The Tangled Life Terry Bradshaw Made For Himself

Publish date: 2024-05-18

In 2014, Greg Hardy was convicted on charges related to a domestic abuse incident with his then-girlfriend (although the charges were later dropped). Meanwhile, Hardy continued to play for the Dallas Cowboys, and Terry Bradshaw had some things to say about that.

"Anybody, in my opinion, who lays a hand on a woman, I don't care who you are, my friend, you never come back in this league," he said on "Fox NFL Sunday." Bradshaw went on to condemn Jerry Jones and the Cowboys for overlooking Hardy's case because of his abilities on the field, saying Jones "basically becomes an enabler himself. This is wrong. We have no place for this, and I'm actually tired of talking about the Hardys of the world. And I really, really, seriously hope that eventually, we never have a place in the NFL for people that touch a woman, strike a woman."

While Bradshaw's comments seem like they should be a no-brainer, he had taken a major risk. Jones was a part of the NFL's committee that oversaw all broadcasting and had enough power that Bradshaw was ultimately one of the only commentators to speak out against Jones and Hardy. He explained to The Washington Post, "I'm not one of their favorites, I'm not one of their boys. I'm not afraid of being fired, and I'm gonna speak my mind." It didn't go unnoticed, with national domestic violence organizations coming forward to applaud him for taking a stand.

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