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AP: Tom Brady's 'Deflategate' appeal rejected by federal court
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Haloid1177
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I wonder if Goodell will be at the Super Bowl trophy presentation when they win.
VeryGooster
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Next week, on Any Given Wednesday...
Just confirmation of how badly the NFLPA messed up during their last labor negotiations. All the evidence points to deflategate being nothing, but they gave the commissioner way, way too much power, it doesn't matter what the evidence shows. This is gonna be a major labor dispute when they collectively bargain again.
dave is ok
aztek is ok
Yep. This just reaffirms that Goodell has way too much power
Is that the case? I stopped paying attention at some point and don't know where the story ended up.
Mental Atrophy
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If the NFL is so worried about cheating then why are they doing so little about steroids and other banned substances that are strictly forbidden?
tiggerkiddo
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NFLPA still a joke compared to the other sporets unions.
entremet
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Because guys are basically killing themselves slowly?
Let them do their PEDs.
NFL vets have horrible health outcomes and much of the PEDs are for recovery as well.
Unlike the MLB, the NFL never had this moral, holier than thou, mentality.
psynergylover
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Minus the "in" part
Minus the "in" part
metalslimer
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This became more than about deflategate a long time ago. This is about the powers that Goodell has and the players have him this power and will have to deal with it
LOL at any assclown who thinks that Brady got caught cheating.
There is literally no evidence, there is nothing, and this is a bunch of bullshit. Anyone supporting this is just jealous of a winning QB or just downright pathetic. If you support Gooddell you need your god damn head checked.
There is literally no evidence, there is nothing, and this is a bunch of bullshit. Anyone supporting this is just jealous of a winning QB or just downright pathetic. If you support Gooddell you need your god damn head checked.
Well, guess that backfired on Kraft.
friskykillface
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would be amazing, like when Kurt Warner had to present the pats the trophy but worse
DeaconKnowledge
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Patriots willingly signed off on granting Goodell these powers. They have no one to blame for this but themselves.
ISWThunder
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This is the most ridiculous thing ever with the most obvious conclusion ever.
The NFL is suspending one of the greatest QBs of all-time for a cheating offense that is barely fine-worthy and they couldn't even definitively prove who did what.
But, the fact is, Goodell is fully within his right to do it. The NFLPA is the worst union in sports, by far. Non-guaranteed contracts and crazy medical liability in a league that basically prints money. They need to get their shit in order.
The NFL is suspending one of the greatest QBs of all-time for a cheating offense that is barely fine-worthy and they couldn't even definitively prove who did what.
But, the fact is, Goodell is fully within his right to do it. The NFLPA is the worst union in sports, by far. Non-guaranteed contracts and crazy medical liability in a league that basically prints money. They need to get their shit in order.
Alligatorjandro
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Evil won smh
Megalosaro
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Yup. The Wells Report had been torn apart. This stopped being about deflated balls last summer and had become about maintaining Goodells authority
Breer says there's a kick the can scenario for 18, but even as screwed as the Pats got here I say just move on, go 3-1, play out 2016 and compete for the SB as usual.
I have to say it is hilarious to see people on this board cheer a loss for the labor side and support a corrupt mega-corporation. Sports makes strange bedfellows.
What the hell is this?
I have to say it is hilarious to see people on this board cheer a loss for the labor side and support a corrupt mega-corporation. Sports makes strange bedfellows.
What the hell is this?
DasPenguin
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How? I'm genuinely curious at this point how anyone with the capacity to read would think that.
Have you heard Goodell say PSI once in the past 12+ months? No. Why do you think that is? Because there is zero proof of ball deflation. Hanging your case on one text message from 6 months earlier where equipment quy is talking about overinflated footballs in a road game (I think it was the Jets) is pretty pathetic. And when you don't have any evidence, you move the goal posts and make it about the cell phone. That same cell phone that NFL's 5 million dollar investigator told Brady was not needed, because they had all the relevant texts.
And I don't even care that much about football, but this case got me interested about what a corrupt joke of a league the NFL really is. I guess if you want to make sure there is parity in the league, when one team wins their division year after year after year, it's a good idea to bench the starting QB for 4 games.
This in a league where every single player is doped up out of their minds, yet nobody ever gets busted for steroids. Only for weed and adderall, of course. I'd like to see that special oatmeal that NFL players use to get bigger and faster than all the athletes in other team sports.
NFL makes the NBA look like a clean and wholesome organisation.
TheDrizzlerJ11
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Yeah, cause struggling Tom Brady isn't corrupt in the slightest.
DeaconKnowledge
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The loss occured in 2010 when 31 of 32 teams voted to grant Goodell the powers.
Pats fans are just salty that Goodell is now using those powers to fuck their team. Didn't hear them crying for the Steelers after Harrison's witchhunt in 2010 or the Saints after Bountygate.
entremet
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Read your employment agreement. The NFLPA got suckered. They signed off on this because they didn't think long term--which makes sense given how fragile NFL careers are.
Tom Brady will be just fine either way. This case largely became bigger than Brady a year ago.
I didn't cry about any of it. I admittedly didn't follow the Harrison situation closely but I've often spoken out against the NFL in situations like Bountygate, Ray Rice and Peterson. So you're wrong.
Just pissing on Kraft, he gave Goodell the power and it backfired on him.
Do you have proof of this corruption? Because if not, better keep your trap shut.
Fact is Wells Report was destroyed when held to scrutiny, there is no direct evidence of cheating, this whole thing was never about that anyway. But go ahead, support the unjustified decision and side with the uneducated morons of the world.
TheLostBigBoss
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Kraft was Goodell's #2 when the NFL slammed the Saints for Bounty Gate
Kraft told the Cowboys and Redskins to just take it when they were punished for an uncapped year
Now Kraft wants the NFL to back him and Brady after telling everyone to suck it up when they got the shit end of the stick?
Don't get me wrong, this is stupid, but Kraft dug Brady's grave with this scandal once he started begging the other owners to back him, and the fact that they basically handed this off to Brady for him to take all by himself.
But this case isn't even about any of that anymore, after the suspension was overturned it was all about the NFL vs NFLPA
Kraft told the Cowboys and Redskins to just take it when they were punished for an uncapped year
Now Kraft wants the NFL to back him and Brady after telling everyone to suck it up when they got the shit end of the stick?
Don't get me wrong, this is stupid, but Kraft dug Brady's grave with this scandal once he started begging the other owners to back him, and the fact that they basically handed this off to Brady for him to take all by himself.
But this case isn't even about any of that anymore, after the suspension was overturned it was all about the NFL vs NFLPA
Cornbread78
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Evil wins yet again...
dave is ok
aztek is ok
Kraft didn't even contest the ridiculous fine or the more ridiculous loss of a first round pick
The only part of the punishment that was ever contested was the four game suspension
ISWThunder
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31 out of his 32 employers are on his side. He'll be around for 20 more years. Who is going to fire him?
TheLostBigBoss
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darkstar0155
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I haven't followed this in a long long time, but wasn't it shown that the difference in air temp wasn't enough to account for the loss of PSI?
I see you removed that reference - good call. There are better ways to 'piss on' a guy than that.
This is all the other owners gangbanging Kraft, Goodell didn't want to do jackshit to Kraft.
The whole rallying cry for Moira that one year, and the new girl being 1/3 Moira's age the year after didn't go unnoticed. I just didn't want to derail the thread.
Alligatorjandro
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The nfl is corrupt
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