Official Brady vs. NFL Federal Court 8/12 Thread (LIVE UPDATES)

Todd Bradley · Aug 12, 2015

SVN said:
Stephanie Stradley ‏@StephStradley 8m8 minutes ago
.@beanie402 @uhatremblay @PPVSRB Deflation can happen for natural reasons--no big deal. Judge signaled he didn't need to be sold by Kessler

Good to know that Judge Berman realizes that science is an actual thing and not a myth like the NYFL office...

Gronkowski123 · Aug 12, 2015

KontradictioN said:

that's all they need...they have nothing.
this whole thing is a joke.

rochrist · Aug 12, 2015

Elijah said:
I don't like the way Kessler is getting all worked up. It could make him look unprofessional to the judge. We all understand the cause to get more than a little emotional about this, but the lawyer in charge of making all this go away should probably be a bit more reserved.

Pretty sure Kessler knows the lines he can and cannot cross. This isn't his first rodeo.

reflexblue · Aug 12, 2015

Chiuba E. Obele said:
Mike Loyko ‏@NEPD_Loyko 22s22 seconds ago
.@AdamSchefter and Sall said "Berman told the NFL that they better come to grips that a settlement in favor of the NFLPA is very possible"

TOUCH DOWN !!!!!!

Zeus · Aug 12, 2015

SVN said:
I think this was awesome point by the judge

Kevin Duffy ‏@KevinRDuffy 1m1 minute ago
This was the most important exchange to the point made in my previous tweet.

Seems to me that this is The Kill Shot. Nash admits that they have no direct evidence that Brady did anything with respect to the inflation of balls for the AFC Championship game.

Hoodie · Aug 12, 2015

Jim Armstrong from WBZ was there but couldn't tweet because of restrictions. He's reviewing now. Thought this was interesting for color.

patsinthesnow · Aug 12, 2015

@PatriotsInform: Wow, Sal Pal already saying that he thinks this will be 0 for 5 for the NFL in its legal cases. Bold statement.

Gronkowski123 · Aug 12, 2015

roger kosack sucking goodell's balls on espn.
this guy is a lap dog

next hearing in a week brady and goodell will take the stand. LOL

Soul_Survivor88 · Aug 12, 2015

patsinthesnow said:
In the end when Tom is freed and Goodell is destroyed, it will still be madness the NFL will get away with the theft of a 1st round pick. Whatever I guess.

Yeah, I've been thinking about that the whole time. I could be the only one who believes this....I think losing a 1st round draft pick is worse than having Brady suspended for four games

SHOWTIME15 · Aug 12, 2015

i feel like today was the best day for our side in this deflategate saga (so far)

BostonWolverine · Aug 12, 2015

On Sportscenter right now- Schefter and Sal Pal said the hearings were a big win for Brady. Schefter was inside the courtroom.

Roger Cossack saying that it wasn't a big win for Brady.

JR4 · Aug 12, 2015

HOLD the optimism. What Berman did today was try to get people to think about their positions.
Consider "Are you right or wrong?" he seems to be encouraging. If He can lead the sides to see problems with their position maybe it will help them settle.

The next court date will be about CBA procedure violations. It probably won't matter if the balls were intentionally deflated but only the if Goodell believed they were and will focus on possible CBA procedure violations. That may not go Brady's way.
The hearing today was just to get the sides to think about their position. IMO.

5thRing-Hunt · Aug 12, 2015

Chiuba E. Obele said:
Mike Loyko ‏@NEPD_Loyko 22s22 seconds ago
.@AdamSchefter and Sall said "Berman told the NFL that they better come to grips that a settlement in favor of the NFLPA is very possible"

Adam is the only person in the media you can trust so if true this is great news

ctpatsfan77 · Aug 12, 2015

Chiuba E. Obele said:
Yeah, I've been thinking about that the whole time. I could be the only one who believes this....I think losing a 1st round draft pick is worse than having Brady suspended for four games

OTOH, Kraft appears to disagree; apparently he felt that in the grand scheme of things, four games of Brady > a first-round pick.

[Yes, I know the argument that losing a first-round pick hurts, but it does increase the money available for resigning their own upcoming FAs.]

ANGR89 · Aug 12, 2015

I really have no business being at work right now. Lol keep the updates coming

Ross12 · Aug 12, 2015

Frame the discussion like this:

Judge: So we are here deciding whether person A is guilty of knowing about person B possibly murdering person C. Do you have any evidence?

Prosecution: Well there's texts from half a year prior that we infer are a discussion about wanting to murder person D.

We're not f***ing talking about person D, we are talking about person C. If you want to punish over a plot to kill person D, save that for another case. That doesn't relate to this case.

Zeus · Aug 12, 2015

Odds are that Commissioner Scheisskopf thinks the hearing went very well for the NFL and sees no need to consider a settlement.

TommyD4207 · Aug 12, 2015

ctpatsfan77 said:
Using the first question would be like suspending Matt Ryan because the Falcons pumped in fake noise.

I winnered you, because THIS IS EXACTLY ON POINT AS TO WHAT THIS ALL IS.

This would be punishing Matt Ryan for the Falcons pumping in crowd noise, or suspending Joe Thomas for Ray Farmer sending text messages from the press box.

SHOWTIME15 · Aug 12, 2015

JR4 said:
HOLD the optimism. What Berman did today was try to get people to think about their positions.
Consider "Are you right or wrong?" he seems to be encouraging. If He can lead the sides to see problems with their position maybe it will help them settle.

The next court date will be about CBA procedure violations. It probably won't matter if the balls were intentionally deflated but only the if Goodell believed they were and will focus on possible CBA procedure violations. That may not go Brady's way.
The hearing today was just to get the sides to think about their position. IMO.

go away

Todd Bradley · Aug 12, 2015

It's pathetic to see a billion dollar corporation cling for dear life to something so false, insignificant and minuscule that tarnishes not only their reputation, but one of their most profitable players and organizations.

Give it up. Yeah, that Patriots win a lot. Deal with it.

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