I am confident that Brady's suspension will be vacated. My concern is how this will be vacated.
Hoping for a minimum of Lack of Notice.
I'm with you but still worried.
As far as Notice, I see all of the following defects with Notice
1) Vincent punished 100% on the Wells report. No one has ever been punished for 'general awareness' and no rule states you can be. Wells testified that his report was based upon finding a violation of the Playing rules, which do not apply to players.
2) The policy he was punished under does not apply to players.
3) There is no policy that says you can be suspended for lack of cooperation.
4) Precedent. Feeley, Minn Vs Carolina, SD. Gostkowski as well since he was not punished for not giving his phone.
5) The arbitrator justified the punishment under the steroid policy which does not state ball deflation is included, nor is there any policy that makes it equivalent.
6) Peterson case
7) There is no policy that states you must provide your personal phone when asked or that you can be suspended if you do not.
8) There is an equipment policy with clear detail of fines, and there has never been an equipment violation that received more than the minimum fine.
I'm sure there are other variations I missed, but any one of these and its all over.