Here we go again...
Jeff Hardy...what a role model for all to see. "Hey kids! Be like me, Jeff Hardy! I jump off tall things and take the pain away with my special (but illegal) medication!"
Unbelievable. Respect begins to fade with people that fail the policy the first time. Sure, they fucked up, but the key thing is that they learn their lesson.
People who fail the WWE's testing for a second time, deserve not one god damn shred of dignity, and especially not any respect. They should be rightfully publicly humiliated. As disheartening as it is for people to see their 'heroes' put in their place like this, kids and the like need to see them for what they really are: which is false heroes.
The need for a third chance is beyond me. They've shown that nothing stops them from doing it a second time, so it's obviously due to either two reasons that I can see as to why they do it the second time:
1. They don't care for the policy in any way, and don't see their drug taking as a problem.
2. They feel that they can get away with stuffing up 2 times, and use their third chance.
Both of these lead me to an assumption that the third chance has no justification being in place.
But enough about the policy. On to Jeff 'Painfree' Hardy (assuming it's painkillers he's on.)
One has to scratch well beneath the surface to find the logic in the situation here. Hardy was someone on such a rise in the WWE. Hardy had the most fan support, the most wins and was the fastest climbing guy in the WWE. So what does he do? My view is that he gets relaxed or complacent with where he is. Maybe a little of his newfound ultra-overness goes to his head. He begins working hard, harder than normal. Suddenly, he needs to find the easy way out to dealing with the pain one of his status has to go through. So he thinks he's above the system, and says 'fuck it', and, gets caught, and suspended for 2 months.
*Pop*
You hear that Jeff? That's the sound of your future in the WWE.
It's not as if Hardy couldn't get off the stuff in the first place. He had been clean for months now after his last failure. So what does he do? Piss it all away again.
I'm not a drug user. Never have, never will. Nor have I gone through the torment wrestlers go through. But, what should be underlining all the anger rightfully hurled towards Hardy, is the fact that Hardy failed the Wellness Policy twice, while EVERYTHING was going on around him in regards to: wrestler's deaths as a result of drug use, congress interventions and media backlash towards the WWE as a whole, based on the guys who failed Policy tests. To ignore all of these situations, and to let every one of your fans down in the position as their role model, is the sign of a troubled and moronic human being.
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What happens from here? I hope the WWE fire Hardy, and anyone else who fails drug tests twice. They haven't learnt their lesson and showed no control over themselves, and never will.
People make mistakes. Some people don't learn from these mistakes. Jeff Hardy is one of these people.
Show me reasons to respect this man after this revelation. Go on, find them. Google 'Reasons Why Disgraced Role Models Should Still be Respected' and see what you get.
Unbelieveable...simply unfathomable. That's how I sum up this whole situation.
Thanks Jeff. Thanks to you, the media has a high profile name to use to bash the crap out of wrestling and the drugs involved in it. What I don't like, is that kids are going to continue to wear Jeff Hardy shirts, not knowing what he did exactly. It's disgraceful.
