We all knew that an arbitrator is allowed to make mistakes, to be sloppy, and even to be dead wrong, yet still his decision stands, if he followed proper procedures. The Garvey case settled all that.
How in the world anyone believes that Goodell followed proper procedures suggests bat$hit levels of craziness.
Proper procedures do not include lying, actively spreading those lies, covering up damaging truths, withholding the right to cross-examine witnesses, being fundamentally unfair, then even lying to the court, and on and on.
This a thousand times over. I've pretty much lost faith in the U.S. Justice system with this ruling. How can one judge claim with a straight face that the evidence is compelling (even overwhelming) that Brady was involved in a cheating scheme to deflate footballs, if he actually read all the evidence? He has to be a grade A moron to believe that. Not even Ted Wells, who investigated this, thought that.
Moreover, per your point, how on earth can two of three judges believe that Goodall treated Brady fairly here, or within the bounds of the CBA, and within the limits of US labor law? Literally, these two judges just ruled that Goodall can fabricate evidence, lie to the public about a player, cover up the truth, lie to the *court* (!), and then issue a penalty that is so far beyond what the NFL rulebook itself calls for - essentially that Goodall can do anything he wants to any player or team he wants, and there's NOTHING that anyone can do about it.
Think. About. That.
How can we have confidence in our legal system after this?