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I know. I'm getting carried away. Just so sick of this team getting crapped on.The Patriots released those emails. Not the NFLPA or Brady. Brady/NFLPA didn't violate the judge's order.
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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.I know. I'm getting carried away. Just so sick of this team getting crapped on.The Patriots released those emails. Not the NFLPA or Brady. Brady/NFLPA didn't violate the judge's order.
So when does the government step in to investigate this corruption?
The media is a bunch of 5 year olds around a soccer ball....they'll forget anyway.I wish the pats didnt release it on a friday. All the national media might forget this monday.
The Patriots released those emails. Not the NFLPA or Brady. Brady/NFLPA didn't violate the judge's order.
What he really meant was media attention focused on the league.I love how Pash was concerned that releasing the correct PSI would just bring unneeded media attention. Yes, because since the incorrect report by Kelly Naqi and now the media has basically ignored the Deflategate story.
Oh, look, the NFL doing NFL things! Through all this I've been arguing with friends (fans of other teams) about how biased and corrupt this 'investigation' has been, and they keep saying 'but why would the NFL have it out for the Patriots, why would they want its biggest star suspended?' They just don't get it and they never will. And they'll gladly overlook the gross misconduct and blatant bias here, while roasting the league for the Rice investigation.
I'm now suddenly hopefully (well, very very mildly hopeful) that this is Kraft rolling up his sleeves. Enough is enough, after the appeal ruling I think he finally gets it and I hope he just says '**** it, 31 owners don't seem to care that my organization has been slandered and dragged through the mud for six months. Fine, then I'm suing your asses for supporting a corrupt regime and a corrupt investigation'. Not holding my breath, but this is at least an encouraging development.
One question: There's mention of the Patriots knowing the '11 of 12 footballs' report is wrong, and 'having the data right here...' - I was under the impression they didn't get the correct data until mid-March when they had to sign a non-disclosure? Were they merely told that report was incorrect? I'm confused about that bit. It'll be fascinating to see any future e-mails that have gone back and forth during this charade.
This is high school mean girl levels of pettiness.
Maybe Kraft didn't recognize it as such. I, having been a high school girl once, did.
Flabbergasting. Just when you think we've reached the nadir, you find the NFL chipping away with a pickax.
You need to accept an incredible amount of cognitive dissonance to accept anything the NFL says about this whole cluster****. Sadly, it appears most media members and fans are willing to do just that.
In fairness deer can be hard to find....Wait for the NFL to cry "no fair"..Ain't no fun when the deer has the gun.....
He seems to be fighting back now. I've read elsewhere that doing this is against the league constituition, you aren't supposed to do this if your a team in the NFL. So he seems to be striking back.
I had the same impression, and I thought that impression came from a Pat's source..
One question: There's mention of the Patriots knowing the '11 of 12 footballs' report is wrong, and 'having the data right here...' - I was under the impression they didn't get the correct data until mid-March when they had to sign a non-disclosure? Were they merely told that report was incorrect? I'm confused about that bit. It'll be fascinating to see any future e-mails that have gone back and forth during this charade.
Not near me, I live in Bucks County ( seriously) and it is not named for the money. The joke here is that you're not a resident until you have hit a deer.....twice....not necessarily the same deer.In fairness deer can be hard to find....
Re: Your question - My guess is that the Patriots are referring to the Rapaport report that came out just before the SH. That report wasn't entirely accurate, either, but was closer to the truth.
Posted on the PFT Page about John Mara's DeflateGate comments
At this point it seems to me that PR pressure is the only thing that the NFL responds to - and even the most Patriot-hating owner has to know that the League is "a little bit pregnant" when it comes to the public record of how they've conducted themselves - along with the increasing number of articles questioning the fairness and integrity of the League itself. I figured why not at least post this in an area where Mara's people will see it- it's a pretty reasonable request if I do say so myself
An Open Letter to John Mara:
We, as NFL fans ,were told that Ted Wells would conduct a thorough investigation – not just into the allegation of football deflation by the Patriots – but into the very relevant issues of frequent false and damaging leaks that numerous reporters have confirmed came from multiple NFL League Office Sources
Despite this promise, such an investigation was never forthcoming as Ted Wells declined to address any issues related to the conduct of the League Office.
Additionally, the so-called “Independent” investigation, authored by a man who ESPN reports has received $45 million from the NFL over the past 2 years, was edited by the NFL League Office before it was released to the public, calling into question the independence and credibility of the report which found that Tom Brady may have been generally aware of something that may have taken place.
According to the Washington Post (which broke the Watergate scandal leading to the resignation of President Nixon,) the NFL is engaged in what it terms “a very unseemly pattern of unethical behavior by the league office under Goodell’s leadership” given an NFL disciplinary process which “lacks integrity and fairness.”
Given this serious charge, as a prominent owner who claims to support integrity and fairness in the NFL, we, the fans of the NFL call on you to demand a TRULY independent investigation into the conduct of the NFL League Offices, including former Jets President Mike Kensil.
If the NFL has nothing to hide, why not restore the integrity of the League by subjecting Roger Goodell and other members of the NFL League Offices to the same scrutiny they insist others comply with? This investigation should include Roger Goodell and Mike Kensil’s voluntarily providing their personal cell phones for the scrutiny of a truly independent investigator.
We await your response to this matter that is at the heart of the continuing popularity of the NFL.
Indeed I believe all fans of the NFL can agree that if the NFL League Offices lack integrity, then the NFL itself lacks integrity, and this presents a major crisis of leadership.
Please give this matter your immediate attention and public response.
Signed, all the Fans of the NFL