous on your part. I didn’t realize that Hardy had been arrested and charged with a crime here, so why does he need to talk as if he was?

Yeah, whatever happened that day probably was a mistake and something Hardy regrets. Whether a gun was involved is probably going to remain a mysterdy, so there’s no reason to be jumping down his throat as you are as clueless as the rest of us on the matter. Shut up and move on, seriously. The only reason incidents like this linger for so long in our minds is because pompous idiots like Kilgore won’t let it go.

how some of these young men have grown up. It sounds like Hardy has had a pretty tough up bringing and was without his father. I can imagine if my father wasn’t there and then I made it to the NFL, that it would bring out some animosity. There are obviously some feelings there that overwhelmed Hardy. I think he will grow up and be a productive player and person. Especially being around the Bills organization.

it was an attempt to draw some controversy but yet he said enough nice things about Hardy to not have the piece a total “ripping of Hardy” These guys have to spark some controversy and this is no different.

All I’ll say is that I like the new kid on the Bills offense. He has something to prove, he had a rough upbringing, and now DJ just needs to channel that anger from hitting his gf and baby and brandishing a gun on his pa, to scoring 6 on the football field.

And i guarantee you part of the argument with his dad had to be due to the financial reward he is goign to get as a high 2nd round pick. I’m sure that had something to do with it. “mo money mo more problems” after all

The problem here is that Hardy is considered a big part of the Bills future and so many Bills fans are willing to cut him some slack. Hey, he beat his girlfriend with his baby there. But he had a rough upbringing. Hey, he pulled a gun on his Dad. But hey, his Dad wasn’t there for him growing up. “A rough upbringing” is not an excuse. He was able to overcome that to become a star player at University, but when things go wrong he has a built-in excuse. You can’t belittle the situations when it was serious enough that police were called in. I think Ed and others are saying he’s not being responsible and if he keeps getting into these situations he’s gonna be out of the league soon.

It’s troubling that it happened right after the draft when he came to town and said he was all changed and everything was in the past. How can you really believe he won’t do it again? If he pulled a gun on his Dad BEFORE the draft, how high do you think he would have gone? Bills fans would have said “NO WAY” to him at that point.

there are no excuses…it is what it is….he is in the spotlight, people will judge, and that is it….I mean what do you think is going to happen? The bills will cut him? I mean, he obviously has issues, and he will most likely continue to have off-field troubles. As fans we can either boycott the team, hope he produces on Sundays, or hope he gets in serious trouble.

It is what it is. It’s a waiting game now.

I’m just saying that in the new NFL landscape, where they are trying to clean up their image, taking a guy with a tainted past when someone with comparable talent is also available might not be a good idea. Small market teams like the Bills can’t afford to mess up in the draft.

And I’m not sure, but hitting your girlfriend is kind of a big deal. It’s not like he took money from agents or smoked some weed. Try telling a woman what he did and see the reaction.

Benaconda, it would be pretty tough to tell a woman what he did considering that we don’t know what happened. his girlfriend (who he is still with) accused him of hitting her AND their child who was only 1 or 2 years old. A couple of days later she changed her story and said he hit her, but not the baby, then a while later she said he never hit her, but that he was physical.

The cops admited to accusing Hardy of much worse than what actually happened and their statement included the fact that she had one mark on her neck that looked like it could have happened recently and no other evidence of physical abuse. We don’t know what happened so be careful with your accusations.

I personally have no problem whatsoever with Hardy pulling the gun on his dad. It doesn’t bother me one bit. His dad was in prison for most of James’ childhood and supposedly wasn’t much of a father once he got out of jail. His dad was asking for money and he wouldn’t take no for an answer. I guess Hardy threatened that he would get physical with his dad, then did get physical by shoving him and telling him to leave. his dad didn’t leave and he pulled out the gun, which is his constitutional right to own and he has a permit to carry it. Why is this a big deal?

And who cares about the apology, I’m sure his agent wrote it, so why does it matter what he said and how he worded it. He didn’t do anything illegal so I don’t think he needed to apologize in the first place.

Benaconda when it comes down man vs. woman with the law, man loses. If you and your girlfriend/wife got into a verbal argument at home and she called the police when they arrive you(as a man) are automatically at fault. I had to bail my best friend out of jail once. His live-in girlfriend came home arguing and throwing pots and pans at him because her friend thought she saw him with another woman. The killer part is that he locked himself in his room while he called the cops. When they arrived she told them that he hit and pushed her. Because it was the holiday weekend he had to spend it in jail. She later recanted her story and the charges were dropped. This is the reason that I don’t buy the Hardy girlfriend story at all because “hell hath no fury than a woman scorned.”