Patriots have filed an amicus brief in support of Brady/NFLPA.

[Huckleberry1]

Credit where credit's due, I did not expect Kraft/the Patriots to actually do anything on Brady's behalf. I'm happy to be wrong on this one.

This.



Rip Kraft when he deserves, it, but praise him when he deserves it. This is a big FU to The league and it comes as a result of the pressure from fans on Kraft.

Props to the Krafts.

 

[rochrist]

This also means no way in hell the NFL would let us win the superbowl and will try damn hard to keep us out of the playoffs

I thought that was par for the course.

 

[rochrist]

I'm all for conspiracy theories, but come on....

Brady sued and WON last season, and if not for one of the worst performances an O-Line can display on the gridiron and a flukily missed extra point, the only miss of the season BTW, they would've gone to Super Bowl 50 and probably won.

And the refs had no barring on the Patriots blowing two chances to secure home field at the end of the regular season.

And keep them out of the playoffs? The league is a vindictive prick, but there's no way they can "keep the Patriots out of the playoffs" unless the team themselves implode. You think Les Moonves and CBS would ever allow that to happen? Come on...

The refs certainly had a hand in the first Denver game, so no.

 

[Froob]

Is there actual arbitration law that Goodell must abide by when he arbitrates?

 

[QuantumMechanic]

@WALLACHLEGAL on Twitter has an interesting thesis -- that this was coordinated with the NFLPA brief to try to get before the judges points that the NFLPA couldn't bring up because of the page limits of briefs.

If that's true (or more importantly if the judges believe it is true) I wonder if that helps or hurts the cause. On the one hand, it gets the information potentially out there. On the other hand, could the judges be PO'd by gaming to escape page limits?

 

[turkeyneck]

Rip Kraft when he deserves, it, but praise him when he deserves it. This is a big FU to The league and it comes as a result of the pressure from fans on Kraft.

Props to the Krafts.

Props to the fans, then.

Something else to SpongeBob.

 

[bormio]

@WALLACHLEGAL on Twitter has an interesting thesis -- that this was coordinated with the NFLPA brief to try to get before the judges points that the NFLPA couldn't bring up because of the page limits of briefs.

If that's true (or more importantly if the judges believe it is true) I wonder if that helps or hurts the cause. On the one hand, it gets the information potentially out there. On the other hand, could the judges be PO'd by gaming to escape page limits?

How about the judges be less worried about the page limits and more worried about coming to a just decision under the law. Although it is fair to say that Olsen is trying to fix a missed opportunity from the first CA2 appeal.

 

[RobertWeathers]

Page limits? Should have a 140 character limit as thats all Chin has the attention span for as he follows Mort.

 

[NashuaPats]

@WALLACHLEGAL on Twitter has an interesting thesis -- that this was coordinated with the NFLPA brief to try to get before the judges points that the NFLPA couldn't bring up because of the page limits of briefs.

If that's true (or more importantly if the judges believe it is true) I wonder if that helps or hurts the cause. On the one hand, it gets the information potentially out there. On the other hand, could the judges be PO'd by gaming to escape page limits?

I would bet a lot of money that Olson orchestrated it. I can't imagine the Patriots filing it without his approval.

 

[QuantumMechanic]

And for a take on it from someone who's not particularly impressed (and IIRC has always expected Brady to ultimately lose), see the @RMFifthCircuit twitter feed.

 

[DaBruinz]

Is there actual arbitration law that Goodell must abide by when he arbitrates?

Short Answer? Yes.

Longer Answer. He must follow the rules as set by the Federal Arbitration Act, I believe. I'm sure that our more legal experienced posters can take it even further..

 

[flasox27]

Thank you Bob for doing something right. Better late than never

 

[QuantumMechanic]

I would bet a lot of money that Olson orchestrated it. I can't imagine the Patriots filing it without his approval.

Just talked to a lawyer acquaintance: "that's a somewhat standard role for an amicus, who will often work with the parties and say 'I'll handle this argument so you don't have to.'"

 

[ReverendMaynard]

It's fine man, just say "I'm too emotionally invested in my argument that Kraft sucks to entertain the idea that this matters."

It's actually kind of a big deal but your internet posting record is too important to let yourself fall prey to saying 'Good job Patriots' or something.

I am probably too far gone against Kraft to ever forgive him for the way he's handled things thus far, it's true. My "internet posting record?" Please.

The fact remains that this looks like a big deal, and Kraft's supporters will hold it up like a great shining example of Kraft standing up for Brady, but in fact it is nothing more than TP for the men's room. Courts don't have to consider or even read amicus briefs. The Jet and Giant fans on the circuit certainly aren't going to read it. Judges who aren't interested in anything other than clearing their docket aren't going to read it. It changed the odds of a rehearing from .3% to .30000001%. Yipee. Go Kraft! I take back everything I ever said about you!

Or...

Yaaaaawwwwwwnnnnnnn.......

 

[TomPatriot]

Didn't see it here, so here it is.

 

[Sfpat]

It goes beyond the Brady case. Contract negotiations with the union are upcoming. There is now a crack on the management side now admitting that the management negotiator (Goodell) can't be trusted. Lots of fireworks should come out of this.

 

[SVN]

 

[Wheelman]

And for a take on from someone who's not particularly impressed (and IIRC has always expected Brady to ultimately lose), see the @RMFifthCircuit twitter feed.

Thanks for sharing his twitter! Interesting seeing things from a different perspective.

 

[fnordcircle]

I am probably too far gone against Kraft to ever forgive him for the way he's handled things thus far, it's true. My "internet posting record?" Please.

The fact remains that this looks like a big deal, and Kraft's supporters will hold it up like a great shining example of Kraft standing up for Brady, but in fact it is nothing more than TP for the men's room. Courts don't have to consider or even read amicus briefs. The Jet and Giant fans on the circuit certainly aren't going to read it. Judges who aren't interested in anything other than clearing their docket aren't going to read it. It changed the odds of a rehearing from .3% to .30000001%. Yipee. Go Kraft! I take back everything I ever said about you!

Or...

Yaaaaawwwwwwnnnnnnn.......

Man, I don't know how you read the brief and not see that the Patriots are throwing some serious shade on Goodell. That they likely worked in conjunction with Brady's legal team and just go 'yawn', but that's your business. It's good when people admit to no longer being rational on a topic.

 

[captain insano]

Well, it only took 493 days.....

yes. to little to late in the extreme.