Stephen A Smith: Brady's suspension to be upheld, Brady destroyed cell phone

TBR said:

Add Stephen A Smith to the list of potential defendants of a defamation lawsuit.

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He explicitly qualified his statement by saying "that's what I'm hearing" and "I don't know", so not really.

BradyFTW! said:

He explicitly qualified his statement by saying "that's what I'm hearing" and "I don't know", so not really.

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He's well versed in the Fox News technique of "just asking questions."

The problem here is that now every moron nitwit in the world will actually believeBrady destroyed his phone, even it's later shown to be false.

primetime said:

Yes, and they can be very easily subpoenaed. Anyone who paid attention to the Hernandez trial would know that, since Aaron's first thing to do was (super idiotically) destroy his cell phone.

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I very much doubt Brady would be that stupid. Especially after what just happened to his team mate who moronically tried to do that same thing. I'm guessing that this is more trumped up stupidity-- like he just got his free cellphone upgrade and threw out his old phone. Of course, the insane hater crowd will still be outraged.

SAS is a known NY hack. I take this as a sign that the NFL is either 1.- Turning up the heat to pressure Brady into a settlement; 2.- feels litigation is inevitable and wants to make sure public opinion is on their side.

sieglo said:

The problem here is that now every moron nitwit in the world will actually believeBrady destroyed his phone, even it's later shown to be false.

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Modern journalism preys on idiots like that.

TBR said:

Add Stephen A Smith to the list of potential defendants of a defamation lawsuit.

First he implies Brady is racist, now he's breaking stories about Brady destroying his phone. Since when the hell is Stephen A Smith an NFL insider? He's just making **** up.

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Exactly this. He was on some ESPN show (not even sure even the hosts were as i was just looking to see if there was anything to this BS) and was acting all Adam Shefter like he had just broke the story of the century. People have clearly picked their sides here and are hoping they wind up looking like heroes when the NFL* doesn't vacate the suspension

BradyFTW! said:

He explicitly qualified his statement by saying "that's what I'm hearing" and "I don't know", so not really.

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Yes, it's nice for him that he used all of those weasel words.

But notice when the story gets passed along, the qualifiers are often dropped:

From Gary Tanguay:
If Brady is innocent why Brady destroy his phone.
https://twitter.com/Gary_Tanguay/status/626043537310773248

Though twitter is limiting, with 140 characters and all:

If Brady is innocent, why might SAS be hearing from some unnamed somebody that Brady may have destroyed his phone, more likely than not, or was at least generally aware of a plan to destroy his phone, a plan that might or might not have happened.

I know I'm a Pats fan , but I like to think I do look at all the "evidence " and still can't understand how so many still say he's 100% guilty. Espn radio is on at work and I'm not sure who the yahoo is that's on there (well 1 is saying deflategate didn't even happen) but the other is arguing alot of false information, like it's factual information , and Noone is calling him on it. It's so frustrating! Saying brady was texting both of the ball boys (which if I'm not mistaken he only texted 1) and saying refusing to give cell phone is a slam dunk admission or guilt. Anytime the other guy brings up they weren't deflated like originally reported, they were a acceptable range for weather and where they started, but the other guy literally ignores those facts and goes straight to the false information, the not giving cell and oh yea the deflator. I'm afraid that no matter the outcome they have truly ruined tom bradys image and for that he should not back down at all!

sieglo said:

The problem here is that now every moron nitwit in the world will actually believeBrady destroyed his phone, even it's later shown to be false.

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Well they're idiots so what they think matters none.

sieglo said:

The problem here is that now every moron nitwit in the world will actually believe Brady destroyed his phone, even it's later shown to be false.

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Oh, Smith kind of just threw the "destroyed his phone" thing as an after thought. He was focusing on him not turning over the phone records and after he just added that he's even heard from some sources that he destroyed his phone.....just trying to make the phone thing a fresh dagger. He hasen't heard from any real NFL* sources I guarantee you, he just likes to play Adam Shefter on TV.

Word is Brady destroyed his cell phone throwing it at the TV in anger back a couple months ago when he heard Kraft accepted the fine/draft picks and sold him out.

JR4 said:

If you were Kraft, knowing the hate against PATs, would you take a chance by leaving
your Hall of Fame Coach's fate up to some court or appeal process?
If there is even a vague reference to banning BB why let legal beagles twist it to justify the
banning action?

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You lost me at "if I were Kraft".

Palm Beach Pats Fan said:

Yes, it's nice for him that he used all of those weasel words.

But notice when the story gets passed along, the qualifiers are often dropped:

From Gary Tanguay:
If Brady is innocent why Brady destroy his phone.
https://twitter.com/Gary_Tanguay/status/626043537310773248

Though twitter is limiting, with 140 characters and all:

If Brady is innocent, why might SAS be hearing from some unnamed somebody that Brady may have destroyed his phone, more likely than not, or was at least generally aware of a plan to destroy his phone, a plan that might or might not have happened.

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Don't get me wrong, I completely agree that SAS is a douchebag and this is a coordinated effort by the NFL and ESPN to poison the well now that it looks like the public is starting to come around to the league being the real assholes in this whole circus. But all that said, nobody's going to be suing SAS for defamation over anything that he said/wrote today.

SAS is from the Mortensen school of asshattery. Throw something out there, have it believed by all of the haters as gospel, then say nothing after it is completely disproven.

VectorPrime said:

He's well versed in the Fox News technique of "just asking questions."

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Yup, which is why rule #1 is if the headline is a question, the answer is no.

Rule #2 is that if the headline admits that it's nothing more than rumor/heresay, then it's clickbait BS.

sieglo said:

The problem here is that now every moron nitwit in the world will actually believeBrady destroyed his phone, even it's later shown to be false.

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Normally, I don't sweat the opinion of moron and nitwits but it's disturbing how many of them there are these days.

YOUGOTMOSSED said:

Normally, I don't sweat the opinion of moron and nitwits but it's disturbing how many of them there are these days.

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The human population has always been more morons and nitwits than not. The problem is that in the social media era they all have a platform to make themselves heard.

VectorPrime said:

He's well versed in the Fox News technique of "just asking questions."

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Pretty much all media lol.

As George Carlin said, think about how dumb the average American is. Then realize that half the country is dumber than that.

BradyFTW! said:

The human population has always been more morons and nitwits than not. The problem is that in the social media era they all have a platform to make themselves heard.

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BradyFTW! said:

Once it became clear this was going to court, I'm 100% certain that his legal team would have explained--if they even had to--that destroying your cell phone accomplishes exactly nothing. Your provider has copies of your call logs and every text you've ever sent (aka the same stuff that would be on your phone, without the ability to delete them) readily available for subpoena.

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Actually destroying your phone is worse than doing nothing. It is considered "spoliation" of evidence and a court could allow an inference of "consciousness of guilt" if he was found to have done that. Considering the legal advice he has been getting from day 1, the chances of this being true are nil.......