Your scheme of acting like you don't even care is actually pretty good. I dunno where you can really take it, but it has promise.
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Court reinstates Tom Brady's 4 Game Suspension
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Your scheme of acting like you don't even care is actually pretty good. I dunno where you can really take it, but it has promise.
Ninja Scooter
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Ahh, the old "so and so is just a system QB!" argument. The tell tale sign of a football noob.
elrechazado
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It applies to basketball too. Jordan was just a cog in the Jackson system. Pippen almost won the chip during the baseball year.
Do you about sports culture? (I'm an expert)
Ninja Scooter
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It's almost like great teams have multiple great players. What a surprise.
To Far Away Times
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Nice to see Tom get another * by his name.
Cornbread78
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Interpretation of the Articles by 4 different judges has now been split 50/50 determining how much power Goodell actually should have. He should not have God mode powers and that is not what was collectively bargained for or else the PA wouldn't be wasting their time with the lawsuit.
elrechazado
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40 years those powers have been in the cba. Hopefully they finally do something about it. Only thing that matters is the judicial scoreboard, and they lost, regardless of what you think his powers "should" be.
Fwiw, I think goodell is a joke, the decision was based on nothing, and was a make up call based on inter owner politics. The cba is the cba though.
Pats fans are probably already preparing another lawsuit for emotional distress.
Except he didn't cheat nor is there any proof that he did. So move along. Come back when you've actually read up on the case.
I did. He cheated.
Megalosaro
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Does any one who has actually been following this actually think brady cheated? The ruling basically says that they upheld the suspension because it's a shit system but it's the one the nflpa agreed to
As a miami fan I don't feel safe until Coach B is suspended as well. /s
To actually comment on the case, I think it is bull and the next CBA is going to get ugly with a potential strike. Pats go 3-1 during his suspension and 500 articles about how the patriots are playing pissed for the rest of regular season.
To actually comment on the case, I think it is bull and the next CBA is going to get ugly with a potential strike. Pats go 3-1 during his suspension and 500 articles about how the patriots are playing pissed for the rest of regular season.
tiggerkiddo
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The players can't whine, they said he could have the power. They can always go on strike again!
DrForester
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Found Goodell's GAF account!
One of the reasons I've stepped back from following sports. They aren't out here saving lives, but the borderline worship sports figures get is asinine.
You can't just invent a scheme, then ruminate on possible outcomes when there was no scheme to begin with! You're upset because I made fun of your uggs jokes from a decade ago. Fair enough, we all have our sensitivities, but in your lashing out here you've bungled out of line and possibly messed with the viability of any future schemes I didn't even know I wanted to maybe hatch until just now.
Also, I think we're supposed to have this in these threads:
BadAss2961
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The Patriots will still be good without him. They plug anyone in and find ways to make it work... Brady's last sub hadn't taken a significant snap in the regular season either. Hell, he didn't even take a significant snap in college, and he went on to make bank off that season he played.
They'll still own the Dolphins and Bills. Texans are meh.
LizardKing
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This really needs to be emphasized. This has nothing to do with whether Brady is a cheater. It's all about how much authority the commissioner and head of this employer (NFL) has in denying an employee the right to work and receive pay. Be careful of the precedent you want to set.
Ah, sweet justice.
Yes, we established that he's a cheater quite some time ago. This is punishment starting to catch up to him.
Yes, we established that he's a cheater quite some time ago. This is punishment starting to catch up to him.
Well with Brady's contract extension, a four game suspension will cost him less than $200K.
You can't just invent a scheme, then ruminate on possible outcomes when there was no scheme to begin with! You're upset because I made fun of your uggs jokes from a decade ago. Fair enough, we all have our sensitivities, but in your lashing out here you've bungled out of line and possibly messed with the viability of any future schemes I didn't even know I wanted to maybe hatch until just now.
Also, I think we're supposed to have this in these threads:
I wanted more, but I'll accept it.
evil solrac v3.0
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The court opinions don't really help you understand if Brady did it or not because they were all about fairness and procedures. They never analyzed the actual decision about whether Brady was "guilty" or not, just if he was treated fairly.
Personally I think the district court and the dissenting opinion (i.e. 2 out of the 4 judges who heard it) were pretty convincing that Goodell arbitrarily decided to bury Brady. There's a lot of evidence for this and I don't think anybody could seriously refute it: i.e. ignoring the possibility of an 8k fine for using stickum on the football. Even the majority opinion was all "If Goodell did screw him he was perfectly permitted to by the CBA".
But I also think Brady totally was in on the scheme, so whatever.
Personally I think the district court and the dissenting opinion (i.e. 2 out of the 4 judges who heard it) were pretty convincing that Goodell arbitrarily decided to bury Brady. There's a lot of evidence for this and I don't think anybody could seriously refute it: i.e. ignoring the possibility of an 8k fine for using stickum on the football. Even the majority opinion was all "If Goodell did screw him he was perfectly permitted to by the CBA".
But I also think Brady totally was in on the scheme, so whatever.
Brady cheated.
You do realize that none of what's happening at this point concerns whether or not Brady cheated, right? It's whether or not Goodell overstepped the cba, nothing else.
I mean, the pats have been cheating for years, but they let them keep the rings right? A couple slaps on the wrist for a fistful of rings seems a bargain. This battle however is ONLY about executive power and the cba.
I mean, the pats have been cheating for years, but they let them keep the rings right? A couple slaps on the wrist for a fistful of rings seems a bargain. This battle however is ONLY about executive power and the cba.
lol. Ok.
Patriot fans are truly spoiled at this point. When Brady is done it shall be glorious
Gotta figure out how to beat the bills to do that... 😘
Wasn't this current cba signed at the end of a strike? The NFLPA will definitely strike over this issue. Shouldn't have signed it in the first place.
elrechazado
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White hot sports expertise, son!
I mean the teams in the league aside from the one in question.
dave is ok
aztek is ok
Good thing their backup QB is still better than the one the Eagles are ruining their entire franchise to get this year
Elwood Blues
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Time to pick tebow back up.
Michael F. Assbender
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We did it guys. We did it.
Bolivar687
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Goodell and his legacy redeemed.
Lol, that's what ESPN is running with.
MooMilk2929
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Glad he won't get away with it. What a cheater. He's even trying to lawyer his way out of the penalty. People know he did it tho, that won't change everyones minds.
TwntyOneTwlv
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This is such crap
GO TOM
GO PATRIOTS
GO TOM
GO PATRIOTS
not psycho
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Everyone knows he didn't do it (since the balls weren't deflated, there could be no conspiracy to deflate them), so this won't affect his reputation.
The only ones who will stick like glue (and not be punished for it) to the initial false reports are those who he had no reputation to lose with.
The only ones who will stick like glue (and not be punished for it) to the initial false reports are those who he had no reputation to lose with.
Kurt Angle
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It seems everyone is just running with what they want to believe. As much as Brady's press conference wasn't convincing, there isn't any evidence that balls were deflated.
timetokill
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The Players Union agreed to those terms. The NFL was always going to win this eventually.
Brady should seriously just accept his cheater punishment because there's no way the Supreme Court is going to bother with this, nor should they.
Brady should seriously just accept his cheater punishment because there's no way the Supreme Court is going to bother with this, nor should they.
Especially right now with Obama's nomination blocked. You might end up with a 4/4
psi
Ray Wonder
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entremet
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Not only that but the lawyer fees.
He's rich, yes. But good luck going against 31 billionaires.
Is the NFLPA paying for some lawyer fees?
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