Official Brady Appeal Thread: D-Day Tuesday June 23rd

IcyPatriot said:

I'm checking in here and there ... not wasting my time on this.

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Thanks for the update!

http://espn.go.com/blog/new-england...s-reiss-this-morning-went-very-well-for-brady


ESPN.com New England Patriots reporter Mike Reiss made a rare appearance on ESPN's NFL Insiders on Tuesday, joining Insider Field Yates to discuss Tom Brady's appeal of his suspension without pay for the first four games of the 2015 regular season, which was taking place in New York as the show was airing. One interesting note from Reiss:

"I reached out to someone just recently that had a direct line into that room [where the appeal was being heard], close to Tom Brady," Reiss said. "Their feeling was that it went very well this morning, but also an acknowledgement that the NFL holds all the cards here.

Chiuba E. Obele said:

Gary Myers ‏@garymyersNYDN 15s15 seconds ago
Mike Kensil leaves the building. He was involved for league on DeflateGate Sunday but was not witness today and not at hearing.

Coward

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And, of course, the MCI leaps to Kensil's defense......

Ben Volin ✔ @BenVolin
He works there RT @JohnVicars1: @garymyersNYDN @BenVolin So why was he there?

Just heard on the radio that Kraft was called to testify and said that he was just "chillin' yo" and politely asked everyone to "step off."

shmessy said:

Actually, it means alot.

The proceedings took place under oath and were recorded.

The civil courts will get to review what went down.

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Further encouragement to take these bastards to court and smoke 'em.

AndyJohnson said:

why in the world would Tom Brady accept sitting out a game, losing a half million dollars and having people think he admitted guilt when he did absolutely nothing?

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well, we don't know he did absolutely nothing..now do we?

Chiuba E. Obele said:

"I reached out to someone just recently that had a direct line into that room [where the appeal was being heard], close to Tom Brady," Reiss said. "Their feeling was that it went very well this morning, but also an acknowledgement that the NFL holds all the cards here."

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I expect that the NFLPA/Brady group used today to set up their appeal, and only considered exoneration the longest of longshots.

Deus Irae said:

I expect that the NFLPA/Brady group used today to set up their appeal, and only considered exoneration the longest of longshots.

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I think that the appeal was already set when Goodell refused to recuse himself. Today is to get more ammunition to use against the NFL knowing that Goodell wasn't going to fully exonerate Brady..

sambam94 said:

well, we don't know he did absolutely nothing..now do we?

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If I had to choose between Mother Nature and TB affecting footballs in January in Massachusetts, I'd choose Mother Nature every time. And I didn't just Google that, Ben.

Reiss

"I reached out to someone just recently that had a direct line into that room [where the appeal was being heard], close to Tom Brady," Reiss said. "Their feeling was that it went very well this morning, but also an acknowledgement that the NFL holds all the cards here.

JMC00 said:

Apparently Schefter said on TV that a long snapper and a backup QB have personally told him they deflate balls and that the longer snapper uses a paper clip to do it.

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I'm assuming the backup QB and the long snapper are doing this on the sideline because they don't have access to the balls pre-game. If that's the case then why would Brady have McNally do it? Why wouldn't the deflator be Garappolo?

Brady_to_Moss said:

Reiss

"I reached out to someone just recently that had a direct line into that room [where the appeal was being heard], close to Tom Brady," Reiss said. "Their feeling was that it went very well this morning, but also an acknowledgement that the NFL holds all the cards here.

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Yup!!!

http://espn.go.com/blog/new-england...s-reiss-this-morning-went-very-well-for-brady

Gary Myers ‏@garymyersNYDN 6m6 minutes ago
Fans lined up Lexington Avenue waiting for Tom Brady. My guess is he leaves via underground garage on 52 Street.

sambam94 said:

well, we don't know he did absolutely nothing..now do we?

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Science doesn't leave room for him to have tampered with the balls.

Why would they acknowledge that the NFL holds all the cards? Am I missing something here, how does the NFL hold all the cards? They might think they hold them but if this goes to court, doesn't Brady hold all the cards?

shmessy said:

And, of course, the MCI leaps to Kensil's defense......

Ben Volin ✔ @BenVolin
He works there RT @JohnVicars1: @garymyersNYDN @BenVolin So why was he there?

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Kensil's *** will get pulled into this...eventually.

Foxypats said:

Why would they acknowledge that the NFL holds all the cards? Am I missing something here, how does the NFL hold all the cards? They might think they hold them but if this goes to court, doesn't Brady hold all the cards?

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Within the parameters of the CBA, Goodell determines if the suspension is reduced or not.

I would caution you not to take what Reiss has said as assuming the NFLPA or TB12 will not take the league to court.

If they are trying to negotiate some kind of exoneration, threatening the other party with "we'll see you in court" can be counterproductive to the proceedings and Reiss's "deep throat" is socializing that position as such.

Foxypats said:

Why would they acknowledge that the NFL holds all the cards? Am I missing something here, how does the NFL hold all the cards? They might think they hold them but if this goes to court, doesn't Brady hold all the cards?

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Assuming the reference is just to this appeal process, not future court action.

patsinthesnow said:

@AdamSchefter: Defense team of Tom Brady was given 4 hours today to present its entire case. Proceedings expected to wrap today, not continue Thursday.

Keep leaking info to your lapdog, NFL

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Schefter isn't their lapdog. In point of fact, the NFL denies that Brady was given a four time limit and Schefter produced the letter the league had sent that specifically laid out the time limit.

sb1 said:

There's no media blackout (I assume) so I'm sure the leaks and fun will begin very shortly... hopefully fun for us for a change.

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Well judging by their past history, the leaks will start to come out late this evening -- 10, 11 est.