Don Yee goes after NFL for their characterization of the phone issue

“They shifted from PSI to the new shiny object, the cell phone,” said Yee. “We expected this. Because this was the easy way to pivot off the junk science and get off the PSI issue. And we knew that from a newsworthiness standpoint, the general public might be easily fooled. But in the coming days -- just like the Wells Report being picked apart after its issuance -- the same thing happens with this.”

Speaking for more than 30 minutes, Yee detailed the decision-making process and attempts at transparency the Brady camp went through when the appeal landed on the desk of Roger Goodell and was out of the hands of Ted Wells.

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VectorPrime said:

Here's Jason La Confora's article on this that goes into more detail

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/writer...ed-focus-to-phone-because-its-science-is-junk

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Yee said Brady cycled through the cell phone he had used in the months from November through March after returning to the country from celebrating the Super Bowl victory when he was looking to upgrade to an iPhone 6. He said that Brady offered to provide detailed records to the NFL from AT&T that indicated where every call and text message were sent, and that the league in fact had access to the degrees of communication he would have had with the two Patriots employees at the heart of the probe: Jim McNally and John Jastremski.

"Tom's phone billing record from this timeframe shows that he never spoke on the phone or texted with McNally, ever," Yee said. "Tom's phone billing record shows that nearly every communication with Jastremki was already in possession of Wells' team with exception of three texts between Tom and Jastremski on Feb. 7. Every other communication he ever had with Jastremski in that time period was already in the hands of Wells' team. They also had any communication between Tom and the equipment manager (Dave) Schoenfeld."

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PatsFanSince74 said:

Thanks, Deus.

I get worried, because it's hard to believe that Goodell is really so stupid. This has become a ginormous cluster-****, which gets ginormouser ever day to the extent that it's hard to comprehend what the League Office could be thinking.

Goodell's plan to have this heard in New York has now apparently backfired on him, because the case has apparently been assigned to a Senior Status judge who worked for Jacob Javits, was appointed to the Federal Bench by Bill Clinton, has an MSW in addition to his JD and, to top it all off, studied International Law in Stockholm. In other words, a Labor Union's wet dream.

Does Goodell know something we don't or is he just as dumb as he seems?

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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell wants the league to conduct unannounced inspections of locker rooms, stadium press boxes and in-game communications equipment, and to lower the standard of proof needed for him to impose penalties on a team or person for cheating, according to a memo obtained by The Washington Post.

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PatsFanSince74 said:

Thanks, Deus.

I get worried, because it's hard to believe that Goodell is really so stupid. This has become a ginormous cluster-****, which gets ginormouser ever day to the extent that it's hard to comprehend what the League Office could be thinking.

Goodell's plan to have this heard in New York has now apparently backfired on him, because the case has apparently been assigned to a Senior Status judge who worked for Jacob Javits, was appointed to the Federal Bench by Bill Clinton, has an MSW in addition to his JD and, to top it all off, studied International Law in Stockholm. In other words, a Labor Union's wet dream.

Does Goodell know something we don't or is he just as dumb as he seems?

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Deus Irae said:

I keep saying it, and Goodell keeps demonstrating that I'm right:

Goodell is a True Believer and a crusader. Logic and facts are irrelevant once he believes something. Remember, this is the guy who demanded a lower standard of guilt in all this stuff.

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Deus Irae said:

2008:



http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/06/AR2008030603654.html

The signs were there with this clown, from day 1.

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letekro said:

The league looks great right now. Goodell went hard after perhaps the biggest star in the league, never backed down, and had his belief (and that of many others) confirmed that Brady had something to hide when he erased the phone. The story that has been written is that the Brady did SOMETHING (what it was is unimportant), lied about it, destroyed evidence and proved Goodell right for taking a principled stand from day 1. It is unlikely that any federal court decision is going to change this narrative, even if Brady gets the suspension reduced or overturned. Barring a miracle, it's really all over but the shouting.

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Deus Irae said:

You keep saying this. History disagrees with you.

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letekro said:

The league looks great right now. Goodell went hard after perhaps the biggest star in the league, never backed down, and had his belief (and that of many others) confirmed that Brady had something to hide when he erased the phone. The story that has been written is that the Brady did SOMETHING (what it was is unimportant), lied about it, destroyed evidence and proved Goodell right for taking a principled stand from day 1. It is unlikely that any federal court decision is going to change this narrative, even if Brady gets the suspension reduced or overturned. Barring a miracle, it's really all over but the shouting.

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RhodyPatriot said:

Dear Don,

Why does the NFL even know about Tom's switch in phones??
And if you, Don Yee, played any role at all in advising Brady to disclose that no-need-for-the-league-to-know-info to the NFL then Mr. Brady needs to fire you immediately.

You KNEW Goodell and Co. were/are dishonest media leaking snakes and YOU volunteer, you cough up info you never had to cough up about destroying a phone???

How f*%&king stupid can you be?????????

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RhodyPatriot said:

Dear Don,

Why does the NFL even know about Tom's switch in phones??
And if you, Don Yee, played any role at all in advising Brady to disclose that no-need-for-the-league-to-know-info to the NFL then Mr. Brady needs to fire you immediately.

You KNEW Goodell and Co. were/are dishonest media leaking snakes and YOU volunteer, you cough up info you never had to cough up about destroying a phone???

How f*%&king stupid can you be?????????

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