Matt Hardy has been let go by Impact Wrestling after crashing his corvette into a tree and recieving a DWI. I am shocked to see Impact doing any disciplinary to anyone on their roster but it's about time if the Hardy boy's are in this bad of shape they need help. Jeff and Matt have done alot inside of pro wrestling and i was always a fan of the Hardy's but they are two more wrestlers ruining their legacy today. I really like the Hardy's and would love to see them get their shit together they are on tredding a rocky road anyone who has had any problems with substance abuse or has had someone in your family with a addiction can understand. I have found in my experiences with my own addiction problems in the past and people i have known that the party with the addiction usually has to hit rock bottom before getting help. When someone is able to still go to work and make the money to supply the addiction they have not hit rock bottom yet.
For any company or sports organization to have someone on roster who has a addiction problem and is doing nothing about it other then continuing to push him out onto the stage to entertain the fans then give the talent money to go and buy drugs is in some way shape or form helping to enable this person. Now is it the organizations responsibility to baby sit their talent? I mean if Matt or Jeff show up to work and do their job is it Impacts responsibility to help them out with their problems outside of work. I think normally i would say no but in this case with the problems inside of professional wrestling and sports today with substance abuse they dont have much of a choice to protect themself, the talent and the integrity of the business. The outside view of people who are not pro wrestling fans is not good because of the constant problems inside the business and the constant deaths, this cannot help getting large outside advertisers to want to deal with you and your product with such a negative vibe around the product. Wrestling has tragicly become a business that eats its young and if pro wrestling wants to continue to thrive for many more years then something needs to be done about the substance abuse problems inside the business.
For any company or sports organization to have someone on roster who has a addiction problem and is doing nothing about it other then continuing to push him out onto the stage to entertain the fans then give the talent money to go and buy drugs is in some way shape or form helping to enable this person. Now is it the organizations responsibility to baby sit their talent? I mean if Matt or Jeff show up to work and do their job is it Impacts responsibility to help them out with their problems outside of work. I think normally i would say no but in this case with the problems inside of professional wrestling and sports today with substance abuse they dont have much of a choice to protect themself, the talent and the integrity of the business. The outside view of people who are not pro wrestling fans is not good because of the constant problems inside the business and the constant deaths, this cannot help getting large outside advertisers to want to deal with you and your product with such a negative vibe around the product. Wrestling has tragicly become a business that eats its young and if pro wrestling wants to continue to thrive for many more years then something needs to be done about the substance abuse problems inside the business.
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