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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.This is making me wonder if the original unjustifiably harsh punishment and Goodell's decision to hear the appeal and the pressure strategy the NFL is putting on Brady to get him to accept a punishment have all been a result of owners like Irsay and Bisciotti pushing for retribution against the Patriots rather than some sort of misguided attempt to look strong to the media and public like I originally thought. I just can't get past how obviously stupid some of the moves and leaks have been if the NFL's goal was to look good in front of the public because they could have just offered this up to an independent arbitrator and wiped their hands clean in order to push this out of the public eye. The NFL would have been able to claim they had nothing to do with the matter after the initial punishment and there would probably not have been a good case to bring it to court. But Goodell delegating the original harsh punishment so he could take on the appeal himself and then leaking all this information about how he is trying to put pressure on Brady to accept a suspension without going to court makes a lot more sense if the context is Goodell trying to give the appearance that he is raking the Patriots over the coals to appease the Patriots' rival owners. This is making Goodell, Irsay, and Bisciotti all look extremely petty.
I just don't understand how it can even be ok for goddell to listen to rival teams owners suggestions for punishment. I would think if anything this should help Bradys case.
http://www.csnne.com/new-england-pa...ens-colts-owners-most-vocal-against-tom-brady
Not that it's something we didn't all know, but hey know it's out there for all to know who it is....you know teams who the Pats just beat.....so nothing but jealousy!
Courtesy of Reiss, he has given it some more light.As of this typing, it is Saturday at 2:04 and this report is nowhere to be found on Sal's employer's web site. It's not on the page, not on the NFL home page and not even when you do a search for "Sal Paolantonio."
I wonder why that is....
He inferred that Kraft's decision to accept the loss of a draft pick might be the key to allow Goodell to agree to a compromise in which Brady would receive a letter of exoneration, plus a suspension or fine that was solely for his "refusal to cooperate"
It may be that Goodell agreed to that with Kraft but now is getting pushback from those owner, in particular the Colts and Ravens
I almost feel sorry for these two teams next year. Colts in the regular season, and Ravens in the playoffs. Both will get the pounding of their lives.
The man who literally got away with murder has a statue in front of the Ravens stadium and is embraced by Goodell
plus a suspension
Sal Palantonio was just on WEEI reiterating all of this
He thinks that the delay is over negotiations and despite the NFL's posturing on this, they know they're screwed if this goes to court. I hope it does personally.
Now if you stop and think about the context of this report, it's truly damning to Goodell and the NFL, indicating a conspiracy in which the truth - not to mention that the footballs weren't actually deflated - has nothing to do with the NFL's discipline.
He inferred that Kraft's decision to accept the loss of a draft pick might be the key to allow Goodell to agree to a compromise in which Brady would receive a letter of exoneration, plus a suspension or fine that was solely for his "refusal to cooperate"
It may be that Goodell agreed to that with Kraft but now is getting pushback from those owner, in particular the Colts and Ravens
I'd LOVE to see reporters more fully sink their teeth into this.
I heard the interview, yet his ESPN came out a little bit too. He stated it is his belief that a letter of exoneration, PLUS a 2 game suspensions for "non cooperation" would be a "sensible" thing to do. 2 games for non cooperation? Is he high? See this is the problem. He may have deviated from the mothership by outing Biscotti and Irsay, but he came back a bit to center with his suspension idea.
Everytime there is a push, they get pulled back. Someone, anyone of high influence needs to finally break through. Not sure that will happen.
The bottom line is that the NFL's attorneys have most likely, from what I've been told, gone to the commissioner and said, 'We can't come up with a ruling that is defensible in court.' The NFL, I believe, thinks it's going to lose in court. And if they can't come up with a ruling on this appeal that is defensible in court, then they are going to look awful silly.
As it was "explained" to me in another thread in not so polite terms the only reason we beat the Ravens and won the whole thing was obviously because of the special motivation Brady had after the Chiefs game when some media suggested that Brady and the Pats were no good anymore. Perhaps fans who have essentially nothing to do with the outcome of these games are compelled to project their emotions on to the players as explanations for why they win or lose. Meanwhile Brady has shown me that he is a fanatically prepared and dedicated professional who brings his "A" game every Sunday of every season. In my view, the consistency of his performances defy any attempt to attribute his success to the vagaries of waxing and waning external motivation. As someone famously said, ignore the noise.I do not understand this line of "thinking"
So the Pats play well below potential and only play their best if harassed?
So we almost LOST the playoff game to the Ravens (down 14 not once but twice) because we lacked motivation? And we lost to the Ravens in prior playoffs because of the same?