NFL vs. Brady Federal Court Hearing (8/19) LIVE UPDATES AND TWEETS

Ben Volin @BenVolin
UPDATE: Hearing over after 2:15. No settlement. Judge Berman was very, very critical of NFL. Brady/NFLPA are making a good case

Matt Taibbi ‏@mtaibbi 9m9 minutes agoManhattan, NY
Also very noticeable: Judge Berman actually helped Kessler make a point by pointing out how useful Pash would have been as a witness.

Stephen Brown ‏@PPVSRB 11m11 minutes agoManhattan, NY
Berman: "There is a bit of a quantum leap from the finding of Mr. Wells to the finding of Mr. Goodell." (from general awareness to scheme)

Oh Boy.

I will say it again. Somebody is going down in a big ball of flames. Sure, you can fool the American public very easily. Getting them to hate someone they already dislike is easy.

Fooling a federal judge is a little harder. If we idiots on this site can poke a 100 holes in the NFLs report and tactics and story imagine what someone smarter than Kessler, Pash, Wells can do.

Chiuba E. Obele said:

Ben Volin @BenVolin
UPDATE: Hearing over after 2:15. No settlement. Judge Berman was very, very critical of NFL. Brady/NFLPA are making a good case

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Volin reported some actual facts today...but he has no idea what time it is.

No one in the NFL knows how to play well in the sandbox and I think I learned how to do that in kindergarten.

Stephen Brown ‏@PPVSRB 11m11 minutes agoManhattan, NY
Berman: "There is a bit of a quantum leap from the finding of Mr. Wells to the finding of Mr. Goodell." (from general awareness to scheme)

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They don't understand IDL and you expect them to get the concept of quantum????

BradyFTW! said:

After Breer's last tweet, I believe that that report from 'league sources' was another false leak from the NFL to try to make Brady look guilty. Same underhanded tactics as they've used all along. I'm just surprised that Schefter would fall for it, after seeing what went down with Mort.

Hopefully he knows how to issue a retraction, at least.

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Even if it is a false leak, it's a pointless one, because settlement offers will be moot once Berman will rules on the issue.

"League sources", the supreme source of truth and integri.... I can not even finish that word.

Nfl making stuff up as they go along

At this point Berman should tell the NFL. "Guys you can leave on your own or we will throw you out, Chose now."

"which of the 4 games was for tampering vs non-cooperation?"

is this the winner?

JDot said:

Stephen Brown ‏@PPVSRB 11m11 minutes agoManhattan, NY
Berman: "There is a bit of a quantum leap from the finding of Mr. Wells to the finding of Mr. Goodell." (from general awareness to scheme)

Oh Boy.

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I can't help it. The excitement inside me is growing.

Stephen Brown ‏@PPVSRB 2m2 minutes agoManhattan, NY
Berman also wanted to know how Goodell settled on four game suspension.

Stephen Brown ‏@PPVSRB 2m2 minutes agoManhattan, NY
Berman: "Which of the four games were for ball tampering and which were for non cooperation?"

Stephen Brown ‏@PPVSRB 1m1 minute agoManhattan, NY
Berman: "The next time someone tampers with a ball but cooperates, what suspension would he get?"

TommyD4207 said:

Volin reported some actual facts today...but he has no idea what time it is.

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Volin must have found a scrap of paper from an actual reporter on the ground. There is no way he can report factually that the NFL took a beating twice in a week all by himself. So I doubt the MCI came up with this all by himself. Hell, the only reason he went to New York is for Goodell to sign his Jets jersey.

After all of these reports I find it extremely difficult to buy the leak that Brady will accept punishment. Either they twisted something to make it sound bad or it's blatantly false.

If the NFLPA is making a really great case it makes zero sense for Brady to take any kind of suspension.

Stephen Brown @PPVSRB
Nash: "Brady was not just generally aware. He was involved." Berman: "Why doesn't it say that?"

Stephen Brown ‏@PPVSRB 2m2 minutes agoManhattan, NY
Berman: "Which of the four games were for ball tampering and which were for non cooperation?"
Stephen Brown ‏@PPVSRB 1m1 minute agoManhattan, NY
Berman: "The next time someone tampers with a ball but cooperates, what suspension would he get?"

Stephen Brown ‏@PPVSRB 6m6 minutes agoManhattan, NY
Nash: "Brady was not just generally aware. He was involved." Berman: "Why doesn't it say that?"

Stephen Brown ‏@PPVSRB 47s47 seconds agoManhattan, NY
Berman: How did he pick steroid use to explain he suspended Mr. Brady four games?"