Ted Wells

I'm too lazy to research but during the Miami bullying scandal what his ruling? I know some coaches we're involved too but were they disciplined?

Just wondering if this guy is a puppet for the league or can we get a fair shot.

Show416 said:

I'm too lazy to research but during the Miami bullying scandal what his ruling? I know some coaches we're involved too but were they disciplined?

Just wondering if this guy is a puppet for the league or can we get a fair shot.

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Wondering the same thing myself. Is he just another A-Hole or will he be honest?

BradyManny said:

Wondering the same thing myself. Is he just another A-Hole or will he be honest?

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Who actually hired him? Was it Goodell? Was it someone who wants to catch the Pats at something, anything, or was it someone who fairly wants him to follow where the evidence takes him?

Wouldn't there have to be evidence in order for one to follow it?

The Gr8est said:

Who actually hired him? Was it Goodell? Was it someone who wants to catch the Pats at something, anything, or was it someone who fairly wants him to follow where the evidence takes him?

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I think in the NFL's statement it said he was hired by them. So I dont know if he's going to be impartial or not.

Show416 said:

I think in the NFL's statement it said he was hired by them. So I dont know if he's going to be impartial or not.

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It's not in his charge to look for scientific answers, so he's just going to investigate. That's it.

I think if theres no 'smoking gun' and if they look at the ballboy's pattern of history we should be good.

If the Ballboy would goto the bathroom 90 seconds every single home game then quite frankly that's somewhat suspicious. If he wasnt then case closed.

Show416 said:

I think if theres no 'smoking gun' and if they look at the ballboy's pattern of history we should be good.

If the Ballboy would goto the bathroom 90 seconds every single home game then quite frankly that's somewhat suspicious. If he wasnt then case closed.

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What if the ball boy goes to the bathroom before every game, regardless of how urgent the urge is, so he won't be bothered out on the field while doing his job?

I would almost think that would be expected of him.

I don't trust anyone chosen to do anything by the National Funnystuff League. Every significant issue which has confronted this commissioner and his coterie of stooges has been f##### up from beginning to end.

The Gr8est said:

What if the ball boy goes to the bathroom before every game, regardless of how urgent the urge is, so he won't be bothered out on the field while doing his job?

I would almost think that would be expected of him.

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I agree with you. Pinning an entire investigation on someone's bathroom habits is ridiculous. If this is all they have then we should be good.

The problem is some jerkoff former employee with a vendetta comes out and says 'yup we've been doing this for years, bill and brady told me to do it, etc'. I think that's the issue. If someone has a grudge against these guys like Matt Walsh did.

I'm sure Wells will interview former employees. Its not out of the realm of possibility.

My point of the thread is. Does anyone know based on the Miami scandal if this guy is impartial?

wells formed his resulsts based on a lot of texts and emails..some of which may or may not have been inflammatory...generally the fins werent happy IIRC

I think a lawyer of his level is not going to risk his name for any goodell or the likes. He will do his job and leave no stone unturned pertaining to the Pats. And If Pats are innocent, well than that is a good thing.Now if his investigation leads somewhere else, like colts or NFL wrong doings, well then I would assume it wont be mentioned unless the league wants that.

The one sliver of good news about this guy, he is on the defense side, not a prosecutor or plaintiffs lawyer.

But the one thing that worries me, as much as I liked krafts statement, I could see Goodell saying, if my choices are apologizing to the patriots or imposing a fine on them, then welcome to Fine-ville.

Seacoast Fan said:

But the one thing that worries me, as much as I liked krafts statement, I could see Goodell saying, if my choices are apologizing to the patriots or imposing a fine on them, then welcome to Fine-ville.

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I could see him fining the Patriots for the fact the balls had low PSI and that's it. Give himself a weasly out on the whole apology thing.

Uncle Rico said:

I could see him fining the Patriots for the fact the balls had low PSI and that's it. Give himself a weasly out on the whole apology thing.

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That wont give him an out. Bob specifically said unless you find concrete evidence that my team tampered with the balls i expect an apology. No wiggle room.

Show416 said:

I think if theres no 'smoking gun' and if they look at the ballboy's pattern of history we should be good.

If the Ballboy would goto the bathroom 90 seconds every single home game then quite frankly that's somewhat suspicious. If he wasnt then case closed.

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The burden of proof is on the league to provide evidence that someone with the Patriots tampered the balls. The onus is not on us to prove that there was 0% opportunity from every single person in the organization. As a reminder to those who forgot, you're innocent until proven guilty.

People fall into routines and schedules. We all do it to some degree. But the suspicion of a possible theory is not actually real evidence. A ball boy going to the washroom around the same time every day does NOT equal he is tampering with balls. The gap between those two things is so vast, I don't even know why we're talking about it.

This isn't about when he COULD have done it. That assumes he's guilty, and we're just trying to figure out when it happened. It's really about IF he did it, and there's no evidence that he did. If there's no proof he did it, then people need to let the poor guy take a ****ing piss before he has to work.

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That wont give him an out. Bob specifically said unless you find concrete evidence that my team tampered with the balls i expect an apology. No wiggle room.

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Agree. But I can see him doing this out of stubbornness. And no way is the league apologizing.

Uncle Rico said:

I could see him fining the Patriots for the fact the balls had low PSI and that's it. Give himself a weasly out on the whole apology thing.

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Coach in a meeting with the NFL office... (in all the prominent publications)