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I remember hearing this live a couple of weeks ago and just found the link:
http://espn.go.com/espnradio/play?id=13473069
Ok so there are two big moments around 8:40 mark when he questions why all the ESPN legal analysts are saying the NFL will win for sure and then the big one is around 10:30 mark.
If you don't want to click (I recommend to hear it exactly) I've paraphrased dialogue starting around 10:30 mark:
After finishing playing the audio of Cossack/Munson saying CBA rules etc, he says:
Announcer asks lets play hypothetical, what happens if NFL loses, what happens to Goodell's authority?
Schefter compares it to sports again about big games, if a team lose, will this coach keep his job etc and says:
Very interesting...
http://espn.go.com/espnradio/play?id=13473069
Ok so there are two big moments around 8:40 mark when he questions why all the ESPN legal analysts are saying the NFL will win for sure and then the big one is around 10:30 mark.
If you don't want to click (I recommend to hear it exactly) I've paraphrased dialogue starting around 10:30 mark:
After finishing playing the audio of Cossack/Munson saying CBA rules etc, he says:
"Yeah and there ya go, powers vested in Goodell from the CBA, and that' how the NFL has conducted itself throughout this entire process that it cant lose and wont lose. and that's why they've been entrenched in their views and unwilling to settle, because they feel completely comfortable and confidence in its case. And again, Roger Cossack and the league maybe right, they maybe right....but if they're wrong...WHOA....WHOA..."
"Again I know there are a lot of experts, and maybe you can't equate it to football about upsets, CC in the studio there has picked some great upsets over the years, I'm just telling you, I have a lack of legal knowledge, I admit to that, I've never sat through many federal court proceedings, I admit to that, but I've sat in that courtroom, I've heard the judge's words. and I don't seem to think right now that its a deadlock synch (that NFL wins), the NFL is in a good position, it does have a lot in its favor. it does have a lot of legal precedence on its side, (pause) I've heard the words of the judge, and again it wont surprise me if that's the way he rules (that NFL wins), but I want to hear him say that before I say the NFL has won."
Announcer asks lets play hypothetical, what happens if NFL loses, what happens to Goodell's authority?
Schefter compares it to sports again about big games, if a team lose, will this coach keep his job etc and says:
"It's tough to go there in this situation I'll just say this, the NFL picked its venue and got what they wanted, they were very smart in the way they positioned itself, and essentially schemed to have this case heard in federal court in New York, NOT in Minneapolis, NOT in Massachusetts, it got the venue it wanted. It planned this out meticulously and beautifully. But if it blows up in the end...I would just think there's going to be "considerable fallout", what that is I don't know, but it means NFL has gone 0-5 on last 5 major cases involving Bounty gate, Ray Rice, Adrian Peterson, Hardy, and then this. But again, as Munson/Cossack have mentioned, the NFL is in excellent legal standing, but I just just keeps coming back to judges words, and they keep ringing in my ear, and we'll see what he determines in the end about what's right and what's wrong."
Very interesting...
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