Greg Hardy's Comments Make A Mockery Of NFL Change Efforts

— -- Greg Hardy's first news conference after his suspension ended was a disaster. The defensive end, brought to the Cowboys after a conviction and procedural dismissal for, among other things, allegedly throwing his girlfriend on a futon covered in assault rifles and threatening to kill her, told the assembled media he planned to come out "guns blazing" and discussed the relative hotness of Tom Brady's wife, Gisele Bundchen, and her sister.

"I'm really disappointed in Greg's comments," NFL vice president of social responsibility Anna Isaacson said Thursday. "We can control what we can control here, and what we control is making sure we continue to educate our employees and our players, making sure we educate everyone in the NFL family about domestic violence, about violence and about sexual assault, and making sure we have the right resources in place to help victims and survivors."

Isaacson has spent the past year working to shore up the NFL's ability to engage players and the public on a range of issues, including domestic violence, sexual assault and drunk driving, but those efforts can be undermined by the way a high-profile case like Hardy's is handled.