OT: Brady suspension re-instated by court of appeals
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The only court higher is the US Supreme Court, and they won't grant cert (meaning, they won't take the case).
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WRKO talk show host,Jeff Kuhner,is claiming that it's a backdoor way to get at Trump,a friend of Brady.
The NFL PA was demonstrated to have their ass kicked as they have for generations. It has nothing to do with Brady. If the commissioner doesn't like the way you eyeball him he can suspend you for life. That is the size of the power imbalance in the league. It doesn't matter what was in the Wells report. Godell could have submitted a report from Joe Paterno's ghost and it would have been within the power of the league.
Not another court, but it will be appealed to the entire existing court to hear the case. Only 3 justices did so with this round.
And the odds of an en banc hearing are sometimes even lower than SCOTUS granting cert.
I thought that the lower court Judge clearly overstepped his bounds in vacating the arbitration award. There's a strong federal judicial policy of enforcing arbitration awards that draw their essence from the CBA. The Judge acted more like a Patriots' fan than a Federal Judge.
Batts is exactly right. I also agree with Rube, that there's no chance this will be heard en banc.
Justice Antonin Scalia was a huge Patriots fan. Did they check who was on that hunting trip when he passed away in Texas?
They should just suspended him for all 4 pre-season games, that will teach them!
Oh wait, the NFL isn't the NCAA....
Oh wait, the NFL isn't the NCAA....
Good to see, although Brady and Kraft rewrote his contract so that it will cost him a minimal amount of money.
Not really sure the money matters at this point. Sure, nobody wants to lose a couple million bucks but there's a point where you probably just don't care anymore.
Good, now take away their SB trophy and give it to the real champions- The mighty Baltimore Ravens.
They can try to delay but the head of the NFLPA stated on Dan Patrick's show today that the best chance is to have an owner or two speak to the Commish into dropping the matter. That's very unlikely.
Well, if it didn't matter at all, they wouldn't have done it, but I agree, it's a lesser issue to the suspension. Interesting article on ESPN saying that Goodell should just drop the suspension because everybody's tired of this. I think Brady should just take the suspension because everybody's tired of this.
Let me rephrase that. It probably doesn't matter to him but it does to everyone that gets a piece of his salary like his agent. To your other point, Fox had one of their talking heads basically saying the same thing. Saying this is a non issue and the commissioner needs to "do the right thing" and drop it. Personally, I think they should meet in the middle so it looks like everyone wins.
hmmmm, good point! I wonder what the agent's contract says with regard to the player getting fines? Does the agent typically eat his portion of that?
I love the "drop it" argument. Nobody was saying that when Brady won round one. Everybody was saying that the league didn't have a snowball's chance on appeal. Worm turned and now it's all, "Let's just forgive and forget." Interesting to see if Goodell will have any part of that. And if he offered two games, whether Brady would take it, or fess up that he was guilty all along?
No idea how the contracts are written....too slow to ever get to that point. Lol. At this point, who really cares? Court of public opinion has ruled and nobody's opinion is changing. I think the only people who are following it are AFC fans hoping to get home field or steal the east. J E T S Jets Jets Jets!!!!!!
