King Ghidorah
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On Probation for Charges of two counts of Saxual Music.
How Absurd
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Post by King Ghidorah on Mar 20, 2011 13:19:48 GMT -5
Damn, that look says it all, can't fake that kind of disappoint.
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Post by crimsonwolf on Mar 21, 2011 18:12:21 GMT -5
The only acceptable options here are for them to fire Jeff or send him to rehab. There's only two ways Hardy can go to rehab. He either consents of his own free will, or gets Court-ordered to go (which may actually be a possibility if his case ever gets concluded.) TNA can't force Hardy to attend rehab. The most they can do is give him an ultimatum to clean up his act. At this point, I think TNA put themselves in a hard place because even if they were to fire him for his antics, Hardy could probably sue them for putting him in an "Unsafe work environment."
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Post by Piccolo on Mar 21, 2011 19:01:00 GMT -5
TNA can't force Hardy to attend rehab. The most they can do is give him an ultimatum to clean up his act. Which is precisely what I meant. Thank you for correcting my inexact language.
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Post by Widow's Peak on Mar 22, 2011 21:42:11 GMT -5
The latest update is that he's been removed from all of the fan events for Lockdown, so it looks like they are at least sending him home until his legal stuff is sorted out.
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Post by jadison on Mar 23, 2011 0:53:33 GMT -5
Anyone here go to Impact tapings? We need "FIRE HARDY!" chants to happen.
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Cavs for Mavs Mafia
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Post by Cavs for Mavs Mafia on Mar 23, 2011 1:48:20 GMT -5
I really don't know why there waiting to give him an ultimatum. He ruined a ppv main event and there are documented past incidents with drug use on the job. Speaking from experience, I think Jeff's addiction is in a real critical stage.Jeff looks really far gone just by looking at him He has to know what he is risking by using on the job. He may have showed up with the real intention of staying clean at least until after the show. I would suspect at this point his mind and body are craving drugs so much that he just decided f*** it, I'm using now and hopefully I'll get away with it. Sending Jeff away from their supervision and giving him so much idle time could be really dangerous.
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Post by alabastergrim on Mar 23, 2011 2:08:29 GMT -5
You can't take care of a druggie. Plain and simple. "Sending him away" is all they can really do. You can force someone into rehab as many times as you want but as the old adage goes, it won't do a thing unless they really want to be there.
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Post by Black Swagger on Mar 23, 2011 9:11:57 GMT -5
You can't take care of a druggie. Plain and simple. "Sending him away" is all they can really do. You can force someone into rehab as many times as you want but as the old adage goes, it won't do a thing unless they really want to be there. Yup, you can send him to rehab all you want, but as soon as he comes out he would be using again or you can send him home. If you send him home, you just have to deal with the chances of him overdosing. If he is home and does die, who is at fault? Most will say Hardy because no one is forcing him to do the drugs, but some will try to blame TNA since chances are his time off is with pay. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
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Post by rapidfire187 on Mar 23, 2011 22:45:25 GMT -5
Hardy could probably sue them for putting him in an "Unsafe work environment." On what basis?
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Fiddleford H. McGucket
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Post by Fiddleford H. McGucket on Mar 24, 2011 0:59:13 GMT -5
Hardy could probably sue them for putting him in an "Unsafe work environment." On what basis? Yeah...I'm gonna echo that sentiment..... The environment was as safe as a wrestling environment CAN be. His impairment is what made it "unsafe". Claiming that a wrestling promotion, by it's very nature, caused him to use drugs and behave in this manner is a slippery slope....not to mention dead wrong. If this was a larger company (read: WWE) we were talking about and the drug issues were as bad as they used to be and had the same testing/suspension policy as TNA has currently (Read: none) you may have something. Unfortunately, or fortunately depending on your P.O.V, there just happens to be a Large, publicly-traded, COMPETING company that has an extensive and heavily publicized anti-drug/drug testing policy. The fact of the matter is, that if TNA knowingly SENT him out messed up.....that's creating an unsafe work environment.....for everyone else. Expecting someone to work while under the nfluence is foolhardy and stupid.....but they didn't create the situation. It's negligent if anything. If Jeff WANTED to make the case against TNA for that, I could guarentee that anyone that's been in the ring with him since his return would be champing at the bit to countersue for him putting thier lives at risk by performing at diminished capacity.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2011 11:41:42 GMT -5
You know if I or any one of us would walk into our jobs that messed up or messed up at all, we would probably be sent home, then fired. I'm just saying, I'm really surprised Jeff had gotten off to a point so far. I know he's not the first wrestler to do this, but in this day and age of too many wrestlers dying before they're fifty, you'd think TNA would want to make an example out of him.
And if, after all of this is said and done, and Jeff walks into TNA and walks out champion, I'd say that would be a good indication for an all out boycott of their company.
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Post by crimsonwolf on Mar 25, 2011 21:09:46 GMT -5
The fact of the matter is, that if TNA knowingly SENT him out messed up.....that's creating an unsafe work environment.....for everyone else. Expecting someone to work while under the nfluence is foolhardy and stupid.....but they didn't create the situation. It's negligent if anything. Exact opposite actually, the minute they allowed Hardy to work, they did create an unsafe work environment for both his opponents and himself. By giving Hardy the okay to perform, TNA is giving him the clear to work, and by extension, assuming responsibility for his actions.
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Post by hassanchop on Mar 26, 2011 14:02:23 GMT -5
Look who feels bad for Jeff: www.pwmania.com/artman/shane-douglas-worried-for-jeff-hardy-comments-on-ric-flairOn episode #11 of the WNS Podcast for WrestlingNewsSource.com, Danny Ray, Jordan Landry and Tyler Abear interview former WWE, WCW and ECW Star “The Franchise” Shane Douglas. He opens the interview promoting his upcoming appearance for the TV Taping of The Death Match Tournament which he will be hosting LIVE Sat. April 2nd at NJN Studios 25 South Stockton Street – Trenton, NJ 08608! Here are some interview highlights: On Jeff Hardy’s current situation: When asked for his opinion on the current Jeff Hardy situation in TNA, Douglas said: “It is not for me to say publicly about his personal life but I will say this I am worried about him, I have seen far too many names walk the path he is walking and end up at the end of an obituary as opposed to the top of the pile” He adds that he is saddened that TNA Wrestling has not done anything about the situation and if they do not do it then nobody will and it will just lead to Hardy going down the wrong path “Objectionable at best, disgusting at worst that an entity like TNA would allow what appears to be by all accounts a train wreck and utilise it just because they can make some money of it, that to me is the real travesty and that to me is the real question people should be asking – Why aren’t the powers at TNA holding him accountable?” He adds their might be something going on behind the scenes but he has yet to see any sign of it.
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Post by alabastergrim on Mar 26, 2011 16:42:05 GMT -5
Sure Douglas cause TNA's gonna be raking in the cash hand over fist for the shenanigans at Victory Road...
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Post by devilfish on Mar 26, 2011 21:48:48 GMT -5
I believe this video here, sums up my opinion over the Hardy "incident"
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