The Revenge of TB...nice one by Rich Levine

[NYCPatsFan]

Loved this line that calls out the local morons:

"He was the butt of so many jokes, and that’s fine, but there were also so many angry verbal and personal attacks from desperate local loud mouths like Shaughnessy and Massarotti, and then nationally on every show across every channel and station."

http://www.csnne.com/new-england-patriots/revenge-tom-brady?p=ya5nbcs&ocid=yahoo

 

[PatsFanSince74]

Great piece. And, Levine is right to wonder what would have happened if the NFL had gotten one of the many aggressive, younger judges on the Court for the SDNY, with purely corporate pedigrees, looking to make a name for themselves in the New York media circus, as the NFL clearly thought it would get by tripping all over themselves to beat the NFLPA to the punch by filing in the Manhattan so the case wouldn't be heard in MA or MN.

Instead, as I observed out here many times from day one, they got a Senior Judge from NYU (not Hahvahd like Pash and Wells), with an MSW from Fordham and who had studied International Law in Stockholm. I never thought that guaranteed a "W" for Brady, but I said from day one that it meant that he would get a fair hearing...as he did!

 

[NYCPatsFan]

Great piece. And, Levine is right to wonder what would have happened if the NFL had gotten one of the many aggressive, younger judges on the Court for the SDNY, with purely corporate pedigrees, looking to make a name for themselves in the New York media circus, as the NFL clearly thought it would get by tripping all over themselves to beat the NFLPA to the punch by filing in the Manhattan so the case wouldn't be heard in MA or MN.

Instead, as I observed out here many times from day one, they got a Senior Judge from NYU (not Hahvahd like Pash and Wells), with an MSW from Fordham and who had studied International Law in Stockholm. I never thought that guaranteed a "W" for Brady, but I said from day one that it meant that he would get a fair hearing...as he did!

Here's to wishing that TB continues to get a fair hearing throughout, as all men/women in this free country should!

 

[Jlaff]

Being a "right-wing" judge, so to speak, does not suggest an inability to see fundamental unfairness, lack of process, sting-operations, lies, etc.

 

[BigPeteG]

The idea that Brady only triumphed because of some activist judge is another NFL fantasy. Kessler would tell you then won on straight up ordinary case law. There is the arbitration act - and corporations that are using it have to follow the law as set in that act. They did not - and thus their punishment was thrown out.