Sally's back

[Mike the Brit]

But what happened here is tied in to the NFLPA's complaints.

Namely, that if the NFL is trying to punish Brady for not turning over the phone, then they have a big problem, because they didn't tell him that he could be punished for not doing so, and the CBA demands that players be notified of the charges against them.

If they try to argue that he's being punished for "awareness" of deflated footballs, they still have a problem, since they're apparently trying to do it under a policy that does not apply to players.

And then even if you resolve those issues, you still have the fact that Goodell ginned up a rigged appeal in which Brady's team didn't have access to the facts that the "independent" investigator had; moreover, the "independent" investigator was actually one of the attorneys for the NFL in the appeal.

Bingo! And the only provisions in the CBA for "equipment violations" are fines.

So keeping it narrow (players not notified in advance of the kind of punishments to which they're liable; applying a policy to individual players that is only supposed to apply to teams) will, in all likelihood, get the thing decided in Brady's favour without opening up the question of whether the league had pre-judged the issue, the independence of the investigation, the denial of process in not letting Brady know the evidence against him, etc., etc.

 

[PedroMac]

Sometimes all that is needed are some well presented facts when situations seem dire all of a sudden.
Who didn't overreact to the Tom Brady destroyed cell phone 'trump card' play?
Well, Sally Jenkins didn't...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sport...da3b02-3666-11e5-9d0f-7865a67390ee_story.html

 

[reflexblue]

Nice, really Nice. This paragraph frames how goodell works.

There is another pattern here — a very unseemly pattern of unethical behavior by the league office under Goodell’s leadership. First, there is always a leak from the league that commands a big headline and gins up public indignation. Next comes a disciplinary hammer from Goodell that makes him look like a hero-protector. But when the excitement dies down and actual facts emerge, it all turns out to be a souped-up overreach.

 

[patsfan13]

Sally Jenkins is head and shoulders above almost every other sportswriter in the nation compare to hacks like Felger and squeaky or shank.

 

[PedroMac]

Ian, feel free to merge w other post "Sally's back". Sorry, didn't see it before starting this thread. P

 

[Marko]

She might make a better case then Kessler does.

 

[PatSunday]

An independent arbitrator and independent investigator are suing Tom Brady in court?

My guess is, the NFL will join the NFLPA to stand up for American football. These independent parties should not be interfering... oh, right.

 

[Fencer]

Sally Jenkins is great on this subject.

Unfortunately, she has a past of defending Lance Armstrong, so her articles are probably not the best links to hammer haters with.

 

[TriplecHamp]

She might make a better case then Kessler does.

Just think about the case Kessler is making in the courtroom. At this point you know Goodell is ****ting bricks everytime he's called to testify by him.

 

[DarrylS]

Classic line..

As a neutral observer, Dowd finds the abuse of process in DeflateGate to be the real scandal. “I still don’t know what this is about. . . . Like ‘Seinfeld,’ this is about nothing,” he said in an e-mail. He called Goodell’s ruling against Brady based on a sudden issue over Brady’s cellphone “an ambush” and added, “The entire NFL disciplinary process lacks integrity and fairness.”

Sally I implore you take this to the next level write a lengthy expose and expose the fraud, abuse of power and duplicity of the NFL offices.. put it all together and show what an idiot Goodell really is...

 

[Brewskies]

Classic line..



Sally I implore you take this to the next level write a lengthy expose and expose the fraud, abuse of power and duplicity of the NFL offices.. put it all together and show what an idiot Goodell really is...

That would be terrific