Goodell publicly admits Deflategate litigation is about control, not PSI

Goodell publicly admits Deflategate litigation is about control, not PSI

John Morgan

Goodell has been exposed as a liar during the time leading up to his decision to suspend Brady, and during the sham of an appeals process. It is ironic that here today he is finally being truthful. This whole sad, sordid affair has nothing to do integrity or some far-fetched scheme to deflate footballs 0.2 psi. It's all about power and control.

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No ****.

“I disagree with it just from the standpoint of we can’t articulate every violation that can happen with all the rules we have in the NFL..." - See more at: Goodell publicly admits Deflategate litigation is about control, not PSI - New England Patriots Blog

NFL Commissioner admits the NFL has too many rules to keep track of. No wonder he keeps citing Article 46 all the time.

10 million for lawyers .... should have been 10 million for charity.

And yet the briefing was all about tripling down on how Brady is a devious criminal mastermind destroying the public faith of sports.

This all reverts back to the Sting/cover up operation started during the AFCCG. They "thought" they had found something nefarious but once they found out that they were wrong the wheels of "Justice" had already been set in motion and since it was about the Patriots they were forced to double down and continue this bull shyt investigation.

They will regret not doing the right thing at the beginning. They had hoped Brady would fold but he did not and now they are left eating a very expensive Karma Fu**ing pie.

what this pathological lying scumbag has NEVER realized is he has attacked ME, MY FAMILY, MY FRIENDS, and essentially ALL the good, hard working NFL Patriot fans of New England. He has insulted our integrity, our honesty and our character by association. WE are TARGETS nationwide if we have the temerity to even sport a Pats cap. Our kids are wide open to ridicule, bullying, assaults and intimidation because of this ONE CRETIN, Roger Goodell, the most ignorant, unaware miscreant EVER associated with our love of sports. He is essentially a megalomaniacal monster without one whit,one sniff of integrity or foresight.

Roger Goodell THINKS he can just bully anybody he feels like , anywhere, any time he feels like it. He thinks he can call the police in Maine and make them act as his private security firm. He does not get it.

Roger, YOU are NEVER, EVER the rest of your pathetic, lying , rat scumbag life going to be welcome ANYWHERE in New England. Sell your Maine property and get out. Stay out. You are rotten scum of the earth and you deserve NOTHING but all the scorn , derision and animosity the six state region can muster ...the rest of your pathetic ego-mad life.

Roger Goodell not backing down with Deflategate: ‘We’re not going to allow that kind of decision to stand’


Finally, the commissioner was asked if he would be at Gillette Stadium for Thursday’s Patriots-Dolphins game after he didn’t attend the season-opener. Goodell will not be there.

“I’m leaving Wednesday night for London because we have a game in London,” he said. “We’re excited about that one. We’re having our third game over in London and I am excited to be over there for several days of events and finishing up our International Series in London.”

He's beyond unbelievable. If Kraft does not push for this scumbag's immediate resignation I'm done with the NFL. This goddamned submongoloid is far beyond the "Valley Of The Morons".

What an odd statement given everything that happened. So the premier name in the NFL was in cahoots with two equipment guys to change footballs to an illegal state, the NFL spends a ton of money to "prove" it, yet Goodell's statement now is the appeal doesn't have anything to do with him or any player, it is solely about the NFL's rights?

Given Mike&Mike could also be called Job&Blow for the NFL executive officers, this Q they posed couldn't have been surprising and the answer couldn't have been unrehearsed/somewhat unprepared.


I realize the overwhelming majority of the media just is not going to risk the ire of the NFL media juggernaut, so it is possible Goodell is lulled into the confidence of having the fix in and/or without concern for repercussions. But the statement is so stark in context of everything that happened. It is like a prosecutor standing on a soapbox in front of 100 TV cameras to proclaim how horrible the defendant he/she is prosecuting and they must be taken off the streets! The prosecutor then loses the case, and then gets back up on the soapbox again in front of the TV cameras to say 'The judge got the law regarding the verdict wrong. So I am appealing to make sure the wording of the law is always interpreted correctly. I don't care about the horrible man anymore being out on the streets, that has nothing to do with it.'. It would be surreal to see a prosecutor say anything remotely close to this.

This leads me to believe that either these slugs believe the story to push now is some sort of "their rights" laughfest, or Goodell is speaking from such a confidence of no media repercussion his inner entitled and warped thought process can easily slip out. To back up that second possibility, let's see how many non-Boston outlets give this very peculiar statement by Goodell any mention.

