As Greg Hardy continues to languish on the free agent market in the NFL, it sounds like he can put to bed any hopes of finding a home in the CFL, too.
Chris Jones, the head coach of the CFL’s Saskatchewan Roughriders, said Tuesday that the league had told him not to pursue Hardy, who had reached out to the team during the spring.
“Greg Hardy inquired to us back during camp and it was about a six-hour discussion,” Jones said, via CBC News. “The league made their ruling on it and we moved on.
“He was interested in coming up. I inquired with the league. The league made their ruling, and you can talk to (CFL commissioner) Jeffrey Orridge and those guys if you need to have more info on it.”
A CFL spokesperson said that it was the Roughriders who took up the issue with the league.
“The decision whether to pursue a player rests with the organization,” the spokesperson said. “And in this case, while the league did discuss the matter with the Riders, it was ultimately the organization’s decision to not place Hardy on the Riders’ negotiation list in May.”
Though a few teams have taken a look at him, Hardy does not appear terribly close to finding a job in the NFL. It doesn’t sound like he’ll have any better luck up north. The CFL and the NFL both know that Hardy is toxic.
H/T ProFootballTalk
