hambone1818
2nd Team Getting Their First Start
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He chose not to appeal the ruling. Had he appealed the punishment, he could be in the same place that Brady is right now: able to demand exoneration on account of the report being flawed to the point of worthlessness.
But he didn't. Kraft explicitly said that he was accepting the punishment and would not appeal. There's nothing else left to read into it. He chose not to appeal, therefore the punishment stands. Even if he wanted to, it's not within Brady's power to change that.
I'm on board the Kraft hate train but you gotta remember, his road to 'appeal' is very different from Brady's. Brady, per the CBA, is afforded the appeal being heard today and if he's not satisfied can pursue a number of court avenues including suing for defamation and various suits for alleged CBA violations in federal court. Kraft, as an owner, just does not have the same rights to appeal, anything he did would be construed as action against the other 31 owners because he'd be filing suit against the NFL.
So I'm with you, Kraft caved when he didn't need to and at worst he should have kept his mouth shut and seen where Brady's appeal went. But can we please stop talking about Kraft 'not appealing', because he never had that option.