Brady appeal decision coming next week?

QuantumMechanic said:

Of course it is possible:
"On reviewing all the evidence I find that McNally and Jastremski were deflating footballs but Brady did not know about it at all. Brady's suspension is vacated. The team penalties stand because team employees were doing illegal things."

(Now mind you, what I really believe Goodell will do is do nothing and let the suspension stand as is.)

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But there will be nothing that led him to that conclusion. Like I said, Brady's defense has always been that no deflation ever took place. No one has been arguing Brady didn't know anything, it's been that no one did anything.

Let's say you're charged as an accessory to a robbery. If your entire defense all along was "no robbery ever took place," how can the judge conclude, "well, this proves you weren't involved, even though the robbery did in fact happen? "

Crazy Patriot Guy said:

But there will be nothing that led him to that conclusion. Like I said, Brady's defense has always been that no deflation ever took place. No one has been arguing Brady didn't know anything, it's been that no one did anything.

Let's say you're charged as an accessory to a robbery. If your entire defense all along was "no robbery ever took place," how can the judge conclude, "well, this proves you weren't involved, even though the robbery did in fact happen? "

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While I understand what you're saying, Brady and the NFLPA's main concern will be the fact that there is zero evidence suggesting that "it is more probable than not that he was generally aware."

While it won't be a popular thought, it is certainly theoretically possible that something occurred without Brady's knowledge. McNally could in theory, have taken it upon himself to try and get the balls on the lower end of the approved spectrum. Either way, that ship seems to have sailed when Kraft chose to forego the appeals process.

PatsWickedPissah said:

Kraft is NOT someone with whom you would want to share a foxhole

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Better a foxhole with Bob Kraft than a gloryhole with Jerry Jones.

supafly said:

While it won't be a popular thought, it is certainly theoretically possible that something occurred without Brady's knowledge. McNally could in theory, have taken it upon himself to try and get the balls on the lower end of the approved spectrum. Either way, that ship seems to have sailed when Kraft chose to forego the appeals process.

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Other than nothing happening at all, this is plausible.

Heard someone say earlier, to watch Goddell will release the big decision in the middle of all the all star stuff next week. Sounds about right. Lol

ANGR89 said:

Heard someone say earlier, to watch Goddell will release the big decision in the middle of all the all star stuff next week. Sounds about right. Lol

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But they haven't been burying the deflategate news, it's not about right and wrong or integrity it's about rebuilding Goodies image so they've been announcing news when they get the most ears.

cmasspatsfan said:

But they haven't been burying the deflategate news, it's not about right and wrong or integrity it's about rebuilding Goodies image so they've been announcing news when they get the most ears.

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Its not to bury it, its to give the NFL free press during an otherwise baseball filled week.

VectorPrime said:

Its not to bury it, its to give the NFL free press during an otherwise baseball filled week.

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The day after the All-Star game is the slowest sports day of the year...so yeah, probably then.

Eager to move on to the next step in this ridiculous farce.

RayClay said:

Eager to move on to the next step in this ridiculous farce.

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It can hardly get worse right?

Goodell still hiding under his bed i see afraid of this mess he created

Ho hum. Wake me with results of the lawsuit.

cmasspatsfan said:

But they haven't been burying the deflategate news, it's not about right and wrong or integrity it's about rebuilding Goodies image so they've been announcing news when they get the most ears.

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I don't know why the myth persists that these announcements will be forthcoming at times when their impact will be marginalized. The opposite is true. The Dope and the rest of his coterie of stooges want as much publicity as possible on this issue. It's The Dope's Redemption Tour. The bigger the hammer on the Pats, the more he'll be cheered.

VectorPrime said:

It can hardly get worse right?

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Please, let's not tempt the spirits.

Crazy Patriot Guy said:

Let's say you're charged as an accessory to a robbery. If your entire defense all along was "no robbery ever took place," how can the judge conclude, "well, this proves you weren't involved, even though the robbery did in fact happen? "

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I would be beyond shocked if that were Brady's entire defense. Arguing in the alternative is a time-honored (and is the standard of practice) thing from lawyers. Sure, a lot of his defense was probably "it didn't happen", but I'll bet big time that there was also plenty of "...and if it did, I didn't know about it."

VectorPrime said:

It can hardly get worse right?

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It can always get worse. Bank on it.

yeah..take my sex life for example...that bank account is overflowing with unspent funds...

aluminum seats said:

The day after the All-Star game is the slowest sports day of the year...so yeah, probably then.

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I thought the All-Star game itself was the slowest sports day of the year.

Gwedd said:

It can always get worse. Bank on it.

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The worst thing I can see happening is Brady, for some reason, refusing to sue and just accepting whatever Goodell says. And that doesn't make it much worse, it just cements the already terrible things happening.

VectorPrime said:

The worst thing I can see happening is Brady, for some reason, refusing to sue and just accepting whatever Goodell says. And that doesn't make it much worse, it just cements the already terrible things happening.

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I can see him, if this doesn't go his way, saying 'eff you!" to Kraft and the NFL. He's got nothing to prove. He's got more money than he can spend. He took a discount because Kraft asked him to, and when Brady needed help, Kraft walked away from HIM and stood in solidarity with the other owners and the league.

TFB, the GOAT, could easily say "Up Yours!" to Kraft because ownership stabbed him in the back. It'd mess up the league, and call all sorts of difficult questions to Goodell and his thug monkey's laps. He could do it and be fully justified in doing it.

If Goodell doesn't lift the suspension fully, he risks causing far more serious PR issues for the league.