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Don't let the red-meat headline (written for Jets fans) fool you, it's clear that Goodell is in trouble when Gary Myers is writing stuff like this. The article ends up with Myers' wishful thinking that Goodell can find a way to get Brady to accept a two game suspension while clearing his name...but in the text of the article, Myers basically says that that is an impossible outcome.
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/f...-roger-goodell-meet-halfway-article-1.2270430
[Goodell's options according to Myers:"
"-He rejects Brady’s testimony and keeps the suspension at four games. If that happens, Brady will likely take the NFL to court and attempt to get an injunction putting the suspension on hold. The risk for Brady comes if the case is heard during the season and Goodell’s ruling is upheld and then he has to serve the four games when the Pats are making a playoff run. The good news for Brady: The last three times a major case went to an independent arbitrator (BountyGate, Ray Rice, Adrian Peterson), Goodell’s rulings were overturned.
"-Goodell cuts the suspension in half and absolves Brady of any blame, but still makes him sit out two games for failing to turn over his cell phone to Ted Wells during the investigation. Unless Kraft implores Brady to take one for the team to get rid of this distraction, how can Brady accept two games, costing him almost $1 million, when the previous stiffest penalty for lack of cooperation was Brett Favre getting fined $50,000 in the sexting scandal.
"-He cuts the suspension in half due to Brady’s cooperation in Tuesday’s hearing, but still buys into Wells’ circumstantial evidence that the QB was the DeflateGate mastermind. Brady has won four Super Bowls and three Super Bowl MVPs. Anything he believes unfairly taints his legacy could lead him right to the courthouse steps.
"Besides, when the Vikings and Panthers were caught warming footballs on the sidelines in Minnesota last season, they were just warned not to do it again.
'"He vacates the entire suspension. Brady would be vindicated, but Goodell would look foolish overruling himself after spending $5 million on Wells and basing the discipline on his 243-page report, which he would now be tossing in the garbage can. How does he explain it to the owners? Kraft is going to want his $1 million and two draft picks returned. If he just throws all the penalties out, there is no way for Goodell to preserve his own reputation.
"I’m sticking with a reduction to two games and Goodell finding a way to get DeflateGate off Brady’s resume."
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/f...-roger-goodell-meet-halfway-article-1.2270430
[Goodell's options according to Myers:"
"-He rejects Brady’s testimony and keeps the suspension at four games. If that happens, Brady will likely take the NFL to court and attempt to get an injunction putting the suspension on hold. The risk for Brady comes if the case is heard during the season and Goodell’s ruling is upheld and then he has to serve the four games when the Pats are making a playoff run. The good news for Brady: The last three times a major case went to an independent arbitrator (BountyGate, Ray Rice, Adrian Peterson), Goodell’s rulings were overturned.
"-Goodell cuts the suspension in half and absolves Brady of any blame, but still makes him sit out two games for failing to turn over his cell phone to Ted Wells during the investigation. Unless Kraft implores Brady to take one for the team to get rid of this distraction, how can Brady accept two games, costing him almost $1 million, when the previous stiffest penalty for lack of cooperation was Brett Favre getting fined $50,000 in the sexting scandal.
"-He cuts the suspension in half due to Brady’s cooperation in Tuesday’s hearing, but still buys into Wells’ circumstantial evidence that the QB was the DeflateGate mastermind. Brady has won four Super Bowls and three Super Bowl MVPs. Anything he believes unfairly taints his legacy could lead him right to the courthouse steps.
"Besides, when the Vikings and Panthers were caught warming footballs on the sidelines in Minnesota last season, they were just warned not to do it again.
'"He vacates the entire suspension. Brady would be vindicated, but Goodell would look foolish overruling himself after spending $5 million on Wells and basing the discipline on his 243-page report, which he would now be tossing in the garbage can. How does he explain it to the owners? Kraft is going to want his $1 million and two draft picks returned. If he just throws all the penalties out, there is no way for Goodell to preserve his own reputation.
"I’m sticking with a reduction to two games and Goodell finding a way to get DeflateGate off Brady’s resume."