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Like personal things???? I wouldn't trust the NFL either and I'd destroy it before handing it over....Also Curran has a source re: Brady who says there's more to the phone thing.
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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.Like personal things???? I wouldn't trust the NFL either and I'd destroy it before handing it over....Also Curran has a source re: Brady who says there's more to the phone thing.
Also Curran has a source re: Brady who says there's more to the phone thing.
Also Curran has a source re: Brady who says there's more to the phone thing.
It is perfectly reasonable. There's no way you allow people to look at your phone if you're Tom Brady. We have talked about this for 6 months now, and 99% have agreed. So suddenly the NFL makes this somehow relevant?
It is perfectly reasonable. There's no way you allow people to look at your phone if you're Tom Brady. We have talked about this for 6 months now, and 99% have agreed. So suddenly the NFL makes this somehow relevant?
I continue to have questions (why the delay? how can you pretend Exponent wasn't thoroughly refuted?) but destroying potential evidence at the time when it would be requested and not saying anything when it is requested is legitimately eyebrow raising.
Like personal things???? I wouldn't trust the NFL either and I'd destroy it before handing it over....
Also Curran has a source re: Brady who says there's more to the phone thing.
Yes, but many of those same 99% (including me) assumed that the messages were still in existence and thus could be the subject of discovery in a future court case. With that evidence destroyed, there are now bad optics to deal with as Brady starts a tough road to get a court to 1. hear this case and 2. rule in his favor.
I would have purposely destroyed it for exactly the reason I already have given. I don't want people prying into my billion dollar personal life.
But regardless, legally, he's fine here. Someone's personal phone is not part of any discovery process. It is not even part of the CBA. So this isn't even a matter of destroying evidence. In fact, for this very reason, I would bet you that a good attorney would have advised him to destroy it.
From Schefter on facebook:
Statement from Tom Brady's agent, Don Yee:
"The Commissioner’s decision is deeply disappointing, but not surprising because the appeal process was thoroughly lacking in procedural fairness.
Most importantly, neither Tom nor the Patriots did anything wrong. And the NFL has no evidence that anything inappropriate occurred.
The appeal process was a sham, resulting in the Commissioner rubber-stamping his own decision. For example, the Wells investigative team was given over 100 days to conduct its investigation. Just days prior to the appeal hearing, we were notified that we would only have four hours to present a defense; therefore, we didn’t have enough time to examine important witnesses. Likewise, it was represented to the public that the Wells team was ‘independent’; however, when we requested documents from Wells, our request was rejected on the basis of privilege. We therefore had no idea as to what Wells found from other witnesses, nor did we know what those other witnesses said.
These are just two examples of how the Commissioner failed to ensure a fair process.
Additionally, the science in the Wells Report was junk. It has been thoroughly discredited by independent third parties.
Finally, as to the issue of cooperation, we presented the Commissioner with an unprecedented amount of electronic data, all of which is incontrovertible. I do not think that any private citizen would have agreed to provide anyone with the amount of information that Tom was willing to reveal to the Commissioner. Tom was completely transparent. All of the electronic information was ignored; we don’t know why. The extent to which Tom opened up his private life to the Commissioner will become clear in the coming days.
The Commissioner’s decision and discipline has no precedent in all of NFL history. His decision alters the competitive balance of the upcoming season. The decision is wrong and has no basis, and it diminishes the integrity of the game.”