Brady 4 Game Suspension Upheld

[Bossman641]

Man I'm tired of hearing of this shit. I admit I haven't followed the case as I frankly don't care anymore at this point. Is Brady basically getting off on a Ryan Braun "chain of command" technicality?

Personally I think Brady was 100% involved with the balls being deflated and the only reason the NFL came down hard on the Pats was because they had already warned them about it. Now we have to listen to the asshole NE fans gloat. UGH.

[esoxx]

If the NFL had just followed my advice following Spygate incident, none of this resulting nonsense would have occurred.

Dispersal draft of the Patriots.

[sharpe1027]

Man I'm tired of hearing of this shit. I admit I haven't followed the case as I frankly don't care anymore at this point. Is Brady basically getting off on a Ryan Braun "chain of command" technicality?

Personally I think Brady was 100% involved with the balls being deflated and the only reason the NFL came down hard on the Pats was because they had already warned them about it. Now we have to listen to the asshole NE fans gloat. UGH.

Pretty much. The judge did not set aside any of the fact findings of the arbitrator. So the decision is not about whether or not Brady was actually involved with bribing people to deflate balls.

[sharpe1027]

If the NFL had just followed my advice following Spygate incident, none of this resulting nonsense would have occurred.

Dispersal draft of the Patriots.

Just force them all to be cut, and let them go through the waiver wire process.

[Pugger]

man, goodell just got bitched slapped

and then he appeals it, making sure it drags on for even longer

the owners HAVE to be thinking about getting rid of him. what a fucking joke that guy has become

As long as the money is coming in and the game is as popular as ever Goodell isn't going anywhere.

[Pugger]

I don't think people are, I know I'm not. My post above was all about abuse of power, nothing to do with actual events.

Some Patriot fans are crowing loudly that this ruling as exonerated their QB.

[Pugger]

Man I'm tired of hearing of this shit. I admit I haven't followed the case as I frankly don't care anymore at this point. Is Brady basically getting off on a Ryan Braun "chain of command" technicality?

Personally I think Brady was 100% involved with the balls being deflated and the only reason the NFL came down hard on the Pats was because they had already warned them about it. Now we have to listen to the asshole NE fans gloat. UGH.

Brady is getting off because the league botched this soap opera from day one.

[red]

Brady is getting off because the league botched this soap opera from day one.

exactly

he did it, but due to goodells extreme incompetence, he's gonna get off scot free

[mraynrand]

Some Patriot fans are crowing loudly that this ruling as exonerated their QB.

the ruling changes nothing, certainly not what they believe. Plus, as many have mentioned, Brady's play improved in the second half, so even if he was cheating, he can't even do that right.

Sir, you're not even doing it right

[pbmax]

If the NFL had just followed my advice following Spygate incident, none of this resulting nonsense would have occurred.

Dispersal draft of the Patriots.

There is something to this. Festering anger over how the Patriots behave like a NASCAR crew chief in search of 2 additional horsepower is part of what drove this process.

If they had a plan to deal with these types of incidents that did not involve backing themselves into corners, they might have tamed Belichick long before this.

But I am not sure the football inflation is worth the battle. If those fumble statistics had held up, then we are talking about a season long advantage (at home at least). But since those numbers have been largely debunked, I am not sure this was the hill to die on.

[pbmax]

Some Patriot fans are crowing loudly that this ruling as exonerated their QB.

They are more wrong than Wells ever was.

[pbmax]

So changes in the League office have been underway for a while now according to Jason LaCanfora.

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/writer/jason-la-canfora/25289125/roger-goodell-isnt-going-anywhere-but-a-changing-of-guard-underway

But he disagrees with red, Roger isn't going anywhere. They are changing his cabinet. And that is probably a good thing. Troy Vincent (Football Operations), hero to Badger fans, did not cover himself with glory over how he handled the Colts/Pats game after the alert email from Grigson. His measures were partial (he was probably not aware how personally Mike Kensil was taking it) at best and because they notified NO ONE about the concern, he made it look like a trap.

Jeff Pash, General Counsel/Exec Vice President) is disliked by Kraft and has not covered himself in glory. By interposing himself in the Wells investigation and then having to decline to testify, he helped put a nail in the coffin of the Court case.

Adolpho Birch should be riding high after the 2012 CBA win, but he is apparently on the outs due to his tone deaf approach to Rice's case and continuing issues with the Union.

One can't help but wonder if some of the old guard, like Ray Anderson, senior advisor Joe Browne and former football operations executive Ron Hill were in the roles they filled for so long if things would have gone this sideways.

[esoxx]

There is something to this. Festering anger over how the Patriots behave like a NASCAR crew chief in search of 2 additional horsepower is part of what drove this process.

If they had a plan to deal with these types of incidents that did not involve backing themselves into corners, they might have tamed Belichick long before this.

But I am not sure the football inflation is worth the battle. If those fumble statistics had held up, then we are talking about a season long advantage (at home at least). But since those numbers have been largely debunked, I am not sure this was the hill to die on.

Ya, there's seems to be a strong undercurrent of resentment in league to these antics. Remember mic picked up Wolf at recent HOF gathering lauding Goodell directly for "handling that Patriot thing" or something to that effect.

I don't think many will shed a tear when the Belichek & Brady reign of terror comes to an end.

[Rastak]

Ya, there's seems to be a strong undercurrent of resentment in league to these antics. Remember mic picked up Wolf at recent HOF gathering lauding Goodell directly for "handling that Patriot thing" or something to that effect.

I don't think many will shed a tear when the Belichek & Brady reign of terror comes to an end.

Dude, that was funny as hell. He leaned over and said "Great job on the patriot thing". I personally took at as a backhanded insult.

[esoxx]

Dude, that was funny as hell. He leaned over and said "Great job on the patriot thing". I personally took at as a backhanded insult.

He would have to have some major stones to rip on the commisioner of the game as he's handed the gold jacket. Although Wolf always had a biting personality so I could see it.

But pretty much the battle lines are drawn here.

Players back Brady.

Front office folk back "The Shield."