Official 9/2 Decision Day(Prob Not) News Updates and Links Thread

fumbrunner said:

It's gonna be a long couple days

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Vegetable lasagna

My sources are telling me don't rule out the death penalty. If nobody appeals it, it will stand.

BradyFTW! said:

He acknowledged that doing that wouldn't hold up on appeal, since legally all Berman can do is affirm or vacate the award. Florio's speculating that maybe if Berman handed down a 2 game suspension, neither side would appeal.

To the contrary, I'm pretty sure both sides would appeal that (is that even possible?) since neither would be getting the only thing that really matters to them. NFL wants acknowledgement that Article 46 is all-powerful, Brady wants vindication. It's a stupid theory, and Florio really should have stopped with that line of thought the moment he arrived at "legally, the judge is not allowed to do this..." and before he somehow found his way to "...but if it maybe doesn't get appealed, who cares??"

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Exactly if they wouldn't appeal that why wouldnt they have settled for that?

My productivity is so bad at work this week. Thanks a lot, Berman.

Ross12 said:

My productivity is so bad at work this week. Thanks a lot, Berman.

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Hashtag refresh.

Ross12 said:

My productivity is so bad at work this week. Thanks a lot, Berman.

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Who do you blame for all the other weeks?

Galeb said:

Who do you blame for all the other weeks?

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Goodell

Galeb said:

Who do you blame for all the other weeks?

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Roger Goodell, probably.

The patriots start their season, as defending Super Bowl champions, next Thursday, and they still don't know who their starting quarterback is going to be.

I'll say it for the millionth time, this is absolutely unbelievable.

Florio pointing out that Berman "could" compromise with a 2-game ban is proof that we've now stretched this out to the furthest point possible.

Yes or No. Let's get on with it.

Galeb said:

Who do you blame for all the other weeks?

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Das Kömmisioner

ANGR89 said:

Just heard something on the radio that made me chuckle.....that Brady should do a cameo in the new concussion movie, especially if they uphold the suspension, kind of like a iyour face to goddell and the nfl office. Lol

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absolutely. First thing I thought when I read the NYT front page article this morning. Either a cameo or a brief exchange with the Will Smith character in post production. The piece in the Times, based on the hacked emails, suggested that Sony allowed the NFL to influence the story line. What a way for Sony to slap that down...and raise the Buzz at release time;

Berman will uphold the suspension and announce it Friday @5:30 before the long weekend, then flee the country and retire to some sunny beach in the Carribean compliments of 345 Park Ave.

Brady has got to win this one. According to Daniel Wallach, less than 10% of decision that make it to the Second Circuit Court, are ever reversed after appeal.

Well, what happens, happens. If he loses, he loses. But you know what? He didn't capitulate. He maintained his innocence, he fought like we all wanted/expected him to. That's really the bright side here.

Bella*chick said:

Well, what happens, happens. If he loses, he loses. But you know what? He didn't capitulate. He maintained his innocence, he fought like we all wanted/expected him to. That's really the bright side here.

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Hey, if I was Tom Brady's Father I'd be thinking, "If I had a son, I'd want him to be exactly like Tom Effin Brady."

Albert Breer ‏@AlbertBreer 51s51 seconds ago
One of the keys for Judge Berman now is making his ruling appeal-proof, which is one reason why this could be taking a little longer ...

Chiuba E. Obele said:

Albert Breer ‏@AlbertBreer 51s51 seconds ago
One of the keys for Judge Berman now is making his ruling appeal-proof, which is one reason why this could be taking a little longer ...

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bad news if this goes against brady.

Chiuba E. Obele said:

Albert Breer ‏@AlbertBreer 51s51 seconds ago
One of the keys for Judge Berman now is making his ruling appeal-proof, which is one reason why this could be taking a little longer ...

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And I'd tend to think that this would be of the utmost importance if he ruled for Brady (vacation of the award).

Reasons being twofold:
a.) Brady is less likely to appeal (should he 'lose') given the potential of missing time later in the season.
b.) The bar was set high for Brady to begin with. Should he choose to 'appeal the appeal', the chances of him winning said appeal would be infinitesimally small.

The opposites apply should he rule against the NFL. The NFL would very likely appeal Berman's vacation, and moreover, the bar would be set lower for them (with regard to providing satisfactory evidence for an overturning of Berman's ruling).

In other words, Berman needs a particularly strong ruling should he side with Brady. The wording, legal language, etc would need to be impeccable. This would be less important should he rule in favor of the NFL.

Just another ruling in favor of management in a labor arbitration case is pretty much appeal-proof already.

Having the courage to do the right thing and side with Brady is the position that takes some work to make appeal-proof.

edit: or yeah, what dreighver said!