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The next CBA should have language stating that suspensions must be postponed to the start of the next NFL season following the conclusion of appeals and litigation proceedings.

To the point of Brady refusing to settle. Remember Brady benefits from the finality of this more than the league. The league doesn't care if this drags on for 2 more years dragged through some messy appeals process. Brady won't want the distraction and the uncertainty of some future suspension...

You and me both, and the question is does the NFL want these types of catches, or not? It would be hypocritical for all the roughing the passer rules, defenseless receiver rules, the rules they created for roughing the receivers off the line for the 2004 colts, and all the pro-offense changes...

My first reaction to this nonsense is, the league is trying to pretend it suddenly cares about all this integrity and trying to give some validity to deflategate. You're not fooling anyone NFL. Secondly, if people want to do something that gives them an advantage that's available to everyone and...

For the owners I'm sure they all know the Patriots got a raw deal here, they are too vested to not know the truth behind these things and be blissfully ignorant, even if they show a guise of support. For opposing fans and haters there is an obvious bias. The bias is "I hate the Patriots" They...

"Imagine standing before a federal judge, essentially telling him that you have no need to answer his question because your client’s opinion is the only one that matters. Imagine standing before a federal judge who is clearly telegraphing his concerns about the basic fairness of the underlying...

I've made this point too, people seem to think the CBA is the problem. It makes sense to have a commissioner who is familiar with everything surrounding the sport to be able to discipline players. If the CBA demanded neutral arbitration then the arbitration process could get it wrong and be...

Did the memo about the cameras have anything to do with recording other teams signals? For instance, were cameras not supposedly allowed there because it was enabling teams to do what the Patriots were doing? Trying to grasp whether they really got booked for cheating on basically a cosmetic issue.

Short rant on this. Berman's decision is going to set precedent on this case. It's interesting how the merits of one case will have so much effect on future cases. If I were the NFL, I wouldn't have wanted this specific incident to go to court, because you've basically put Article 46 in a fight...

It makes you wonder if Goodell has ever admit he was wrong about anything in his life, or if he has ever apologized to someone. He could actually come out looking better if he just owned up to this and removed penalties against Brady/Patriots and he threw the Wells report under the bus.

I'd like to see the entire stadium turn, face him, and do a nazi salute

I've heard Stephen A. Smith make this argument, that it would be bad for the NFL if all of a sudden all players start looking to the courts to get their punishments vacated. I disagree with pretty much everything he says regarding any issue. Remember it's not just the courts overturning him...

The NFL's only case is the article 46 and nothing else matters. They're doing everything they can not to be dragged into a debate about the factual merits of the case, whether there was evidence, whether it was fair, whether Brady had proper notice of the penalties, they know they lose on all...

Well, as Kessler argued how could Goodell know if what Pash would say would be cumulative or non-cumulative before he said it? ie. How does Goodell know what Pash will say and what will be asked? Berman realizes Pash was a co-author of the Wells report, per the NFL, which they tried to deny but...

Whether or not something happened and if something happened was Brady involved is a minor issue. The bigger issue is that this was equated to steroids, when it's more analogous to stickum which is a first offense fine (paraphrasing Kessler's argument). The media would all jump on Goodell's side...

I'm going to disagree with the 1 game suspension is a win crowd. Goodell's plan from the beginning was to set arbitrarily high penalties so that any middle ground settlement on them would still be a win. If Goodell suspended Brady for life, would we be hoping it gets reduced to just a one season...

I like how Berman points out Pash/Wells legal expertise and knows that Pash not keeping records of the changes he made to the Wells report must be deliberate, simply because Pash knows better. Also Wells convenient omission of the AFCCG date anywhere in the report to keep it as vague as...

Seriously whats to stop the Colts from bringing some device to the league, saying they found it in the patriots locker room, running another sham Wells report, and going through this all again?

I like #1 too though, let's leave that on the table.

Really anonymous owner, it took Judge Berman pointing all this out before you finally realized it? Zzz.