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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.??? No such thing has been revealed.It's beyond question that this thing was staged, especially when it was revealed that the balls were never measured with a device
"We don't know enough in this case to know who is responsible or if there was an infraction," he added.
Whether the Patriots gained a competitive advantage is "secondary," Goodell said, to whether a rule was broken.
I think it's safe to say that Goodell has passed David Stern and Bud Silig on the "most incompetent commissioner of all time" list. This press conference will accomplish nothing outside of the ability to watch a man talk out of both sides of his mouth of however long the presser goes on for.
Respect your opinion PP2 but this seems a little to tin-foil hat for me. I think you're giving Roger way too much credit for being that calculated and intelligent.Earlier I broached the subject that deflategate wasn't really about the balls, but perhaps about driving a wedge between Goodell and one of his most stauch supporters, in Kraft.
I don't think it takes too much ingenuity to imagine someone or a group realizing an opportunity to create separation by leaking something to Kravitz, especially after a tough loss- knowing that Kravitz is a known Pats-hater. Add a few more talking heads being cued, and before you know it, there's a feeding frenzy.
It's beyond question that this thing was staged, especially when it was revealed that the balls were never measured with a device, only given the good old squeeze prior to the game; so the "1-2 PSI under legal pressure" information is completely false.
Nobody cares at this point.
And at the same time, this same group or person would advise Goodell to keep a low profile and say nothing, exactly the opposite of what he should be doing. This serves a twofold purpose- one in that Kraft would perceive it as a complete lack of support, and question of his character, and two, it would add more fuel to the fire that Goodell's leadership is lacking.
Without knowing the specifics of Goodell's contract, I still would imagine that he can only be removed by majority vote from the executive committee which is composed of a representative from each team.
We now know which side Kraft is on now.
That's gospel Joker. We got the kid from Silver Spoons running the league.I cannot help myself, everyone...I apologize BUT...I TOLD you all this mutt had 10 million fleas. Everything I ever printed about this little rich kid punk is true. Today the true disconnect with the normal, everyday Joe fan, whether he be a lawyer, doctor, teacher, cop or ditch digger was brilliantly on display . This clown is EXACTLY who I said he was/is all along, a rich, entitled son of an aristocratic American. The dumb jock offspring bereft of the rest of his family's genetic blessings...
"His story is well-known. A jock who attended Washington & Jefferson College, he joined the NFL in 1982 as an administrative intern and worked his way to the top.
But few are aware that he comes from a family that includes a maverick U.S. senator, the chief operating officer of a major hedge fund firm and the general counsel of a Fortune 100 company."
http://www.cnbc.com/id/101366081#.
A dumb jock that couldn't play college sports because he ripped himself up in high school, so daddy ships him off Who The What College in Podunkerville PA. His brother Bill,received a B.A. in Political Economics (Cum Laude) from Williams College and a J.D. (Magna Cum Laude) from Washington & Lee University’s School of Law, where he was also a member of Order of the Coif and Omicron Delta Kappa honor societies and served as Special Projects Editor of the Washington & Lee Law Review. Tim Goodell is allso a lawyer of some repute for the Hess Corporation with outstanding educational credentials. Then there is the 2nd youngest brother Mike, a Pilates instructor who lives with his boyfriend Jack Kenney, a Hollywood writer and producer. Even the youngest of the Goodell's is smart, a teacher, who now lives quietly with his family in Maine.
Here WE are, though, with the big dummy middle son of an otherwise Patrician family, playing out on the national stage a story of over the top incompetance coupled with the grossest example of hubris any of us have ever seen in the sports world since WE were born. This "Tommy Boy" clone really does not have any CLUE who WE are, what WE stand for, what OUR values are and what WE demand as a matter of course in our daily lives from others we deal with. He has NO UNDERSTANDING of us, the millions and millions of us, He truly believes the world is exactly that world he was brought up in, the world of "say anything, Daddy's rich and powerful, you are above the truth little Roger.."
He lied blatantly today. He lied obliviously today. He lied and didn't even realize he was doing it and certainly didn't realize the WHOLE WORLD saw it. This dumb little kid in a grown man's meat suit MUST be removed if this league hopes to maintain any credibility going forward. THAT is obvious to EVERYONE...everyone that is except Blunderboydell.