Official Brady vs. NFL Federal Court 8/12 Thread (LIVE UPDATES)

[DaBruinz]

im so sick and f--king tired of this bullsh-t. if the nfl ceased operations tomorrow i could care less at this point.

Then why are you posting about it?

 

[BradyFTW!]

Should be interesting to see how Kessler gets questioned. I'm sure they will be asked about "The Deflator" (tm)

Yeah. on the bright side the one thing I'm overwhelmingly confident of here is that Brady's legal team is simply better than the NFL's. They'll be asked tough questions too, but I have quite a bit of faith that Kessler knows what's coming and has prepared solid arguments.

 

[sb1]

NFL's argument: We can do what we want because CBA.

 

[Fencer]

Stephen Brown ?@PPVSRB 18s18 seconds ago Massapequa Park, NY

Nash: "Is there a text in which Mr. Brady instructs someone to put a needle in a football? No there is not such direct evidence."

Wells had a weird concept of "direct evidence", that Nash seems to share. I presume the judge can agree to raise his eyebrow of skepticism and move on.

 

[sb1]

Stephen Brown ?@PPVSRB 6s6 seconds ago Massapequa Park, NY

BERMAN: "Somebody deflated the balls, but it didn’t help Mr. Brady. Does that matter?"

 

[BradyFTW!]

These are the same people who claimed that they never saw or knew a video of Ray Rice knocking his fiance out in an elevator at a casino existed.

After it was delivered to the league office, and a member of said office confirmed by telephone that they'd received it, and an AP reporter published a recording of that confirmation.

 

[sb1]

Michael McCann @McCannSportsLaw


Judge Berman seems to be saying, I get that the legal Q is about process, but you need to convince me Brady actually did something wrong.

 

[FourierSeries]

Anyone else getting a massive heterosexual boner for Judge Berman?

 

[karguy85]

Stephen Brown ?@PPVSRB 6s6 seconds ago Massapequa Park, NY

BERMAN: "Somebody deflated the balls, but it didn’t help Mr. Brady. Does that matter?"

If you read it in context with the next tweet, he is not saying that's what happened. He is saying that's the NFL's argument.

 

[Hoodie]

So all this will be in an official transcript later or this guy is just leaking info ?

He's the Manhattan Federal Court Reporter for the NY Daily News. I think he has permission.

 

[Soul_Survivor88]

Stephen Brown ?@PPVSRB 6s6 seconds ago Massapequa Park, NY

BERMAN: "Somebody deflated the balls, but it didn’t help Mr. Brady. Does that matter?"

Mother Nature says "hi"

 

[Todd Bradley]

 

[Betterthanmost]

And I thought the "specifics" weren't going matter. I kept banging the drum that the so called evidence drove the process. Can't get around that.

Nash sounds like Felger and Mazz.

Have you seen Mazz and Nash in the same room before?

 

[karguy85]

Stephen Brown ?@PPVSRB 27s27 seconds agoMassapequa Park, NY
Berman: From legal perspective: "You have to show that conspirators intended to be in the conspiracy...Is there a meeting?"

 

[sb1]

If you read it in context with the next tweet, he is not saying that's what happened. He is saying that's the NFL's argument.

Right. I assumed it was a rhetorical question.

 

[ViperGTS]

Not that I am "generally aware" of.

 

[Fencer]

PPVSRB
Nash: But other evidence "clearly indicates Mr. Brady’s knowledge and encouragement of this activity." Such as texts after game
2015-08-12, 12:01 PM


Uhhhh, no, not unless you twist the meaning of texts to fit the narrative

I really want the questions asked:

"How many games? Home only or also away? Over what period of time? How does that match the Jets game texts? How does that match the finding that McNally only took the balls to the bathroom for one game ever?"

 

[SHOWTIME15]

i can see smoke coming from goodell right about now....

 

[karguy85]

Right. I assumed it was a rhetorical question.

Just don't want fellow PatsFans posters to jump off the ledge. Judges do this all the time. They will repeat the sides' arguments to get clarity.

 

[XLIX]

He's the Manhattan Federal Court Reporter. I think he's official

You mean he won't let Pash wordsmith it?!?!?