Because the NFLPA signed the CBA that lets him do that
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Court reinstates Tom Brady's 4 Game Suspension
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Because the NFLPA signed the CBA that lets him do that
No one's going on strike over this, but when they renegotiate the new CBA this will be one of the big sticking points.
Cornbread78
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I wasn't aware of that. What is a CBA anyway?
It's actually a bigger issue now that they have legal proof Goodell can play God whenever he wants with the league. I think the PA underestimated this part of the CBA and will want it rectified immediately.
Megalosaro
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God...
elrechazado
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They should because it's a wake up call to the nflpa to get their crap together and fix this in their next labor negotiations. The ruling didn't give that power, the players did.
Skellig Gra
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That says it all really. NLFPA made their bed and they have to sleep in it. Maybe the big ticket superstars like Brady will do something to help their union brothers in the future.Some quick notes from Rand Getlin via Twitter:
if it were any team other than the pats NFL fans would be united in sentiment against goodell
but he played on one of the most hated teams in sports as a diversion tactic
this aggression will not stand, man
CBA = collective bargaining agreement
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League_collective_bargaining_agreement
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So, the Jimmy G era indeed for at least 4 more years.
elrechazado
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Collective bargaining agreement. The master contract between a union and management. Both sides negotiate then sign, and it has a specific time period where it is in effect. The players and owners agreed goodell would be god emperor in this regard. CbA's are subject to federal law and 100+ years of legal precedent. The court ruled that what goodell did was clearly within the cba and the law governing cba's.
Next time the cba comes up for negotiation, this ruling and goodell's other blunders should help the nflpa negotiate more independent review of discipline.
Yeah, they can. They can bargin for a better position on this area. That they didn't was their fuckup.
CapitalismSucks DonkeyBalls
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Don't sleep with the enemy, Pats.
DeaconKnowledge
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Where was the bitching when the Steelers were the only team in the league to vote against the CBA? Pats helped vote it in, blame them for Goodell roundly fucking Brady.
Well, Blame the Pats also since this whole thing is a comeuppance for the Patriots years of systemic cheating.
Cornbread78
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Corran Horn
May the Schwartz be with you
The 2020 strike will be fun.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Gonna laugh when the league decides they don't have to do whatever a Court says.
elrechazado
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Uhh ok. What indication did we miss that that was sarcasm? Sorry lol.
VeryGooster
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Megalosaro
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From the discenting opinion.
"It is ironic that a process designed to ensure fairness to all players has been used unfairly against one player."
"It is ironic that a process designed to ensure fairness to all players has been used unfairly against one player."
Already put Brady on the same shelf as Lance Armstrong.
Known cheat, in a sport where everybody cheats and everybody knows it with the exception of fans going through the denial phase. Reason he goes on the shelf, is the "how dare you" pointing they both do, which is an insult to everyone's intelligence.
Nobody's denying he's an amazing quarterback. Perhaps the best in the league. Just a terrible person, who wears Uggs. And no bigger or worse a cheat than any other cheat in the league. Just less self-aware. And deliriously vain.
Known cheat, in a sport where everybody cheats and everybody knows it with the exception of fans going through the denial phase. Reason he goes on the shelf, is the "how dare you" pointing they both do, which is an insult to everyone's intelligence.
Nobody's denying he's an amazing quarterback. Perhaps the best in the league. Just a terrible person, who wears Uggs. And no bigger or worse a cheat than any other cheat in the league. Just less self-aware. And deliriously vain.
I dunno. Has Tom Brady tried to ruin peoples' lives who came out against him like Armstrong did?
Cornbread78
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Ninja Scooter
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This is bullshit, and I think I speak for our NEOGAF resident legal analyst Bionic77 when I say that he would agree with me if he weren't banned.
He threw a couple of junior staffers under the bus (probably with their assent tho) with regards to the still hilariously bizarre bathroom stop. So nowhere near as evil and on a much smaller scale. Just similar attitudes. Like comparing a Saturn V rocket with an M80. Scale is wrong, but the idea is right.
Uggs though. Not sure that can be forgiven.
It's nice to want things. They have absolutely zero leverage on this issue. Not going to be changed any time soon.
Don't you dare stomp on Bionic's grave.
Damn... I strongly disagree... no way the same case here.
LOL
Well, they kinda tried to screw him, too. And the NFL basically admitted on live TV that they couldn't prove he did it, and suspended him just cuz.
Rabbi_Vole
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It's just a game.
Goro Majima
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Not only will it not be changed now but it's not even that likely it will change the next CBA. The cold truth is this the discipline issues affect such a low percentage of players it will be one of the first things they "conceed" in order to get something else they want that affects more players. Which is the smart thing to do honestly.
And with that, gaf's two least biased NFL commentators and legal and air pressure analysts, rest this case once and for all.
Hear! Hear!
CapitalismSucks DonkeyBalls
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My wife works as an elementary school teacher in a state ranked 48th in teacher salary with no foreseeable change incoming. Meanwhile, I have to concern myself with a multi-millionaire and his billionaire wife taking a 4-game suspension to the Supreme Court because it'd hurt his brand.
I hate this fucking country.
I hate this fucking country.
Megalosaro
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Only place to take it is SCOTUS.
Agreed. Tom Brady and the Pats are a microcosm of everything wrong with 21st century America.
Ninja Scooter
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Your wife should have learned how to throw a football, boss.
Can't really argue with this. I just get so used to it.... but yeah it is a joke really.
BadAss2961
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lol. Putting a lot of faith in a QB who has never played a significant snap in the regular season. Brady makes that team click
Best post in the thread.
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