Updated: Judge Tells Brady No Need To Attend 8/19 Settlement Hearing

FCB02062 said:

****ing moron Bert breer: "I think Brady would take a game and a fine"....

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Based on absolutely nothing. Idle speculation based on nothing at all is always an exercise in futility, but for a "journalist" to do it is just ridiculous.

The same guys saying crap like "he'll take a game and a fine" now are the ones who were utterly convinced he would never take it to court in the first place.

They should probably wait until the judge actually rules and see what he says before they start forming opinions, then again their opinion was formed day 1.

brady should attend tomorrow's meetings anyway, especially if goodell is there.

Gronkowski123 said:

brady should attend tomorrow's meetings anyway, especially if goodell is there.

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To me there is a difference between "it's up to you" and " you don't need to be here".

Brady already went to NY. He was there. The Judge told him "you do not need to be here tomorrow".

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They should probably wait until the judge actually rules and see what he says before they start forming opinions, then again their opinion was formed day 1.

Gronkowski123 said:

brady should attend tomorrow's meetings anyway, especially if goodell is there.

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Berman told him TODAY to not bother, IOW no deal, Berman will pull the trigger. May even get the decision this week.

When the judge tells you to not stay in town you leave.

The Twitter feed tomorrow will be EPIC.

He must be so guilty he didn't even feel like he should bother showing up. Amirite?
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Judge said "Tom, you go practice now. I'm gonna drop the hammah on these sumbeeches like it's nevah been dropped before, you best believe!"

cmasspatsfan said:

They should probably wait until the judge actually rules and see what he says before they start forming opinions, then again their opinion was formed day 1.

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OPINION lies between FACT and BELIEF. FACT is the product of SCIENCE. BELIEF is the product of RELIGION. FACT and BELIEF are generally defensible with reason, given accepted basic assumptions. OPINION is generally indefensible and the weakest form of argument.

I interpret this to mean that a settlement is not going to happen but we knew this all along.

It's in Berman's hands now. Let's just hope justice prevails.

YOUGOTMOSSED said:

I interpret this to mean that a settlement is not going to happen but we knew this all along.

It's in Berman's hands now. Let's just hope justice prevails.

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Agreed. I am slightly encouraged by the Judge telling Brady he doesn't need to be there when Brady has already appeared twice and it appears that so far, Rog has thumbed his nose at the process.

PatsDeb said:

Agreed. I am slightly encouraged by the Judge telling Brady he doesn't need to be there when Brady has already appeared twice and it appears that so far, Rog has thumbed his nose at the process.

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I've never had the pleasure of appearing before Berman but I'm encouraged by what I've read in the transcripts. He seems to understand that the NFL's case is garbage. No evidence of artificial deflation and no evidence that this gave the Patriots any advantage.

The question is: will he just mindlessly follow the "deference to the arbitrator" line of thinking or will he refuse to let the NFL/Goodell just run roughshod?

Froob said:

He must be so guilty he didn't even feel like he should bother showing up. Amirite?
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Tom Brady heading down I-95 in a white Ford Bronco per source.

signbabybrady said:

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Tom Brady heading down I-95 in a white Ford Bronco per source.

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They've identified the driver as a man known just as Kramer.

parthasas said:

on a side note, what happened to the contempt hearing goodell had to attend last week?

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I've been wondering the same thing. Didn't it turn into a "settlement negotiation" too? Still odd that there's no easily-found media mention.

Adam Schefter ‏@AdamSchefter 2h2 hours ago
Roger Goodell, Tom Brady and lawyers met today in settlement talks with Magistrate Judge James Francis, but "got nowhere", per source.

JJC said:

OPINION lies between FACT and BELIEF. FACT is the product of SCIENCE. BELIEF is the product of RELIGION. FACT and BELIEF are generally defensible with reason, given accepted basic assumptions. OPINION is generally indefensible and the weakest form of argument.

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I sort of get what you're going for, but I think you fell asleep in Philosophy 101.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/08/18/sports/football/ap-fbn-patriots-brady.html

The people, who spoke on condition of anonymity Tuesday because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the case, said the talks occurred away from the Manhattan federal court handling the case. The location was not disclosed.

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SVN said:

Adam Schefter ‏@AdamSchefter 2h2 hours ago
Roger Goodell, Tom Brady and lawyers met today in settlement talks with Magistrate Judge James Francis, but "got nowhere", per source.

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LOL. I can't imagine that meeting lasting more than 20 minutes.

Goodell: 'Hi, Tom"
Brady: <crickets>

I can't help but wonder how Judge Berman feels about the fact that a dipstick like Goodell is pulling in about $40M/year while he's making about $200k/year?