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Do not see Goodell going to zero, he needs to affirm his role as supreme ruler of the NFL.. anything less would diminish his power and say he was wrong. Have felt from the onset this is less about Brady and more about the ineptitude of the NFL in the Ray Rice fiasco.. it is about reasserting their power and appearance that they know what they are doing..
What I do see is Kessler having one of his minions camping out in Minnesota, and as soon as anything more than 0 games is doled out during the appeals process, that minion running over to Judge Doty's Court and filing an appeal..
Arbitration will not make this go away, legal action in federal court probably will.. I also think that if it gets to Court the NFL will have to make changes on the way it administers "justice" as the due process rights of any NFL player seem to be significantly compromised.
OTOH reducing the penalty to 0 games by Goodell might be beneficial to the NFL as if they go to court they may suffer the perverse result of unintended consequences...
What I do see is Kessler having one of his minions camping out in Minnesota, and as soon as anything more than 0 games is doled out during the appeals process, that minion running over to Judge Doty's Court and filing an appeal..
Arbitration will not make this go away, legal action in federal court probably will.. I also think that if it gets to Court the NFL will have to make changes on the way it administers "justice" as the due process rights of any NFL player seem to be significantly compromised.
OTOH reducing the penalty to 0 games by Goodell might be beneficial to the NFL as if they go to court they may suffer the perverse result of unintended consequences...