Steph - Answering Your Deflategate Legal Questions

Not Baltimore or Indy, maybe NYJ?

TommyD4207 said:

Is the owner's name Michael Felger?

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Sort of. The actual name is Michael Volin Tanguay Kravitz Doyle Irsay Russo.

ViperGTS said:

Sort of. The actual name is Michael Volin Tanguay Kravitz Doyle Irsay Russo.

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Oh, of the Massarotti Russos.

SVN said:

Stephanie Stradley ‏@StephStradley 18m18 minutes ago
Owner claim of *secret* unrevealed evidence = no actual evidence. So cowardly MT @BostonGlobe: http://bos.gl/kjO0lV3



IS this owner serious ?

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How long what, exactly, has been going on? The Ideal gas law?

SVN said:

Stephanie Stradley ‏@StephStradley 18m18 minutes ago
Owner claim of *secret* unrevealed evidence = no actual evidence. So cowardly MT @BostonGlobe: http://bos.gl/kjO0lV3



IS this owner serious ?

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is it woody johnson?

nice of the nfl to hold back so as not to make brady look bad.

PatsFanJess said:

How long what, exactly, has been going on? The Ideal gas law?

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It hasn't. It doesn't exist. The theory is false.

-Theodore "Impartial" Wells

If the NFL has evidence that it hasn't released by the time the case goes to a federal court in which precedent for the future interpretation of the CBA could be set then that is the single stupidest thing the league office has done since this episode began. And the league office has already done a whole lot of very stupid things. I find it remarkable that whoever the owner is doesn't realize how damning that would be for the integrity and competence of the league if it were true - far more so than it would be for Brady or the Pats. Any owner who would spread that rumor in the hope of casting doubt on Brady's case is either oblivious or willing to burn down the whole house as long as the Pats burn with it.

Pretty much just confirms how irrational some of the owners are acting in all of this. You know how some people keep saying "but why would the league slander one of its biggest stars?" They're trying to apply rational arguments to what has become a completely irrational process.

Violin's source was probably a Packers owner, he met a guy with a cheesehead on at the game who owned 1 share in the Packers, who was drunk when Ben met him in the Beer line.

They (NFL*) are obviously holding something back. If they were to release it, it might cause a rift in the space-time continuum and the expert scientists at Exponent have warned them of the catastrophes that might occur as a result.

patsfan13 said:

Violin's source was probably a Packers owner, he met a guy with a cheesehead on at the game who owned 1 share in the Packers, who was drunk when Ben met him in the Beer line.

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Yeah, they shared a Google moment.

The evidence and report have been finalized, cannot hold "anything back", the evidence has been introduced along with all of the supporting documentation..

Cannot just bring up new stuff, maybe Roger could(if this does exist) have Kensil leak it to one of the mediots camped in the hallway waiting for a crumb or two...

If they had and more information on Brady and his alleged shenanigans, they would have already used it... if they bring it up at a later date, that would be harassment...

The currently litigation and all its issues are already on the proverbial table.. we are beginning to enter that "Tomasian Alternative Universe".. where "I heard from the guy" or "could've happened" is the standard of evidence.

The Patriots are so far into the owners heads they can't sleep at night...they leave the lights on and close the closet doors. The "boogie men" will get them and they think Goodell is their last hope of survival.

PatsWSB47 said:

The Patriots are so far into the owners heads they can't sleep at night...they leave the lights on and close the closet doors. The "boogie men" will get them and they think Goodell is their last hope of survival.

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Are the Pats collecting rent??

The Pats are so far up their butts they want to change the name to the New England Proctologists..

"We don't even know how long this has been going on."

I see the owners are not even as up to speed as Kensil on IGL. There is no this that has been going on - unless he means natural deflation in which case it has been going on since Creation.

patsfan13 said:

Violin's source was probably a Packers owner, he met a guy with a cheesehead on at the game who owned 1 share in the Packers, who was drunk when Ben met him in the Beer line.

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Felger does have a share of Packers stock. Just sayin'.

turkeyneck said:

"We don't even know how long this has been going on."

I see the owners are not even as up to speed as Kensil on IGL. There is no this that has been going on - unless he means natural deflation in which case it has been going on since Creation.

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It's entirely possible the "owner" was talking about the league in general by that statement, and not necessarily the Patriots. Run it through the Mac n Cheese filter, and then maybe you get that spin.

cmasspatsfan said:

Not Baltimore or Indy, maybe NYJ?

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I wish there were a BINGO button!

Unsourced. Unconfirmed. No specifics (even on background). No look at source motivation.
Not reporting!
Boston Globe!

Steph Stradley is responding to Volin on tweeter with too much respect. I've called her out on it. Join in.

More goodness from Steph posted this morning: http://www.stradleylaw.com/deflategate-legal-judge-berman-speaks/

jemmer said:

More goodness from Steph posted this morning: http://www.stradleylaw.com/deflategate-legal-judge-berman-speaks/

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A nice quote from that post:

Pretty much the worst thing you can say about your opposing lawyer's position is stating with specificity how they are misleading the court on both the law and facts. Yes, lawyers have an ethical obligation to represent their clients "zealously." They also have an obligation to demonstrate candor to the court, and not to mislead the judge on the applicable facts and law.

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