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Originally Posted by phaedrus:

From what I am hearing, it looks like the NFL never came close to proving Brady did anything wrong.

Yup, I didn't think they did either, but by the terms of the CBA, as long as Roger was convinced the player had broken the rules he could punish the player. Well, the Players Union are not looking so stupid after all. They keep whipping Roger and the owners in court.

 

No doubt in my mind that Brady cheated, but the NFL couldn't prove it, IMO.

Last edited by Goalline
Originally Posted by Goalline:
Originally Posted by phaedrus:

From what I am hearing, it looks like the NFL never came close to proving Brady did anything wrong.

Yup, I didn't think they did either, but by the terms of the CBA, as long as Roger was convinced the player had broken the rules he could punish the player. Well, the Players Union are not looking so stupid after all. They keep whipping Roger and the owners in court.

 

No doubt in my mind that Brady cheated, but the NFL couldn't prove it, IMO.

Brady destroyed his phone! They have pages of text messages. This isn't proof?!?!

 

The entire thing is such a farce

Originally Posted by Boris:
Originally Posted by Goalline:
Originally Posted by phaedrus:

From what I am hearing, it looks like the NFL never came close to proving Brady did anything wrong.

Yup, I didn't think they did either, but by the terms of the CBA, as long as Roger was convinced the player had broken the rules he could punish the player. Well, the Players Union are not looking so stupid after all. They keep whipping Roger and the owners in court.

 

No doubt in my mind that Brady cheated, but the NFL couldn't prove it, IMO.

Brady destroyed his phone! They have pages of text messages. This isn't proof?!?!

 

The entire thing is such a farce

What did the messages say? Not much. Brady destroying his phone shows his guilt, but it is not evidence.

Can't really compare Rozelle and Goodell. 

 

Pete worked with a group of owners that included names like Halas, Brown, Wilson, Davis, Mara, Rooney, Hunt, Modell. The majority of the owners in the 60's and 70's were football men that cared about football. 

 

Goodell works for 31 businessmen that care about money.  

 

Also, Pete Rozelle was very adept at getting people to talk and solving problems while Goodell is a kind of a dumbass. 

Goodell is perfect for the owners. You have a bunch of rich billionaires - some of which are literally criminals (see Haslem's corruption charges) or tend to be tone-deaf and say incredibly stupid things (Dan Snyder, etc.). The more people focus on the fact that Goodell is a dumbass, the less time they have to consider what awful people some of the owners are.

That $44mm was for one year.

 

I believe the (other) owners got what they wanted out of this.

- fine and picks from Kraft

- increased media coverage and a controversial topic, with a QB who'll play in the TNF opener

- concussions? damn it, we've got deflated balls to talk about

 

The league is better off with Brady playing, so why wouldn't the owners want him playing?

Keep in mind this ruling doesn't nix the fine nor the picks. It was ruled only on the suspension.

 

As others said however, this is just another in a long line of mass  F up's by the league.

 

From this to Bounty gate to Ray Rice to Adrian Peterson to Greg Hardy to concussion denials they have just screwed their reputation again and again.

 

I think Roger needs to find a new day job.

Berman ruled based on the filing of the appeal. The appeal was not whether balls were deflated or not and what Brady did or didn't know about that, it was about after all that what the NFL did to decide to suspend him. Really smart move by Brady / NFLPA. "Yeah, sure, I did it. But you didn't follow the CBA in determining my suspension, so ef off."

 

 

Pussy.

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