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Post by Lithfan on Jul 29, 2015 9:16:45 GMT -5
Bill Belidick: We are on to 2015.
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Post by jcappy on Jul 29, 2015 9:28:04 GMT -5
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Post by DDNYjets on Jul 29, 2015 9:31:01 GMT -5
These scumbags make me sick. The NFL doesnt need a smoking gun and the burden of proof is more likely than not.
NFL should have a board meeting and get rid of Kraft ASAP. Make him sell the team. Everything he says is conduct detrimental to the league and he is undermining the shield. I think the other owners are fed up and that is why Goodell was forced to uphold the 4 games.
In terms of procedure, the NFL handled this brilliantly. Brady may end up getting an injuction while they hear the case but this ruling will never be overturned. The confirmation filing in NY was very slick as they try to make sure this case wouldnt end up in Chowd Country or Minnesota.
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Post by The Tax Returns Are in Kenya on Jul 29, 2015 11:58:16 GMT -5
So now no one knew about anything? What happened to the equipment guys that the organization suspended? Doubletalk Interesting twist in their suspensions. Supposedly it came out afterwards that it was at the NFL's request that they were suspended. But the timeline is fuzzy and it almost seems like that is being said to make the Patriots claims of innocence stronger |
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Post by The Tax Returns Are in Kenya on Jul 29, 2015 12:03:56 GMT -5
Brady released his statement this AM. From NFL.com www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000504572/article/brady-responds-to-goodells-ruling-i-did-nothing-wrong?campaign=tw-nf-sf11465761-sf11465761"I am very disappointed by the NFL's decision to uphold the 4 game suspension against me. I did nothing wrong, and no one in the Patriots organization did either.
Despite submitting to hours of testimony over the past 6 months, it is disappointing that the Commissioner upheld my suspension based upon a standard that it was "probable" that I was "generally aware" of misconduct. The fact is that neither I, nor any equipment person, did anything of which we have been accused. He dismissed my hours of testimony and it is disappointing that he found it unreliable.
I also disagree with yesterday's narrative surrounding my cellphone. I replaced my broken Samsung phone with a new iPhone 6 AFTER my attorneys made it clear to the NFL that my actual phone device would not be subjected to investigation under ANY circumstances. As a member of a union, I was under no obligation to set a new precedent going forward, nor was I made aware at any time during Mr. Wells investigation, that failing to subject my cell phone to investigation would result in ANY discipline.
Most importantly, I have never written, texted, emailed to anybody at anytime, anything related to football air pressure before this issue was raised at the AFC Championship game in January. To suggest that I destroyed a phone to avoid giving the NFL information it requested is completely wrong.
To try and reconcile the record and fully cooperate with the investigation after I was disciplined in May, we turned over detailed pages of cell phone records and all of the emails that Mr. Wells requested. We even contacted the phone company to see if there was any possible way we could retrieve any/all of the actual text messages from my old phone. In short, we exhausted every possibility to give the NFL everything we could and offered to go thru the identity for every text and phone call during the relevant time. Regardless, the NFL knows that Mr. Wells already had ALL relevant communications with Patriots personnel that either Mr. Wells saw or that I was questioned about in my appeal hearing. There is no "smoking gun" and this controversy is manufactured to distract from the fact they have zero evidence of wrongdoing.
I authorized the NFLPA to make a settlement offer to the NFL so that we could avoid going to court and put this inconsequential issue behind us as we move forward into this season. The discipline was upheld without any counter offer. I respect the Commissioners authority, but he also has to respect the CBA and my rights as a private citizen. I will not allow my unfair discipline to become a precedent for other NFL players without a fight.
Lastly, I am overwhelmed and humbled by the support of family, friends and our fans who have supported me since the false accusations were made after the AFC Championship game. I look forward to the opportunity to resume playing with my teammates and winning more games for the New England Patriots."Wow, what an entitled spoiled bitch. This is exactly like his play on the field - everybody owes him something, whether it's a holding call or a counter offer. A counter offer! Why the hell should anybody be giving you a counter offer Tom Brady? His expectation of fully getting one, as if there was a "negotiation" here says it all. And he's accusing the NFL of manufacturing a controversy? Wow. Just wow. The league that has protected his ass for years like it's a delicate egg is now manufacturing a distracting controversy? Fuck you Tom Brady! He is digging himself in deeper and deeper with the NFL. Don't know what he hopes to accomplish by making them look bad. All of a sudden he's all about the players union he's in and not the darling of the NFL? Feh! |
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Post by ryu79 on Jul 29, 2015 14:19:13 GMT -5
Where are TMZ and Gawker and The News of the World?
Clearly, Brady was doing something else on top of the deflategate stuff to warrant his destroying of the phone - his lawyers and advisers are far too expensive and pedigreed to have not known that it would completely undermine any attempt to win the court of public opinion, which is ultimately all that matters to him.
So what's Brady REALLY hiding?
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Post by crossfire on Jul 29, 2015 14:43:50 GMT -5
So what's Brady REALLY hiding?  |
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Post by Trades on Jul 29, 2015 14:58:58 GMT -5
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Post by Trades on Jul 29, 2015 14:59:24 GMT -5
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Post by Trades on Jul 29, 2015 14:59:43 GMT -5
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Post by Trades on Jul 29, 2015 15:00:09 GMT -5
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Post by Trades on Jul 29, 2015 15:00:46 GMT -5
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Post by Lithfan on Jul 30, 2015 9:00:52 GMT -5
daniel kaplan
@dkaplansbj
Big news, Minnesota judge has ordered this morning the NFLPA lawsuit over Brady b transferred to Manhattan, where the NFL first filed
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Post by The Tax Returns Are in Kenya on Jul 30, 2015 9:47:44 GMT -5
daniel kaplan@dkaplansbj Big news, Minnesota judge has ordered this morning the NFLPA lawsuit over Brady b transferred to Manhattan, where the NFL first filed The NFL is in Manhattan. Why should it be in Minnesota, or any place else? |
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Post by rexneffect on Jul 30, 2015 9:56:24 GMT -5
Well that's the end of Brady's hope for an easy turnover.
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