Prediction: Kraft will aim to convince Brady to accept a reduced suspension; but Brady won't accept

scott99 said:

It disgusts me that Kraft would rather side with Goodell than with Brady. All along he states that he believes in Brady and supports him 100%, and now he wants him to accept a penalty for something he claims he didn't do, and something Kraft believes Brady didn't do. This is completely insane.

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Brady -- by taking a greatly below market value extension last time around; and in previous contract negotiations by not asking for record contracts has put the team partially ahead of his own financial incentives over his career.

Kraft just put his financial incentives ahead of the team.

If I were Brady I would say 'Please release me or I'm going to appeal the suspension, get it dropped to zero games, and then am going to sit out'

ctpatsfan77 said:

I don't actually see what you're disagreeing with me on.

I didn't argue that they shouldn't make those arguments. All I'm saying is that they may rule that the suspension is invalid, for example, because of the rules regarding conduct detrimental penalties, and never actually rule on whether or not there is evidence he did anything wrong.

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Actually i believe that the primary argument for the punishment being invalid: ( quote below from notice of appeal)

"Dear Troy, (Vincent)
First, as both Mr. Brady’s discipline letter and the NFL’s public statements make clear, you were tasked by Commissioner Goodell to determine whether Mr. Brady should be subject to discipline for conduct detrimental in connection with the events described in the Wells Report (the “Report”), and if so, to decide and impose the discipline. And, you have, in fact, imposed Mr. Brady’s discipline pursuant to the Commissioner ’ s purported delegation of his authority.

Any such delegation is a plain violation of the CBA.


The CBA grants the Commissioner—and only the Commissioner—

the authority to impose conduct detrimental discipline on players. CBA, Art. 46, § 1(a); id., App. A, ¶ 15. This express CBA mandate is"

This is their first argument and i am sure will invalidate this whole thing in any court in which it is argued.

The question one must ask:

Was this obvious violation of the CBA included by roger the dodger purposely knowing the punishment would be overturned by an outside neutral Judge. All the while the NFL gets to damage TB12 and the Pats while reaping the benefits of this off season media storm created by NFL, controlled by the NFL and benefiting the NFL. Well benefiting the NFL that does not include the PATS.
Is this too cynical a view? Sadly i do not think so.

Despite Goodell's denial of any agreement or deal, I still believe that Kraft capitulated with the understanding that if Brady did allow Goodell to hear his case, he would receive a reduced sentence.

I stand by that prediction. I believe Kraft wants Brady to be around for the season for as many games as possible, and will try to talk Brady into accepting Goodell as an arbiter.

Otherwise, what was the point of not standing up for Brady or the team? There must be some kind of qui pro quo, right?

Kraft didn't get anything and I doubt Brady is a quitter.

Why?
Because Bobby would not do it again?
Because he has shown us a strong backbone?
Bobby made a deal! Please don't pick on me and you can have my lunch!
We all complained about spy-gate, but when BB and Krafty didn't fight it then, we all thought maybe they were right.
But after this fiasco, it is apparent that Bobby just wants to be one of the big guys. Screw the fans, the team, the QB. Screw them all as he ingratiates himself with the Good ol' boy NFL club.

After letting the disbelief stew for 24 hrs...I Really feel betrayed as a fan...but more importantly I feel awful for all our past and present players that have been so loyal even in retirement. All their support for the team, brady and organization has been in vain. It kills me that TB was totally left out at sea with no preserver. What Kraft did was open the floodgates for other teams, players, ex players and talking heads to go out and get on their soap boxes and freely declare the Pats are cheaters, or say crap about Brady..."he's probably been doing it for years" etc. with one 5 minute press conference Kraft has destroyed his own team, his head coach and his best players legacy. Sad