From Florio - Interesting commentary on judicial proceedings

I know that the judge can't "force" them to settle but could he simple rule against Brady if he decided that he wasn't being a sport with accepting a compromise from the NFL?

Froob said:

What will the haters say when the suspension get overturned? The court was on Krafty Bob's payroll?

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Unfortunately, they'll say Brady is a stinking cheater who got off light due to loopholes.

eom said:

of course it involves labor law, and I'm sure he's aware of that.
or, even if he wasn't, that's what pash is there for.

I'm also sure he doesn't give 2 craps about labor law and thinks, along with pash, that he can steamroll the issue.


http://adage.com/article/special-re...ash-general-counsel-exec-vp-labor-nfl/147922/

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Based on your quote there, I suspect Kraft has hated and butted heads with Pash for a long time, when they were collaborating on various league issues.

VectorPrime said:

I know that the judge can't "force" them to settle but could he simple rule against Brady if he decided that he wasn't being a sport with accepting a compromise from the NFL?

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I hope not. That would be flat out wrong. The judge is required to rule according to the letter of the law and precedence. He can't rule against someone in spite of that person not settling.

I'm seeing an exoneration after the NFL refuses to back down.

I think the Judge was essentially telling the NFL to back down by telling both parties to reach agreement, and that he would make public documents that the league wanted sealed.

If he's aware of the case, as has been reported, then he knows the Wells Report is ****. He knows Tom isn't backing down so that was basically for Goodell's ears.
"Put an end to this farce or I will."

Fencer said:

Based on your quote there, I suspect Kraft has hated and butted heads with Pash for a long time, when they were collaborating on various league issues.

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certainly possible

pash would've rep'd the league when belichick hired kessler to file the antitrust suit when he was chewing his leg off to get out of nyj -- that allowed kraft to poach him.

also, pash was lead attack dog in 2007 on cameragate, and here's a blurb from a story about that mcdaniels thing in denver with the video:

JEFF PASH: [re: camera gate] "I think with any disciplinary action, you have to focus on what exactly the facts are. Here you had, as best we can conclude, a single incident as opposed to, in New England, years of activity. You had an incident that, as best we could identify, was carried out by a single employee without direction from the coaching staff or anyone else at the club. That’s obviously different from what we saw in New England where the head coach was actively supervising the activity."

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fair catch fryar said:

Then why settle? Besides, I don't think the judge can "force" them to settle anything, can he?

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no, I'm no lawyer but I believe all he can do is threaten and rule either or.
he's threatening to push them into settlements outside court so his court isn't infested by this flea circus

eom said:

certainly possible

pash would've rep'd the league when belichick hired kessler to file the antitrust suit when he was chewing his leg off to get out of nyj -- that allowed kraft to poach him.

also, pash was lead attack dog in 2007 on cameragate, and here's a blurb from a story about that mcdaniels thing in denver with the video:

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I hate Jeff Pash. Snilving snake...