Steph - Answering Your Deflategate Legal Questions

http://www.stradleylaw.com/deflategate-legal-questions/

This is great

How could Robert Kraft trust the system when other players and teams have got hosed by it before?

For the same reason that most people love tough-on-crime legislation until they get accused of something and find the meat grinder of a system to be unfair.

People notice things that affect themselves more than things that affect others.

Anytime that there is league discipline, one fanbase tends to see all the unfairness with the system, and the other 31 laugh and point. There were significant problems with the Bullygate and Bountygate investigations, but unless you are a part of the Dolphin or Saint fanbases, you likely didn’t notice them. Who is going to stick up for Richie Incognito on anything? Nobody is pro-bounties. Unless you have a reason to notice the problems with process, you likely have no idea.

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This is so true! Sad but true! Even I am guilty of this.

Tried to post some questions but always tells me the Kapchas are wrong regardless whether I refresh them or not.

Two fantastic write-ups posted back-to-back. Love Steph and Sally!

She makes some great points and lays it out nicely. I think it's fair to say she believes the Patriots were railroaded--whether deflation occurred or not--but that at this point it's in the hands of lawyers and the court and anything could happen.

I hate where this has gone, it's no longer (if it ever was) about deflation, about truth, but instead about semantics and what kind of mood the judge is in. Never mind that even if Brady wins his legacy is forever tarnished. Even a defamation suit, a far tougher road than this appeal, wouldn't clear his name.

All because no one knew about the ideal gas law and someone at the league thought it'd be fun to spark a firestorm with the Mortenson leak. So friggin sad.

Shes good. Thanks for sharing.

I agree... keep on bumping.

Patriot Missile said:

Tried to post some questions but always tells me the Kapchas are wrong regardless whether I refresh them or not.

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Tweet her, she is great https://twitter.com/StephStradley

I think I'm in love. Don't tell my wife

Ross12 said:

I think I'm in love. Don't tell my wife

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I had the same thoughts. If I was single and she was blind we might have a shot.

What I just cannot understand is that this is not a slam dunk according to most including Stradley. Whether courts like to get involved in labor disputes or not, unfairness needs to be checked. The timing of filing by the league should be looked upon with disdain. It also is the look of a guilty party trying to get ahead of the game. Goodell overstepped his bounds several times. It's painfully obvious.

This is Tom Brady’s fault. He should have just not cheated and then this wouldn’t have happened, right?

Despite all the blahblablee words in the Wells Report and the NFL rulings....

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Love the assessment of the Wells report.

Dr Pain said:

I had the same thoughts. If I was single and she was blind we might have a shot.

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Are you saying you're a butterface (male version obviously)

Edit: If you ever decide to serenade her.

She does a great job of explaining how parts of the law work.

hambone1818 said:

Two fantastic write-ups posted back-to-back. Love Steph and Sally!

She makes some great points and lays it out nicely. I think it's fair to say she believes the Patriots were railroaded--whether deflation occurred or not--but that at this point it's in the hands of lawyers and the court and anything could happen.

I hate where this has gone, it's no longer (if it ever was) about deflation, about truth, but instead about semantics and what kind of mood the judge is in. Never mind that even if Brady wins his legacy is forever tarnished. Even a defamation suit, a far tougher road than this appeal, wouldn't clear his name.

All because no one knew about the ideal gas law and someone at the league thought it'd be fun to spark a firestorm with the Mortenson leak. So friggin sad.

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Where's the Sally piece??

vyrago said:

Where's the Sally piece??

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here

http://www.patsfans.com/new-england-patriots/messageboard/threads/sallys-back.1121742/

Patriot Missile said:

Tried to post some questions but always tells me the Kapchas are wrong regardless whether I refresh them or not.

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kapchas might be worse than ted wells

some of them have an audio button on them - check that out

I just guest posted and there was no captcha

eom said:

kapchas might be worse than ted wells

some of them have an audio button on them - check that out

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Actually, Wells and captchas are one in the same - they both look ridiculous, both are hard to understand, and even if you do it right, you're still wrong.

Ross12 said:

Actually, Wells and captchas are one in the same - they both look ridiculous, both are hard to understand, and even if you do it right, you're still wrong.

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perfect

I just sent her a response on her official page....maybe she won't even give a damn like every other attorney/media source I've reached out to over the years. Then again,maybe she will.

