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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.I think you're referring to the NFL Game Operations Manual.
The acceptable PSI levels (12.5 to 13.5) are listed in the rulebook itself on the page which discusses "The Ball". However, as we all now know, having a legal range of only 1 PSI is ridiculous for a game played in extreme elements. Heck, we don't even need "extreme elements" to bring a properly inflated ball down below 12.5.... 50 degrees will do it.
The Game Operations Manual is the book which specifies the things you cannot do to the ball and recommends a guideline of a $25,000 fine for tampering with the ball after inspection.
So when Carolina gets caught red handed tampering with the ball they get a mildly-worded letter of warning. When the Patriots are found guilty to have tampered on the flimsiest of evidence, well you know the rest.
This. I think the real reason Kraft didn't appeal is because it was putting a harsh on his party. It's really that simple. It might have felt right at the time - but if Tom Brady goes after the NFL in court likely he is going to end up feeling pretty stupid. I have no doubt that he devalued his team some with that decision as well.
Why would the other owners tell him he can't appeal?
Jones, Snyder and Spanos all did.
You think goodell wouildgive him a fair hearing, I don't. Futile, is how Jonathan Kraft described it.
The appeal that's going to leave a mark is brady and the players union and I think it's better not to distract from that. Just my opinion.
If I thought there was a 1% chance that Kraft's appeal to goodell would accomplish anything, I'd be for it.
Thanks to Bob's abrupt turnabout and cave we will never, ever know.
And that leaves aside the myriad opportunities for someone, anyone in the media to take notice of Kraft's appeal case and ask, you know, journalist questions. But that opportunity was pissed away...for what?
Thanks to Bob's abrupt turnabout and cave we will never, ever know.
And that leaves aside the myriad opportunities for someone, anyone in the media to take notice of Kraft's appeal case and ask, you know, journalist questions. But that opportunity was pissed away...for what?
Thanks to Bob's abrupt turnabout and cave we will never, ever know.
And that leaves aside the myriad opportunities for someone, anyone in the media to take notice of Kraft's appeal case and ask, you know, journalist questions. But that opportunity was pissed away...for what?
He was talking to him and the owners at their meeting. He knew. His son Jonathan called it futile. He would have had to go to the guy he was already talking to and beg him to rescind the punishment.
Do you seriously think arbitrator goodell, would have contradicted prosecutor goodell and said "I was only kidding about those punishments?"
Tell me why you would think that.
You think goodell wouildgive him a fair hearing, I don't. Futile, is how Jonathan Kraft described it.
The appeal that's going to leave a mark is brady and the players union and I think it's better not to distract from that. Just my opinion.
If I thought there was a 1% chance that Kraft's appeal to goodell would accomplish anything, I'd be for it.
But, what I haven't been able to get my head around is why he didn't Appeal. The bylaws allow for an Appeal. It could have been handled in a professional and even polite manner. He'd already set up a "truth site" and made vigorous verbal defenses of Brady and the staff. So, why did he change course?
That is simply ludicrous. First Goodell welcomed Brady to bring new information to his appeal. Secondly, there is nothing gained by Goodell by listening to a valid appeal and accepting it. He has done so before.You think goodell wouildgive him a fair hearing, I don't. Futile, is how Jonathan Kraft described it.
There would be no distraction. Why would Kraft value 'distraction from Bradys appeal' if there even could be such a thing over a 1 a 4 and a million?The appeal that's going to leave a mark is brady and the players union and I think it's better not to distract from that. Just my opinion.
So we agree, you just don't want to admit it.If I thought there was a 1% chance that Kraft's appeal to goodell would accomplish anything, I'd be for it.
You think goodell wouildgive him a fair hearing, I don't. Futile, is how Jonathan Kraft described it.
The appeal that's going to leave a mark is brady and the players union and I think it's better not to distract from that. Just my opinion.
If I thought there was a 1% chance that Kraft's appeal to goodell would accomplish anything, I'd be for it.
That is simply ludicrous. First Goodell welcomed Brady to bring new information to his appeal.
I kinda think maybe you nailed it when you were talking about the possibility of a lawsuit.
"I'm too old for this ****" (except he felt that way about the appeal process)...I think he was feeling like the whole thing is silly and below him, he said something like...let's move beyond the rhetoric...I think he wanted to move on and get away from it. I think he kinda miscalculated things a little bit.