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Public/Private Statements. Any public or private statement of interest, qualified or unqualified, in another club’s player to that player’s agent or representative, or to a member of the news media, is a violation of this Anti Tampering Policy. (Example of a prohibited comment: “He’s an excellent player, and we’d very much like to have him if he were available, but another club holds his rights.”) All clubs should be aware that improper disclosure of confidential trade discussions with another club may be a violation of this section on prohibited public statements.
Additional language that we have all read before...
The problem IMO is that the article is too vague and subject to interpretation.
As much as I think this is complete BS,I think the NYJ argument is that even though Kraft's comments are "unqualified", they also fall into the classification of what is to be considered tampering. What Kraft can then say is that the context of his comments are specific to the events that took place AFTER the Pats formally chose to release him from his contract thus making him a FA.
What a mess.
Should have looked at the one posting. With all the Jets fans on this thread, it could have been one of those rocket scientists................Based on uses of it elsewhere on the internet, I suspect reflex spelled it as he intended.
I'm worried about Kraft saying "He’s a great player. The fan in me wishes he were still [with] us.”
I love Kraft, but he shouldn't have said anything to the media. This is why Belichick is such a master - he gives them nothing. Now this gives goodell an excuse not to punish the jets. It is less likely now that the NFL will make a ruling in the next several weeks.
Seriously, is there punishment for so obviously throwing a temper tantrum and filing frivolous charges? Because there damn well should be. Stuff like this makes the NFL look like even more of a joke than it already is. I cannot believe the Jets actually did this. Embarrassing on so many levels.
Not a mess at all, everything Kraft said was in the past tense and anyone with a second grade of the English language understands that. That explains both why it is not tampering and why the Jets and their fans would think it is.
Each tampering charge is an INDEPENDENT investigation......
Goodell should finish the Patriot's tampering charge and then look into the Jet's ridiculous charge and just shake his head.
If he links the 2 together he is a bigger buffoon than Woody.
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You did, or someone did, I remember that thread. Can you link to the post?
This illustrates why lawyers tell their clients not to talk to the media (or anyone else) about a case. Any comment no matter how innocuous can give rise to a claim, and a claim, even it is not meritorious, can muddy the waters. Here, obviously what Kraft said was not tampering, as it was in the past tense. But it's time consuming to prove that fact. The Jets attorneys will insist that there was an implied offer beyond the literal language. All the Jets need to do is hassle and annoy Kraft enough so that he decides not to pursue the original claim of tampering.
The people here arguing that the Jets claim is not meritorious miss the legal strategy: the Jets don't need to prove their claim is valid, they just need to make it as annoying and time consuming as possible to defend.
More reason why Kraft should have left the PR work at home.It is a mess. Let me explain.
Between what Bob and Woody said the difference is so clear-cut this thread should not even have been started. IMO the Jets are viewing this situation in the light that they have nothing to lose and using the NFL's inability to be consistent in it's rulings, use common sense, sound judgement and logic against them in this situation. They can't consistently discern between what is important and what is irrelevant.
That is why this is a mess- because the NFL doesn't know how to deal with messes at a functional and rational level. My 8 year old has better problem resolution skills. Ridiculous.
They can't afford cameras that help take the guesswork out of critical end zone calls but can spend millions of $ in a multi-month investigation on deflated footballs that everyone knows is complete BS?
Idiots.
The time can't be anything but coincidence, Kraft made the comments this weeks, they would either wait to file charges, or do so now, they couldn't do it before, since there was no comment to compel them to file.This pretty much confirms the multiple reports yesterday - the league is about the hammer the Jets for tampering. The timing of this is no coincidence. The Jets are trying to delay any penalty the league gives them until after this years Draft. Accomplishes two things - doesn't impact their draft this year (they already got rid of a bunch of their picks) and I'm assuming the Jets hope their draft position is worse next year (not 6th....maybe low teens instead?).
Hopefully the league does not link this with the Jets Tampering act and treats them as different investigations.
Clown organizations do clown things.