"
I see you've become involved in this Goodelgaroo atrocity called
Deflategate. I am one of the documented biggest anti-Goodell NFL fans in
this country. Have been since he sleazed his way in as commissioner
over a far more qualified individual WITH a real law degree. I have
documented proof that this man has been LYING since he was first hired
as a Jet intern and in fact, well before. Do me one small favor...read
his NFL official bio, then read his Williams and Jefferson "Noted
Alumni" bio. I can SHOW you P-R-O-O-F that he IS and has been
obfuscating the truth since he was elected commissioner.

I will not go further right now than to say this...YOU can do a cursory
search, or your staff can , and find this information on the Net.

Roger Goodell CLAIMS he was raised in western NY and was a Redskin fan
his whole life because his Dad was a US senator. Roger Goodell went to
Bronxville High School in EASTERN NY , right near the Conn. border, was a
three sport star and a RABID NY JET FAN. I sent inquiries out to his
graduated classmates at Bronxville and out of 60 + inquiries received 16
back, every single one of them confirming him,Roger Goodell, as a well
known Jet fan who took other members of the football team at Bronxville
High to a box his father procured for him in the Meadowlands as a
teenager . You can easily get the list of seniors in his class like I
did.

Roger Goodell claims in his bio that he was a Magna Cum Laude graduate
of Washington and Jefferson College. I called the college and spoke to
the Dean of Academic Affairs. No record of this Magna Cum Laude given to
a R. Stokoe Goodell. Perhaps YOU can ask them in a capacity as an
attorney. In his bio Roger Goodlell claims THIS...

"He wanted to work for the NFL after college, and so he wrote letters to
the central office and to each of the 28 teams in hopes of getting an
internship. Although many people told him that all his letters would be
ignored and he received many rejections, his persistence paid off. He
landed a three-month internship in Commissioner Pete Rozelle’s office
just a year out of college. And, except for a one-year internship with
the New York Jets in 1983, Goodell has been at the league office ever
since."

Pretty nice story...if it was written by Hans Christian Anderson. Once
again he is obfuscating ESTABLISHED fact. In 2006 his resume read "first
job-intern New York Jets". In this edited W+J bio , he claims he worked
for the league FIRST as an intern BEFORE The Jets...you see it? He
landed a three month internship a YEAR OUT OF college. BUT...here's the
official NFL hiring policy from THEIR official NFL site...now remember
HIS words he's stating as FACT..he got a three month summer intern slot a
YEAR out of college.

http://www.nfl.com/careers/internships
"SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

NFL Summer Internship Program participants have the opportunity to
contribute to the organization's success while receiving an unmatched,
behind-the-scenes learning experience. Though interns work within
specific departments, they are able to explore all aspects of the
business of professional football through speaker presentations,
mentoring relationships and networking opportunities.

Selected applicants are placed within the NFL based on interest,
experience, academic coursework, and the NFL's business needs. Past
assignments at the League Office have included the following
departments: Communications & Public Affairs, Community Affairs,
Consumer Products, Events, Finance & Accounting, Football
Operations, Human Resources, Information Technology, Internal Audit,
International, Labor & Legal, Marketing & Sales, and Media. The
program starts in early June and lasts approximately 8-9 weeks.

Eligibility:
Please note that is program is only open to undergraduate juniors
students with an overall GPA of at least 3.0 and law students (for the
Legal Internships) in the top half of their class.

Applications:
Please note that is program is only open to undergraduate juniors
students with an overall GPA of at least 3.0 and law students (for the
Legal Internships) in the top half of their class. "

Perhaps YOU can figure out how R. Stokoe Goodell got an internship a
YEAR OUT OF COLLEGE that, by the NFL's own policy, is only available to
undergraduates.

This is only the tip of the black iceberg that is Roger Goodell's tenure
as commissioner of the NFL. I sincerely hope you take a cursory look at
not only THIS information, but ALL the relevant information as it
pertains to the forthrightness, or lack thereof, of Roger Goodell. Thank
you for your time.

Joseph Kerr(sic)..age 64...graduate BU school of engineering, '73...son of
R.I. State Trooper Robert Kerr and brother of former IRS investigator
Robert D.

Hey, I look at it this way..nothing ventured, nothing gained. If there is even a scintilla of momentum gained by this contact in the investigation of Goodell's history of lies and obfuscations, it was worth the shot, right?