There's a game some agents play. They'll leak some interest, sometimes even a laughable "mystery team" leak, to drive up interest in their client.
Even though it's mostly dumb and transparent, it's also relatively harmless. That is, until a team whose owner has been outspoken against domestic violence gets cited as having interest in defensive end Greg Hardy, who was out most of last season because of a domestic violence incident.
Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis wasn't happy to read the rumors about his team being interested in Hardy. Davis has been outspoken about domestic violence in the NFL.
“False, falser and falsest,” Davis told Tim Kawakami of the San Jose Mercury News regarding his team's reported interest in Hardy. “That is not true.”
Davis said any talks with Hardy would have had to come through him. And they haven't. And instead of just letting it go, he issued a strong denial. He wouldn't say he'd never sign someone who had a domestic-violence incident in their past, but it won't be Hardy. Hardy's agent is Drew Rosenhaus.
“I’m saying that he’s somebody we are not negotiating with and I don’t believe we would be interested in at this point in time,” Davis said to Kawakami. “I can tell you this: It has not been brought up to me and it would have to come to me … "
Both Bay Area teams have quickly backed away from any interest in Hardy. The 49ers said they didn't want Hardy, with general manager Trent Baalke saying there's "no interest that we’ve shown, nor will we show, in bringing Greg Hardy into this program," via the Sacramento Bee.
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