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Nope, not going to happen. Goodell is in too deep to back off now. He has stacked his tenure on this and he can't lose face, though he likely will by virtue of a court order. He won't do it of his own volition. Someone referred to the "sunken cost fallacy" where you spend so much money, on something you can't change course and that is the Commish. He ordered the Wells report, he owns it and to walk away by reducing the suspension makes him look bad, despite all evidence that no wrongdoing occurred...What I'm really looking forward to is the verbal gymnastics through which Goodell will have to jump to explain why he's exonerating Brady and still relying on the Wells Fabrication to justify penalizing the one party Wells said was not involved in the "events" during the AFCCG, i.e., the Patriots organization. This is going to get interesting.
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Nope, not going to happen. Goodell is in too deep to back off now. He has stacked his tenure on this and he can't lose face, though he likely will by virtue of a court order. He won't do it of his own volition. Someone referred to the "sunken cost fallacy" where you spend so much money, on something you can't change course and that is the Commish. He ordered the Wells report, he owns it and to walk away by reducing the suspension makes him look bad, despite all evidence that no wrongdoing occurred...
GO Tom!
Let's say Brady's lawyers present and prove the scientific evidence and the mistakes the wells investigation made. So at that point the only reason Goodell could give to punish brady would be his lack of cooperation. I have a suspicion that brady knew there was no evidence on his phone or in his emails and he kept this from them because he knew they would punish him regardless and he wanted to shove it in their face at the appropriate time.
Goodell/NFL can't win this if it gets to an argument on the merits. Goodell/NFL only wins this if the case is squashed. Goodell/NFL has to know this. That means that, if he's smart enough to overrule his ego, he'll only take on the NFLPA if Goodell/NFL thinks it can win this case based on the CBA preventing the appeal going to the court system.
I just don't think he's that smart.
Maybe. I still agree with Yee's point that the NFL has no right to cell phones and that they knew the Wells Brownshirts would manufacture something that projected TB12 in a bad light.
Goodell/NFL can't win this if it gets to an argument on the merits. Goodell/NFL only wins this if the case is squashed. Goodell/NFL has to know this. That means that, if he's smart enough to overrule his ego, he'll only take on the NFLPA if Goodell/NFL thinks it can win this case based on the CBA preventing the appeal going to the court system.
I just don't think he's that smart.
that's my biggest fear. the case doesn't make it to an independent judge/arbiter due to nfl not breaking a procedural rule or something, even if its conclusions and punishment are arbitrary.
Maybe. I still agree with Yee's point that the NFL has no right to cell phones and that they knew the Wells Brownshirts would manufacture something that projected TB12 in a bad light.
No worries. The penalties on Brady based on him not turning over his phone or texts ensures it will be. These are not required per the CBA and penalizing Brady for it is a classic unfair labor practice. Farve didn't object to his $50K fine but we are talking Apples and Bananas (plantains). Brett's **** pick was out there already and $50k top make it end was nothing...
No worries. The penalties on Brady based on him not turning over his phone or texts ensures it will be. These are not required per the CBA and penalizing Brady for it is a classic unfair labor practice. Farve didn't object to his $50K fine but we are talking Apples and Bananas (plantains). Brett's **** pick was out there already and $50k top make it end was nothing. He was not about to fight a 50k fine when the photo was already out.
Shoddy reporting. How exactly does Sal Paolantonio know that Bob Kraft "believes" that Brady will be fully exonerated. Kraft just capitulated to the Commissioner, accepting the loss of two draft picks and some money. Unless they leaked a deal between the NFL and Kraft, I doubt that Paolantonio has any idea what Bob Kraft believes Goodell will do. I also doubt the NLRB will allow Goodell to hear the appeal, or will overturn the appeal and appoint a truly objective mediator.
Yeah, good point. "Ok, well, maybe Brady didn't do anything for sure, but uhh, he didn't give us his phone, so, yeah! He's still suspended!" "So why didn't you give any punishment to Gostkowski for the exact same offense? Unless you were just out on a witch hunt or something..." "D'oh!" --court adjourned!--Plus where is Gostkowski's punishment for refusing to hand over his phone? NFL will lose in court just on that.