Brady has hired Jeffrey Kessler as per Schefter

[Ivan]

Add me to that list of idealists who felt that facts & science would prevail.
In a nutshell, such idealism was my career blind spot in corporate Americer.

Yep, that's the worst possible place to have that character trait. It leads to many mistakes in judgment, but at least you feel like you were right when you got screwed over.

 

[Ivan]

Did Mo actually pass?

ThaT's been the conclusion for some time. RIP MLR

 

[SHOWTIME15]

Per Breer: the NFLPA has hired Kessler, not Brady. However, Brady can still bring his own outside counsel if he wants to.

 

[Ivan]

Yee did his job. Now its time to make Roger pee his pants, so Kessler is the man.
I can't emphasize enough how much this hire just makes it likely that they go behind closed doors and Goodell comes out and dismisses Wells as a fraud.
He has no choice, the case is a loser, and the risk is way higher than one disciplinary decision.

I disagree, I think the league doubles down and stands by him. Either way it's great to be on offense.

 

[Fixit]

Per Breer: the NFLPA has hired Kessler, not Brady. Brady can still bring his own outside counsel if he wants to.

Well, I guess that makes the NFLPA's stance on this crystal clear.

 

[Bourne Patriot]

BREAKING NEWS - Roger Goodell announces he will be represented by none other than Lionel Hutz.

 

[TheBostonStraggler]

If this is true, IF this is true, wow! This is no longer a hard nosed fight, this is a giant BFD. Trotting out one of the country's premier sport's anti trust lawyers means our side just declared war.

Don't know what the outcome will be but make no mistake, it never had to come to this. The emperor and his court jesters decided to use this as yet another opportunity for PR at the expense of others.

 

[Dr Pain]

BREAKING NEWS - Roger Goodell announces he will be represented by none other than Lionel Hutz.

I wish he was still with us

 

[flasox27]

Let Brady hire the second best litigator and make a dream team.

 

[SHOWTIME15]

I wish he was still with us

I heard Miguel Sanchez is still available.

 

[FrodoBagginz]

I thought Don Yee was a lawyer as well (and a good one from what I've read around here). Why can't Brady just use Don Yee if he needs legal help outside of the NFLPA?

 

[SHOWTIME15]

I'll bet Bob Kraft is feeling really strange about having Kessler fighting their fight for them.

The pats are NOT represented by Kessler. Only Brady is because the NFLPA has hired him.

 

[SHOWTIME15]

I thought Don Yee was a lawyer as well (and a good one from what I've read around here). Why can't Brady just use Don Yee if he needs legal help outside of the NFLPA?

Don Yee is just an agent with a law degree. He has no experience in labor law and before Federal Courts. You want people who are experienced in these types of matters. For example, you wouldn't hire a pediatrician to do heart surgery.

 

[Big-T]

I thought Don Yee was a lawyer as well (and a good one from what I've read around here). Why can't Brady just use Don Yee if he needs legal help outside of the NFLPA?

He can if he wants, say, Kessler nails the league on the antitrust issues whilst Yee works on another angle and a defamation expert works that 3rd nail into Goodell's coffin.

 

[Bourne Patriot]

I wish he was still with us

Lionel Hutz may have had his flaws, but he was still more competent than Goodell.

 

[Froob]

NFL going way overboard might have been a blessing in disguise now that Kraft is ready to fight.

 

[scott99]

BREAKING NEWS - Roger Goodell announces he will be represented by none other than Lionel Hutz.

Goodell hires the law team of Duey, Screwem & Howe.

 

[Froob]

Mark Daniels ‏@MarkDanielsPJ 12m12 minutes ago
Jeffrey Kessler actually successfully represented Latrell Sprewell after he choked his coach. Brady hired a good one

LOLOLOLOLOL

I guess it was a misunderstanding? Is he Talib's lawyer too? How did attacking a cab driver get thrown out lol?

 

[Ivan]

He can if he wants, say, Kessler nails the league on the antitrust issues whilst Yee works on another angle and a defamation expert works that 3rd nail into Goodell's coffin.

If this precipitates the NFL losing antitrust status it will end Gödel's reign.

 

[Ivan]

The pats are NOT represented by Kessler. Only Brady is because the NFLPA has hired him.

I'm aware of that, but he's the guy who is going to tear Ted Wells a new one, so he really is fighting the Patriots fight.