Another article criticizing NFL for dragging feet on TB appeal

raduray · Jul 24, 2015

Hoodie said:
The part that bugs me about this article is that Wetzel STILL thinks Brady was involved. McNally could not have been responsible for letting so little air out of the balls in the time he was in the bathroom. There would have been no way for him to control it and the ball measurements would have been all over the map. They were not. I swear these are the same people who still believe the world is flat!

While I don't believe he did it, it is totally possible for McNally to have removed a controllable amount of air out of each ball in 90 seconds. Here's how:

1. cap end of needle with finger
2. insert needle in football
3. lift finger for a predetermined fixed count: one, two.
4. re-cap end of needle with finger
5. remove needle from football
Rinse and repeat.

There are much better arguments to be made, the primary ones being the Natural Gas Law and no records of measurements, but claiming the deflation in the bathroom is not possible is not one of them. Presenting that argument actually hurts your case since it's so easily disproved.

reflexblue · Jul 24, 2015

Goodell could prove himself confident by admitting he FU and resigning.

JDot · Jul 24, 2015

Wetzel brought the hammer, that was beautiful to read. I guess their is a reason he is one of the best sports writers out there.

Ivan · Jul 24, 2015

The NFL is a joke, period. I'm still a fan of the Patriots but the league is a total joke, and Gödel is the primary reason why. I never played because we had no team but it was always my favorite sport to follow, That's no longer the case, hockey has taken that spot. As big a bunch of crap as spygate was it didn't kill my enthusiasm for football, deflategate has changed it completely. When I woke up and read the thread about deflated balls the day after the AFCCG my response was the same as Brady's, I laughed and thought it was the most ridiculous thing I had ever heard. The fact that the NFL has managed to turn this into the debacle they have, that they have sanctioned the team the way they have, the ridiculous to the point of absurd Wells Report and their attack on Brady, their sanctions on him, and the way they have dragged him through the mud has made me view the league as a complete clownshow. For the first time I find myself in late July not caring about football, and for the first time I would actually like to see Brady tell the league to shove it and retire. I would cheer him for it.

borg · Jul 24, 2015

The article says it all...now get it into every Minnesota judge's inbox

Oswlek · Jul 24, 2015

Can we change the thread title to give Wetzel more public credit? The article is so well put that it seems the least we could do.

Tony2046 · Jul 24, 2015

Ivan said:
The NFL is a joke, period. I'm still a fan of the Patriots but the league is a total joke, and Gödel is the primary reason why. I never played because we had no team but it was always my favorite sport to follow, That's no longer the case, hockey has taken that spot. As big a bunch of crap as spygate was it didn't kill my enthusiasm for football, deflategate has changed it completely. When I woke up and read the thread about deflated balls the day after the AFCCG my response was the same as Brady's, I laughed and thought it was the most ridiculous thing I had ever heard. The fact that the NFL has managed to turn this into the debacle they have, that they have sanctioned the team the way they have, the ridiculous to the point of absurd Wells Report and their attack on Brady, their sanctions on him, and the way they have dragged him through the mud has made me view the league as a complete clownshow. For the first time I find myself in late July not caring about football, and for the first time I would actually like to see Brady tell the league to shove it and retire. I would cheer him for it.

I'd be willing to bet that Brady's career lasts longer than Roger's does.

Fencer · Jul 24, 2015

juny said:
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/roger-...e-has-become-three-ring-circus-063247603.html

Good to see more press like this pointing the finger at the incompetence of the front office.

Actually, that's one of the best articles I've seen on the subject. It's simple, clear and devastating.

PlainOldEd · Jul 24, 2015

Fencer said:
Actually, that's one of the best articles I've seen on the subject. It's simple, clear and devastating.

Wetzel is obviously a Kraft hack...... he probably got free mac and cheese for the rest of his life.....

Ivan · Jul 24, 2015

Tony2046 said:
I'd be willing to bet that Brady's career lasts longer than Roger's does.

Could be, but I would be fine with Brady telling the NFL to shove their league up all 32 asses and calling it a career. See how they like losing the best player in the league because they tried to b railroad him.

Tony2046 · Jul 24, 2015

Ivan said:
Could be, but I would be fine with Brady telling the NFL to shove their league up all 32 asses and calling it a career. See how they like losing the best player in the league because they tried to b railroad him.

They wouldn't care. The only ones that would care would be the Patriot Fans. Everyone else would just take a retirement as an admission of guilt. The point is moot anyways. Brady isn't going to retire and he is not going to quit. It is just not in his nature.

Brady is going to tell the "NFL to shove their league up all 32 asses" but not by retiring it will be by raising the next Lombardi trophy. That would be an all time instant classic.

By the way, if that happens, I will buy a dozen DVD's of that Super Bowl to save for my last days and when the doctor asks me while laying on my death bed, "any last requests?", I will say.......P..P.....Play......the.......D..v ....D....

RobertWeathers · Jul 24, 2015

Tony2046 said:
They wouldn't care. The only ones that would care would be the Patriot Fans. Everyone else would just take a retirement as an admission of guilt. The point is moot anyways. Brady isn't going to retire and he is not going to quit. It is just not in his nature.

Brady is going to tell the "NFL to shove their league up all 32 asses" but not by retiring it will be by raising the next Lombardi trophy. That would be an all time instant classic.

By the way, if that happens, I will buy a dozen DVD's of that Super Bowl to save for my last days and when the doctor asks me while laying on my death bed, "any last requests?", I will say.......P..P.....Play......the.......D..v ....D....

The only people that chase Tom out of football are Gisele, his primary doctor and BB helping him realize that he just can't QB at an NFL level at 67 years old.

raduray · Jul 24, 2015

reflexblue said:
Goodell could prove himself confident by admitting he FU and resigning.

Even better, he can throw Ted Wells under the bus and sue him for non-performance.

Sicilian · Jul 24, 2015

raduray said:
Even better, he can throw Ted Wells under the bus and sue him for non-performance.

Or he could just throw Ted Wells under an actual bus.

Tony2046 · Jul 24, 2015

Sicilian said:
Or he could just throw Ted Wells under an actual bus.

A bus with deflated tires would be even better.

Wait... a bus with a Patriots logo on it and deflated tires.

Wait Wait.... a bus with a Patriots logo on it, deflated tires and a license plate that reads FU-TED

Gumby · Jul 24, 2015

Tony2046 said:
I'd be willing to bet that Brady's career lasts longer than Roger's does.

Tom gets paid 25% of what roger does.
Rated Per hour of work, Tom probably only gets 5% of what roger gets.

Sound you hear is roger and his jester vp cronies laughing on their way to the golf course

VectorPrime · Jul 24, 2015

Wrong, if it becomes obvious that there won't be a ruling until it begins to inter with Brady's ability to earn a wage he can file a preemptive emergency injunction.

captain insano · Jul 24, 2015

VectorPrime said:
Wrong, if it becomes obvious that there won't be a ruling until it begins to inter with Brady's ability to earn a wage he can file a preemptive emergency injunction.

really do tell. i hope your are right. explain please.

RobertWeathers · Jul 24, 2015

VectorPrime said:
Wrong, if it becomes obvious that there won't be a ruling until it begins to inter with Brady's ability to earn a wage he can file a preemptive emergency injunction.

Yes. It becomes a labor law violation.

Ivan · Jul 24, 2015

robertweathers said:
Yes. It becomes a labor law violation.

I think they have already crossed that line.

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