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That is just silly. That is like saying a state has to overturn all the clauses of the constitution because they dont like what Obama does with illegal immigration/immogrants.1. Except that, during the interim, nothing was done against the Pats, while N.O and other teams were disciplined. Meanwhile, according to surveys, Kraft had become the most influential leader in all sports according to surveys.
Sometimes it's useful to take the laser focus off your own view and gain some perspective,
therest...
Kraft was never going to sue the league. He couldn't win a lawsuit based on punishment, he belongs to an exclusive club of owners who had agreed to abide by any punishment their Frankenstein meted out.
Had he wanted to sue, he would need to sue to eliminate the anti-trust exemption and the salary cap and declare his club an independent business separate from the NFL.
I'm not a lawyer, but I'll challenge one of the lawyers here to tell me otherwise, meaning that he could get Goods verdict overturned in court without changing the legal status of the nfl.. maybe I'm wrong.
Look at Brady's case. He was not cleared, it was ruled the NFL didn't arbitrate fairly according to union rules/precedents.
There are none for owners.
Maybe you have to sue RG and his cast of clowns by name, i dont know.
But you cant tell me that in a free association of interdependent but separate businesses that one overarching entity is able to use falsehoods and media-BS to unfairly penalize one single subentity.
That doesnt pass commonsense test to me
Might not be easy, but i dont believe it is categorically impossible as you seem to.