Michelle Beadle eviscerated ESPN for Greg Hardy ‘platform’
By Josh Hill
Michelle Beadle laid into ESPN for giving Greg Hardy a ‘platform’ this week.
One of the most upsetting things to have happened this week in the sports world was an interview that ESPN and Adam Schefter gave domestic abuser Greg Hardy in which he proceeded to burp up all over himself.
Hardy, who was found guilty of violently beating a woman in 2014 before paying his way out of it, said that he didn’t do anything wrong and has never laid a hand on any woman in his life. This, despite the fact that police released photos of Hardy’s victim last year that sickened anyone with half a should who saw them. Despite all of this, the Cowboys gave Hardy a shot last year to redeem himself and he failed in the most miserable way possible to not be a complete tool.
ESPN, for some reason, decided to try and jump start his redemption tour — which Hardy screwed up like dopey idiot he is. But while Hardy is being torn apart for being basically mentally disturbed, ESPN and Adam Schefter are in the crosshairs too.
Michele Beadle addressed the controversial interview and the even more controversial fallout from Schefter on SportsNation:
"“I feel dirty in that this guy has no job right now, and for some reason we’ve decided as a network that we’re going to give him the stage for his redemption tour as he basically goes out and tries to find some employment,” Michelle Beadle said on Tuesday’s SportsNation. “I don’t understand why we’re doing that. If he wants to figure out a way to get his message out there — which by the way, he hasn’t said he did anything wrong, so how a man is supposed to convince anybody he’s changed and yet not admit to actually doing anything? I have no idea. But why we’re giving him the forum to go out there and tell anybody that is where I’m a little bit confused.”"
Usually when we get ESPN on ESPN crime, it’s fun to watch from a distance. But there likely isn’t a soul on social media who isn’t in Beadle’s corner. This isn’t the first time she’s spoken out on the domestic violence issue, as she took down Floyd Mayweather on numerous occasions with a no-holds barred attitude.
Beadle is saying what people at ESPN who don’t have the clout to push back are probably thinking. There might be punishment for calling out her employers, but it’s a small price to pay to say what needed to be said.