Hurley: Why All NFL Players Should Be Frightened by Tom Brady's Suspension... Again

[Gator Mike]

Michael Hurley really needs to be given a larger platform.

Why All NFL Players Should Be Frightened By Tom Brady's Suspension... Again

If you find yourself in a bind, one where NFL security cannot be trusted to investigate on account of multiple NFL executives behaving improperly during the incident in question, then the NFL will hire an “independent investigator.” The league will base its punishment entirely on what this “independent” investigation concludes. The league will pay millions of dollars to the people conducting this investigation.

Then, the league will pay some of those very same people to serve as their attorneys in the eventual appeal hearing. They will call on a chief member of the investigative team — in Brady’s case, Lorin Reisner — to conduct an intense cross-examination of the key witness — in this case, Brady himself.

Meanwhile, Roger Goodell and the NFL will hire lawyers to argue that the decision made by Roger Goodell was right and just, and they will be making this case to the arbitrator … who also happens to be Roger Goodell.

Eventually when pressed, the NFL will admit that the investigation never had to be “independent” and therefore the “independence” of the investigation is irrelevant, even though it was the NFL itself that promoted the “independence” of this investigation at every single turn.

And at the conclusion of an eventual 10-hour hearing, despite thoroughly convincing arguments made by the NFLPA, arbitrator Roger Goodell will rule that commissioner Roger Goodell was right all along. Four-game suspension. Got a problem with that? See you in federal court. Hope you’re not busy.

Don’t like the process? Tough. You’ve already lost the battle of public opinion. If you want to save face at all, you’ll have to take it to court.

Good luck.

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[Patsfanin Philly]

We are a nation predicated on a system of checks and balances, this court ruling essentially eliminates any checks on Goodell's power.
What is the expression? "power corrupts but absolute power corrupts absolutely."

 

[NJPatsfan26]

As it says multiple times

It doesn't matter

Billionaires will do what they want however they want whenever they want.

 

[cmasspatsfan]

McCann's right, Tom has to file a defamation suit to get any justice, if he wins donate money to charity and have as part of winning that Goodell has to admit they had nothing on him and just used him as a vehicle to increase his power.

 

[IllegalContact]

McCann's right, Tom has to file a defamation suit to get any justice, if he wins donate money to charity and have as part of winning that Goodell has to admit they had nothing on him and just used him as a vehicle to increase his power.

It's time for Brady to be a more eloquent version of Marshawn Lynch......which I guess would be Bill Belichick........If the perspective of the NFL is that Brady is a liar and a cheater, then he should be relieved of any and all media commitment.....why would the league want that face on the product?

 

[turkeyneck]

We are a nation predicated on a system of checks and balances, this court ruling essentially eliminates any checks on Goodell's power.
What is the expression? "power corrupts but absolute power corrupts absolutely."

Waiting for Goodell to get his Ceausescu comeuppance....