Strong Official Statement from Don Yee (Brady's Agent)

obgod3 said:

Yee's response doesn't mean a dam thing, an agent making a statement for his client, BFD. Now if he can make something stick in court then Ill gladly applaud him but so far he hasn't done squat but say some words. It looks great but doesn't mean much, and in the end it wont be about guilt or innocence it will be about a procedure.

Im pissed by this whole thing and I dont think Brady intentionally told anyone to do anything to football but so far at every turn Brady has lost and made to look like a lier so an upcoming court battle to me is vfry much 50/50. Just remember the court case wont be about guilt or science.

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robertweathers said:

10,000 messages / ~122 days = ~82 texts a day.

Seems like a messaging usage behavior that of a high school freshman girl.

Am I showing my age here? I just asked my 14 year old daughter and she texts about 40 times a day - all supervised of course

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BradyFTW! said:

Depends on how you use it, really. That did jump out to me initially, but then I went into my phone and I counted up all the texts sent over certain days between me, my girlfriend, some group messages with college buddies, family, etc. If you're counting every message sent by anyone within a group conversation, then it's pretty easy to get up over 100 if there's something going on worth discussing.

Granted, 83 per day still seems like quite a bit to me (and I'm 30, so maybe not young but not ancient or anything), but who knows. Maybe Giselle texts a lot

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Deus Irae said:

IF the court takes the case, the science will come into play.

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Charlotte Pats Fan said:

JHC. go put your big boy pants on....

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Sticky Caulk said:

Your daughter doesn't have a NFL job, a super model wife, kids and contact with countless famous people across the world either. I assume anyway.

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obgod3 said:

Yee's response doesn't mean a dam thing, an agent making a statement for his client, BFD. Now if he can make something stick in court then Ill gladly applaud him but so far he hasn't done squat but say some words. It looks great but doesn't mean much, and in the end it wont be about guilt or innocence it will be about a procedure.

Im pissed by this whole thing and I dont think Brady intentionally told anyone to do anything to football but so far at every turn Brady has lost and made to look like a lier so an upcoming court battle to me is very much 50/50. Just remember the court case wont be about guilt or science.

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BradyFTW! said:

Depends on how you use it, really. That did jump out to me initially, but then I went into my phone and I counted up all the texts sent over certain days between me, my girlfriend, some group messages with college buddies, family, etc. If you're counting every message sent by anyone within a group conversation, then it's pretty easy to get up over 100 if there's something going on worth discussing.

Granted, 83 per day still seems like quite a bit to me (and I'm 30, so maybe not young but not ancient or anything), but who knows. Maybe Giselle texts a lot

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obgod3 said:

Sure hope so but I doubt it, it sure seems like the only reason to get to court is due to a procedure issue with the overall process, per labor laws, but im no lawyer. But I dam well hope your right.

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Deus Irae said:

IF the court takes the case, the science will come into play.

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obgod3 said:

Sure hope so but I doubt it, it sure seems like the only reason to get to court is due to a procedure issue with the overall process, per labor laws, but im no lawyer. But I dam well hope your right.

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shmessy said:

Adam Schefter
10 mins ·
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.”

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obgod3 said:

Useful Deus but not sure a judge will by it or not.

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obgod3 said:

Useful Deus but not sure a judge will by it or not.

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ctpatsfan77 said:

As a lawyer pointed out this almost never happens; that's the whole purpose of discovery.

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