2nd Circuit Agrees to Expedite NFL Appeal - orals no earlier than 2/1/16

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has agreed to expedite the NFL's appeal of Berman's decision.

The briefing schedule will be:

• NFL opening brief due by 26 October
• NFLPA answering brief due by 7 December
• NFL reply brief due by 21 December

Oral argument will be set "as early as the week of February 1, 2016".

So we may well get oral arguments during Superbowl week. This also guarantees once and for all that no decision will be made before the end of the full 2015 season.

It would be awesome if fresh off a SB win, Brady and his team proceed to kick Goodell's butt for a second and hopefully final time on this nonsense.

I really hope that the 2nd Circuit holds the oral arguments AFTER the SB. Just so that distraction isn't there. Regardless of who is playing in it..

DaBruinz said:

I really hope that the 2nd Circuit holds the oral arguments AFTER the SB. Just so that distraction isn't there. Regardless of who is playing in it..

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I wonder if that's something the NFLPA can validly ask?

Hell, if the NFL had any INTEGRITY* it would ask for that as well.

QuantumMechanic said:

I wonder if that's something the NFLPA can validly ask?

Hell, if the NFL had any INTEGRITY* it would ask for that as well.

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I thought in their original request they both asked for orals in January? Maybe the 2nd Circuit is wiser than both.

A lot will be made of that 2/1 date in the NFL media, like its some kind of a superbowl stick to wave over the Pats' head. But the fact is that date is merely a starting point for consideration. It is far from a firm date for the start of oral arguments. Besides Brady has nothing to do with this appeal. The only ones being disturbed will be the lawyers.

In all likelihood the superbowl will be well over before oral arguments start. Remember the SOLE purpose of the expedited hearing is to get this all settled BEFORE next year's camp. This is more for Brady's benefit than the League's. It is a good thing.

Don't forget there is a reason the NFL is 0-5 in Federal Court. Also consider this, the NFL had better cases in ALL the previous loses, than they do with the Brady case.

Five years from now, the NFL will be asking the Supreme Court to uphold the four game suspension.

How much NFL money are they pissing away on this and is it possible owners will come together and stop it?

RayClay said:

How much NFL money are they pissing away on this and is it possible owners will come together and stop it?

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A lot, and it doesn't appear so.

We'll see, there's lots of time between now and then.

venecol said:

I thought in their original request they both asked for orals in January? Maybe the 2nd Circuit is wiser than both.

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No. They requested the expedited hearing for the January 2016 session. It's a matter of what is already on the docket as to when they actually get heard..

RayClay said:

How much NFL money are they pissing away on this and is it possible owners will come together and stop it?

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They wont, it hasnt effected the brand, yet

I assume that this Carton clown has offered a public mea culpa for reporting false information from unnamed sources.

Yawn.

MitchKumstein said:

I assume that this Carton clown has offered a public mea culpa for reporting false information from unnamed sources.

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This whole "deflategate" fiasco is leaving a heap of delegitimized reporters in its wake...

Jimke said:

Five years from now, the NFL will be asking the Supreme Court to uphold the four game suspension.

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Following that, they'll seek to appeal to some interplanetary body...

aluminum seats said:

Following that, they'll seek to appeal to some interplanetary body...

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Damn that Galactic Empire. I hope the super advanced Aliens understand the Ideal Gas Law...

Sadly, the Pope appears a bit too friendly to science for him to offer an avenue.

Jimke said:

Five years from now, the NFL will be asking the Supreme Court to uphold the four game suspension.

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Funny thing is this is only halfway a joke. I don't doubt that something like this could happen, though I don't know what the statute of limitation is on some ridiculousness like this. I can't even believe the NFL is still pursuing this BS. But then again . . .

Darth Sidious will preside. His opening remark to Goodell* and the NYJFL* team:

"Let the butthurt flow."

Jimke said:

Five years from now, the NFL will be asking the Supreme Court to uphold the four game suspension.

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The day after Brady retires the final ruling will be handed down