If Goodell and Kraft are ever seen chumming it up in the owner's box, I'm going to vomit.

Joker said:

If Kraft does not push for this scumbag's immediate resignation I'm done with the NFL. This goddamned submongoloid is far beyond the "Valley Of The Morons".

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I certainly wouldn't hold my breath on that happening. I recently read a beat writer's report that they are once again on good terms since the judge's decision to overturn the penalty was handed down.

I tried to find the article, but all I found was this--which may speak volumes in and of itself. We'll have to see which way this one goes, but I'm skeptical that Bob Kraft will do anything close to pushing for his resignation.

Robert Kraft quietly made the first step in rebuilding his relationship with Roger Goodell

Joker said:

Roger Goodell not backing down with Deflategate: ‘We’re not going to allow that kind of decision to stand’


Finally, the commissioner was asked if he would be at Gillette Stadium for Thursday’s Patriots-Dolphins game after he didn’t attend the season-opener. Goodell will not be there.

“I’m leaving Wednesday night for London because we have a game in London,” he said. “We’re excited about that one. We’re having our third game over in London and I am excited to be over there for several days of events and finishing up our International Series in London.”

He's beyond unbelievable. If Kraft does not push for this scumbag's immediate resignation I'm done with the NFL. This goddamned submongoloid is far beyond the "Valley Of The Morons".

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Joker, you know this is the language of a pure yellow backed Pu***. He lives in fear.

He will sell his house in Maine because he is simply too afraid to own it.

So - he's admitted to attempting to screw one player to the wall irrespective of innocence or guilt (or legal precedent via the CBA) to satisfy a different agenda? How is this person allowed to continue in the role of commissioner?

Where's the outrage, people? Where are the media outlets showing concern for the integrity of the game when the commissioner clearly feels he can do whatever the hell he wants?

Oh yes, I forgot - it's the Patriots. So they must have cheated.

Carry on...

IcyPatriot said:

10 million for lawyers .... should have been 10 million for charity.

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If it was for charity, the charity would get about 8% as the NFL would charge 92% for administrative costs..

The hallowed words of Troy Vincent come to mind.. yet they continue to spend money and perhaps that money could be used for CTE research..

“Look at the amount of money being spent on legal fees for a handful of people,” Vincent, the league’s executive vice president of football operations, recently told ESPN’s Ashley Fox. “It’s millions and millions of dollars, and we’ve got players that are hurting. We’ve got young men who don’t know how to identify a good financial adviser. Men are in transition who aren’t doing well, and yet $8-10 million a year is spent in court fees about who should make a decision on someone, who in some cases has committed a crime.”

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Read more at: Troy Vincent Rips NFLPA For Spending Money On Cases Like Tom Brady's

goodell can randomly charge and set punishments way over what the leagues own rules set to prove he can do it?

I'm glad he isn't enforcing the death penalty and randomly executing citizens to prove he has the power to do it.

Who is he, Vlad the Impaler?

This just proves what we all thought back in January. Goodell is a monster and has no integrity at all. What a waste of 8 months.

So the NFL's position is literally that the Commissioner should be able to do anything he wants to a player or coach for any reason with impunity?

In addition to all the other laughable things pointed out here that goodell said during this softball interview, this one also was a joke:

These are NFL rules, these are not matters of law or in the legal system. These are rules that are established by the 32 clubs and are enforced evenly and fairly

Last November the Vikings and Panthers were caught on camera using sideline heaters to warm footballs. Which as we all know will change the pressure in the footballs. Their penalty: A warning from the NFL.

Not even a small fine

Two months later the Patriots are accused with no evidence of changing the pressure in their footballs. Their penalty: A million dollar fine, loss of first and fourth round draft picks, and a 4 game suspension of their HOF quarterback

Yeah rog, those penalties sure are even and fair

This guys head is so far up his ass not even he knows what he's doing anymore.

patchick said:

So the NFL's position is literally that the Commissioner should be able to do anything he wants to a player or coach for any reason with impunity?

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According to the league that is what Article 46 allows.. What they fail to realize ( and this is backed up by Goodell's "this can't be allowed to stand" comment) is that there are Federal laws that govern Collective Bargaining and arbitration that require basic tenets of fairness and impartiality which were lacking in this process and guess what Roger....Federal courts trump the NFL.......