What an awful situation. Especially if you take time to look at the full story.
So why does life just go on after all this?
Because everyone was just doing their job.
The lawyers just did their job, presenting the case.
The courts just did their job by convicting and then letting it go during the appeal process. The courts were just doing their job per appeals law, per the circumstances.
The NFL was just doing their job by suspending Greg Hardy ten games.
The players union was just doing their job by wanting to get Hardy back on the field, and got the punishment reduced to four games.
Everyone was just doing their job. Completely legal and by the book.
How can you blame someone for just doing their job?
Wrong focus. And a lame, cowardly excuse.
When will someone say…I’m not just going to do my job, I’m going to do more.
When will someone say enough already? THIS IS A BAD DUDE, WE DON’T WANT HIM AROUND.
At the very very very least, from a business stand point, why would the NFL or the players union want a guy working for their company who beats up the people he “loves and cares for”. Umm, yeah…not a very trust worthy, upstanding, good hearted person.
As for second chances? I’m all about them. But that doesn’t mean you get your second chance the same place you had your first.
Safely “just doing your job” does nothing but shift the blame away from yourself, hoping that you get to live to work another day…hoping that someone else will take care of the other stuff. Just doing your job is hiding.
Exceptional, great, life changing, revolutionary work comes from stepping outside just doing your job. It comes from looking to TAKE responsibility rather than dodging it.
Greg Hardy, a horrible guy, is back on the field entertaining millions of people, making millions of dollars all because everyone was doing their jobs. Super…five gold stars everyone.
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