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I agree the CBA needs to be written with commissioner abuse in mind next time, with no 'Patriot Act'-esque language, but he can still do the same stuff he's doing today and force people to court to get his punishments vacated. I just don't see what is preventing him from doing what the CBA...

I think the root of the problem is you have a front office with an agenda. I've said it's like having another franchise. It's certainly not an independent office serving the best interest of the game. The league office is trying to garner public support and boost it's image, going after a hated...

I agree with you this is possible. Not handing down a punishment for the same infraction, but just fabricating some other infraction, or just "Brady suspended 4 games for integrity of the game issues" with no specificity or reference to the AFCCG, forcing Brady to go through everything again...

So the real question is why didn't the NFL let Brady question Pash. What was Pash afraid of being asked, what he edited in the report surely.

Anyone who is informed on all this stuff, the Pash/Wells Report, all the Goodell lies, the Mortensen report, the NFL's admission there is no evidence, and is still convinced Brady is guilty is a fool.

A few issues with the survey. You can't really have an opinion on whether something happened. It's really just a guess, or a wish. There's either evidence Brady did it or there isn't. It's sort of like a survey on whether there is alien life or not. What value is there in a survey? The survey...

Hannah Storm is on the record there implying Patriots are cheaters. Not sure if that constitutes defamation.

Goodell only cares about his image. They don't care if the suspension is upheld or not. I mean they would prefer it upheld given the choice, but it really is meaningless to them. The NFL has already won, they wanted to make something out of nothing and harm the Patriots/Brady's reputation. If...

There's been enough doubt raised about all this nonsense now, this has done damage to the NFL and Brady's legacy will be fine. What will the argument be 20 years from now.. Brady deflated footballs by 0.5 PSI in the first half of a game where they beat the Colts by 40 points, so he's not the...

Between this and the butt fumble.. there's more evidence pointing towards the Jets colluding with the Patriots to help them win the division than there is for deflategate. They put the ball on the ground for us, they punch out their own quarterbacks. Wells?

You had to 'buy' a pet rock?

So Jeff Pash coauthored the investigation's report, was okay with the NFL handing on unprecedented penalties. Now based on Pash's legal guidance they're in, what looks like, a major court battle that they can't win. How does Pash keep his job after this after all the damage the NFL has done to...

At first I was pretty disheartened by Berman's insistence on these good-faith talks, because it means that he is not understanding the issue here and that a middle-ground is simply not possible. The fundamental issue is reputation and Brady's innocence. Brady/NFLPA can not give in to any...

Agree with the win the super bowl comments, but, isn't it funny? Haters hold Brady to such a high standard that anything short of a super bowl victory and they'll feel vindicated. It's a tacit admission that they know how great he is.

In case you forgot his radio interview from May http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/05/ex-dolphins-coach-jim-turner-deflategate-investigator-ted-wells

Perhaps Brady will sue and win some 100 million for defamation, and in turn the NFL will sue Ted Wells for the 100 million they lost to Brady for the garbage investigation he did. (and Brady will donate a few million to us hard working forum goers for our support)

I agree with you. To me if Brady cares more about his reputation than playing the games (as I and most of the fans here seem to agree) than the best outcomes for him are: 1) Win via judge decision (vacate) 2) Lose via judge decision 3) Settle for reduced suspension Even though 3 results in...

If I were part of Brady's legal team I would argue (perhaps not this verbatim) that a compromise of an arbitrary punishment is not a compromise it's a psychological tactic/strategy the NFL is using. If you wanted a neighbor to help you paint your house during the upcoming weekend, you might...

Not to defend Goodell (please don't think that) or split hairs here, but the NFL arguing that they're not required to be independent, is on the surface, atleast to me, no more of an admission that the investigation was biased than the NFLPA arguing there is no precedent for the suspension is an...

I'd argue that Wells inherently had a bias not to just make a favorable decision, but to make 'any' decision. Any rationale person would see based on the data and all the unknown variables and horrible procedures around collecting data (ignoring weather, not sure which gauge was used, letting...