For some reason Brady's agent, Yee, seems to be the one defending Brady legally, right? He is making public comments about the Deflategate investigation, and I heard he was apparently the only one "taking notes" during the interrogations of Brady.
Also, I have heard he made the argument to the press that Brady did not disclose his texts and emails to the investigators because he felt doing so would "set a precedent" for other players in other investigations.
By the way, if this was Yee's reasoning for not giving over Brady's texts, it doesn't make any sense to me. A lawyer is concerned about one thing: his client. It's completely inappropriate for a lawyer to advise his client to do or not to do something because the lawyer is afraid doing so will somehow set a precedent for other people.
(Speaking of bad P.R., why Brady's attorney didn't insist he attend the White House celebration is one of many legal moves I just absolutely do not understand in this debacle.)
Shouldn't Brady have a large team of top attorneys from a top firm, including his own scientific consultants? Shouldn't he at a minimum have insisted on recordings or certified transcripts of his interrogations? I'm deeply worried that Yee is acting surprised that Brady's comments were taken out of context: surely anyone knew going into this process that the investigators were likely to misrepresent or lie about what Brady said, right? Does Yee really think his own notes will help against that?
The Wells report is authored by Ted Wells, Brad Karp, and Lorin Reisner. All three of these are very experienced litigators working for Paul, Weiss. What's Brady putting up against these guys and against that firm?
Disclaimer: I know zip about sports law specifically.
Also, I have heard he made the argument to the press that Brady did not disclose his texts and emails to the investigators because he felt doing so would "set a precedent" for other players in other investigations.
By the way, if this was Yee's reasoning for not giving over Brady's texts, it doesn't make any sense to me. A lawyer is concerned about one thing: his client. It's completely inappropriate for a lawyer to advise his client to do or not to do something because the lawyer is afraid doing so will somehow set a precedent for other people.
(Speaking of bad P.R., why Brady's attorney didn't insist he attend the White House celebration is one of many legal moves I just absolutely do not understand in this debacle.)
Shouldn't Brady have a large team of top attorneys from a top firm, including his own scientific consultants? Shouldn't he at a minimum have insisted on recordings or certified transcripts of his interrogations? I'm deeply worried that Yee is acting surprised that Brady's comments were taken out of context: surely anyone knew going into this process that the investigators were likely to misrepresent or lie about what Brady said, right? Does Yee really think his own notes will help against that?
The Wells report is authored by Ted Wells, Brad Karp, and Lorin Reisner. All three of these are very experienced litigators working for Paul, Weiss. What's Brady putting up against these guys and against that firm?
Disclaimer: I know zip about sports law specifically.
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