Steve Smith called out Greg Hardy on his nonsense Monday, and the football world applauded. It was what he said, and how he said it — but none of that was more important than who said it.
The fraternity of NFL players does not have Greg Hardy’s back on this one. They’re not jumping to support one of their own.
Hopefully, that means something, for everybody who wants to see real consequences in America’s biggest sports league for domestic violence. The advocacy groups can speak out, the public can speak out, even the league and its teams (like Smith’s coach on the Ravens, John Harbaugh ) can mouth the right words at times and be believed.