Time to SUE the NFL -- Ridiculous Heavy-Handed Punishment and Witch-Hunt for DeflateGate

The Patriots and Bob Kraft need to fight the penalties of a 1st round pick, a 4th round pick, and 1 million dollar fine.

Tom Brady should fight the NFL's imposition of 4 games suspension without Pay.

And both management and player should be United in giving the Middle Finger to the NFL. We have these things called Lawyers in this country. Let's use em! We have an NFLPA, let's leverage them!

There's NO WAY IN HELL they should be taking these ridiculous punishments sitting down. It's time to SUE THE NFL, SUE ROGER GOODELL, and PUT THEM ON THE HOT SEAT!! Who's with me??

I agree, but I think you won't hear a word from any of the Patriots on this, they'll just take this laying down. Brace for it.

Get NFL in courtroom and force them to defend this toilet paper roll called the Wells Report.

I urge you all to write your local senators etc in a hope of them bringing up the antitrust exemption issue too, they've had it in their sights for a while - this could be the perfect opportunity for them.

That's right! We've got to use every weapon at our disposal. The NFL has acted ARROGANTLY for too long! Time to take them down a notch and make them accountable!

The draft picks taken away are already awful punishment for a report that used 'probability' as its keyword.

It is completely UNHEARD of to suspend a player 4 games WITHOUT PAY for text-based hearsay, made up inferences, and no solid evidence! The Wells report is a FARCE. It's time to turn the NFL on its ear!

TIME TO STEP UP MR KRAFT!!

Big-T said:

I urge you all to write your local senators etc in a hope of them bringing up the antitrust exemption issue too, they've had it in their sights for a while - this could be the perfect opportunity for them.

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SCREAM! All this over the possible equivalent of throwing a spitball. Tiny tiny spiteful minds atop the NFL

Rebel in full force.

Punish the NFL


Top Five Revenue Sources That Drive Value for the NFL from 02/22/2013/ Pellegrino News

1. Ticket sales. Ticket sales provide a great resource of revenue for the NFL, with each team generating approximately $51 million per year.

Punishment: Do not buy a ticket this season (season ticket holders get a waiver on this)

2. Merchandising. Hats, key chains, cups, socks, and of course jerseys name just the surface of available NFL merchandise. In 2010, NFL merchandise sales reached $2.1 billion. Merchandise is one of the most effective revenue sources because the reach extends beyond the United States–a reach that is more difficult for other revenue sources such as ticket sales and venue revenue.

Punishment: Buy no NFL licensed merchandise -- especially superbowl items. Patronize merchandise pirates. Season ticket holders must wear this pirated merchandise to the game. Best if you make it yourself.

3. Advertising. In the last decade, advertisers spent $1.85 billion during the Super Bowl alone. For the Super Bowl this year, a 30-second commercial increased to $4 million from $3.5 million the previous year! During the regular season, advertisers spend $3 billion.

Punishment: Watch no ads. DVR the games and start watching two hours late skipping all the ads.

4. Venue. The venue plays a big role in NFL revenue because it provides a variety of ways to generate revenue. New or updated stadiums are likely to fuel more dollars to the NFL because they tend to offer more seating, better views, and other perks. Forbes indicates that teams increase their value when new stadiums are built. Furthermore, venues position a variety of vendors such as food, beverage, and merchandise directly in front of football fans, giving vendors the ability to charge high prices. For instance, the 49ers make $6.8 million per year on just concession and merchandise sales.

Punishment: Boycott Patriot Place.

5. Licensing. The NFL takes aggressive measures to insure its copyrights and trademarks are protected. It also charges a considerable fee to use the league’s intellectual property. In fact, at the end of December 2011, it was announced that the league was expected to increase its rights fees by 63 percent. One source indicates that television networks will pay almost $28 billion over a nine-year period to air NFL games! Additionally, advertisers that wish to promote products using NFL terms must license trademarks, which increases the cost of an already very expensive ad or marketing effort.

Punishment: Buy no NFL licensed merchandise -- especially superbowl items. Patronize merchandise pirates. Season ticket holders must wear this pirated merchandise to the game. Best if you make it yourself. Share, share, share!

Cancel your subscription to anything NFL related. No NFL Network. No NFL video games. No NFL magazines. Don't listen to sports radio. Stop buying a paper. Get two friends to do the same.

Punish the NFL


A further and more extreme way to punish the league:

Try and contact Sen. John McClain - he might rep Arizona BUT he threatened the league with removing the antitrust exemption as recently as October 2014 because of TV blackouts, I'm sure he would be interested in the leagues latest breach.

I have no idea if you can take the NFL to court to get back the draft picks, but if they could, I don't see how they wouldn't win. The investigated completely exonerated BB and Kraft in a violation that still hasn't even been proved to have ever occurred... yet they still punish them and then cite an 'operations violation' that they were punished for 9 years ago (spygate) as part of the reason? What?

Even if they could sue, I doubt Kraft will do anything. I expect him to make another statement about how he's disappointed with their findings, disagrees, but will accept the penalties for what ever crock-of-**** reason he comes up with.