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That is where you make it personal. How about you just state your views and I state mine and drop the personal analysis, as you know that always leads to you taking it too far in that direction.
I care about your opinion about the issue, but do not care about your opinion of me.
If you want to continue on that level, just say, and I'll stop responding. Fair enough?
Totally disagree. It's not his responsibility that Wells acted competently or that he took 4 months. It IS his responsibility to see both sides and be the judge. You seem to think it would be better for him to accept the conclusion that so obviously is wrong, which makes no sense to me.
Have you considered the fallout of going to court and having the entire Personal conduct policy ruled illegal? Having the structure of the penalty system ruled illegal? Losing a large amount of his power? Having the CBA brought into question? Having the anti-trust exemption challenged?
If Kessler gets Goodell in court, this will be about more than Tom Brady's suspension.
It isn't personal to say someone is being naive about the situation.
Goodell signed off on the punishment. He issued a public statement defending Wells and his report. He calls it crap now and overturns it and he is done. He can survive an independent arbitrator calling the report crap than he saying it himself at this point. Goodell's chance to do that has long past. He overturns himself now, he will only look incompetent... Even more so than he is now.