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We know how that worked for Carthage
I was pretty sure that the time for settlement was past when I found out that Goodell opened all of the Owners Meetings during his tenure by uttering: "amans patriae delenda est".
We know how that worked for Carthage
This is disgusting. I don't remember Peterson or Rice being treated like this. Did Brady kill somebody?
I was pretty sure that the time for settlement was past when I found out that Goodell opened all of the Owners Meetings during his tenure by uttering: "amans patriae delenda est".
We know how that worked for Carthage
Actually, the Carthago delenda est line was spoken (repeatedly) by Cato the elder, a Roman. So with Cato being Goodell and us being Carthage, and Carthage being destroyed and sowed with salt.... I'm thinking this was cool until your last line implying we're fu(ked.
Actually, the Carthago delenda est line was spoken (repeatedly) by Cato the elder, a Roman. So with Cato being Goodell and us being Carthage, and Carthage being destroyed and sowed with salt.... I'm thinking this was cool until your last line implying we're fu(ked.
Hey lawyer types...
Anyone know what typical 2nd Circuit appeals timelines are like? If Brady wins and the NFL then appeals is there any realistic chance CA2 would issue a decision before the Superbowl?
I'm also going to assume/hope that while the NFL might ask CA2 to stay Berman's order pending the appeal , CA2 would refuse to because if they did it would moot the case within literally a month. (Hmm -- that would be a sneaky way to make everything go away. Grant the stay and then when Brady has missed the 4 games say that the case has been mooted and dismiss it.)
Forty years for some of us. As I posted elsewhere, we are becoming educated from this. First it was the science with Ideal Gas Law then it was the law with jurisdiction and precedent, now it's Latin.patriae is fatherland or country...amans means loving I think...delenda est means must be destroyed
haven't thought of the dead language in 30 years...jeez
He thinks it is all out war? Huh, really?
Look I like and respect McCann a lot and I'm parsing words a little bit here, however, his proclamation of "I think this is all out war" is akin to Stalin on June 23, 1941 getting 200 intel reports from his western border then saying "I think we have a fight coming".
While my comparison is silly (even sillier if my dates are off ), the NFL/Goodell v NFLPA/Brady IS all out war. No "I think" qualifiers are needed. It might have been "I think" weeks ago or even 5 days ago. But now it's the NFL's version of the German invasion of Russia. And if this judge doesn't rule "article 46 is in force, doesn't matter that is appears a sham, case closed", the battle of Stalingrad and Kursk are coming because Goodell, much like Hitler [and in more ways than one], is WAY too committed to turn his tanks around while saying "sorry Joe, let's forget the whole thing" (and Herr Goodell is also finding out the hard way beating Poland/lesser name players is not the same as beating Russia/Brady).
I'm torn on this. On the downside it will take Brady away from the field, at minimum a little, in the twilight of his career. Realistically he has 3 or 4 years left (unless he blazes a new age trail). This framegate could drag on and be part of Brady's schedule/thought process/active name for 50% of his remaining NFL career. That completely sucks for a good guy, a good competitor, a good asset for the NFL, a player that the NFL should strive to have all around it's teams.
But on the upside this is exposing the ugly underbelly of a sport/entertainment that is so big it is modern Americana, a part of the American fabric. This ugly fiasco is forcing a few people to look at it and even a few to review past NFL "independent investigations" under Roger Goodell. It's getting a few prominent and respected people to seriously question the NFL and Goodell. So ultimatelyI don't give a sh!+ if it is etched on a tablet as the eleventh commandment that Goodell can make grossly unfair decisions and railroad people, what he/they have done is patently wrong and cannot/should not be allowed irregardless of 'power to do'. So this war, while it will take its toll on Brady, is sorely needed. It has to come due to the progression/the graph that is headed in a direction that says Goodell is going to cause something that will end up marring this part of Americana if not cause a national embarrassment. (unless one is to believe that Goodell will turn the progression around, self-correct and stop being dishonoest with the.............damn! I almost made to the end of typing that statement without laughing but I just couldn't make it).
This is disgusting. I don't remember Peterson or Rice being treated like this. Did Brady kill somebody?
I understand the sentiment DR. Hard to believe the NFL would stoop this low and go so all out simply just to have its way. Make no mistake this is now almost completely a fight about the NFL showing it can have its way whenever and however it wants. Goodell doesn't really care anymore, IMHO, about a stupid 4 game suspension. This about him/them proving they are all powerful - about them wanting to show they get their way in player matters, always.
So Brady's dogs might be small compared to the NFL's group of hounds, but Brady made far more public defiance noise than any other player before. Doing this Brady had to know he was going to get 'you mess with a multi billion dollar powerful bull you get the multi billion dollar industry horns'. The tentacles of the NFL were going to come from multiple directions right at Brady.
Goodell has predicated himself and his office on being a singularly powerful force that doles out harsh punishment to more than fit the media/public's outrage. His decisions get carried out and he doesn't back down/isn't made to back down. Every loss Goodell has taken was forced on him after a major fight -- and Goodell never backed down/softened his stances to any tangible degree in those losses. It's the school yard bully analogy: If the bully winces and turns away from a smaller guy raising his fists, everyone will see that and his bully power is now all but irrevocably diminished.
McCann said:There comes a point in any litigation when there is no turning back, when no settlement can be reached. It’s the moment when both sides are resigned to taking their chances with the judge or jury. Until then, they often wage all-out war. If Tom Brady and Roger Goodell fail to reach a settlement in their case, Friday will probably be remembered as the day when the point of no return was crossed and when the gloves truly came off.
In a seething memorandum filed to U.S. District Judge Richard Berman Friday night, attorneys for Brady ridiculed Goodell as incompetent and dishonest.
haven't thought of the dead language in 30 years...jeez
I thought the analogy was "if you stand up to the bully, he'll leave you alone". But Goodell is the bully who's now gotten the **** kicked out of him four times in a row... yet he still keeps bullying. Or trying to, at least.