Deflategate; it just never stops giving.

[rob63]

So, if the NFL wins this round, will it end up going to SCOTUS?

Tom Brady could be in big trouble for Deflategate phone tampering | FOX Sports

The judges' primary concern centered around Brady destroying the cellphone he used to communicate with, among other parties, Patriots equipment managers after the 2015 AFC Championship game.
"Anyone within 100 yards of this would have realized that the cellphone issue raised the stakes in this thing," said Judge Barring Parker. "An adjudicator looking at these facts, it seems to me, might conclude that the cellphone had incriminating information on it and that, in the teeth of an investigation, it was deliberately destroyed."
"So why couldn't the commissioner suspend Mr. Brady for that conduct alone?" Parker asked.
According to McGovern, this line of questioning went on for nearly 20 minutes. At one point, circuit judge Denny Chin described the evidence of Patriots ball-tampering "compelling, if not overwhelming." He also concluded there was substantial evidence that Brady was more than "generally aware" of the ball deflation, but "knew about it, consented to it, encouraged it."
"How do we as appellate judges reviewing an arbitrator's decision second-guess the four-game suspension?" Chin asked.

 

[SnoopLoggyDog]

 

[jbombelli]

The NFL is a clown outfit that doesn't really care about their own rules, so why should I care? I just won't watch football games.

 

[Dr.Midnight]

I'm hooked. It's a soap opera for dudes.

 

[Flyingbrian]

 

[Michigan Slim]

The best part is that Peyton got the ring!

 

[Ghost Dog]

If it isn't Brady, it's Peyton, If it isn't Peyton, it's Brady.

They need to get rid of the Commish.

 

[M67]

They need to get rid of the Commish.

 

[KittySlayer]

Are those in charge of the NFL having a contest with those in charge of the Republican Party to see who can screw up their organization the fastest? What a bunch of buffoons.

 

[Hoosierkav]

Enough with the courts, we need Congress to have hearings.

Because, y'know, this is such good and necessary use of these agencies.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Appeals court orders Brady must serve 4 game suspension

Tom Brady (by the Player's Association) options: (1) seek en banc review at 2d Cir.; (2) petition SCOTUS; (3) concede 4-game suspension.

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/b158...t-qb-tom-brady-must-serve-deflategate-penalty

 

[HoughMade]

In before: "the Appellate Court found him guilty."

Our role is not to determine for ourselves whether Brady participated in a scheme to deflate footballs or whether the suspension imposed by the Commissioner should have been for three games or five games or none at all. Nor is it our role to second‐guess the arbitrator’s procedural rulings. Our obligation is limited to determining whether the arbitration proceedings and award met the minimum legal standards established by the Labor Management Relations Act, 8 29 U.S.C. § 141 et seq. (the “LMRA”).

http://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisio...2cc1a63-1d0a-4aad-9ca2-b9291d83a60d/1/hilite/

 

[femurphy77]

Can't Obummer just give him an executive pardon?

 

[Leadeye]

Wonder how much this will cost to go to SCOTUS?

 

[HoughMade]

Wonder how much this will cost to go to SCOTUS?

I would be disappointed in everyone involved if they even tried. Moreso in the SCOTUS if they accepted it.

 

[rob63]

In before: "the Appellate Court found him guilty."



http://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisio...2cc1a63-1d0a-4aad-9ca2-b9291d83a60d/1/hilite/

All true, however, there was no shortage of people insisting that the ruling by the previous judge proved he was innocent even though that judge's ruling had nothing to do with guilt or innocence. It plays both ways, the appeals court found him guilty. Nanner, nanner, boo, boo!

 

[MarkC]

This should never have been before the court to start with. Asking a court to review a sports ruling (which this, essentially, is) is a waste of court (read: public) resources, and speaks much to the character of Brady and the NFLPA.

 

[chipbennett]

More importantly: this is the week of the NFL Draft. Football is upon us again, if only for a long weekend.

(And this will be a delicious week to be in Boston.)

 

[BugI02]

The truly pathetic thing is this was like Nixon breaking into the Dem headquarters. Totally unnecessary. They were on the way to a convincing win without it. Apparently they were the only ones who didn't get the memo. Waiting to hear Brady say he's '...not a crook'

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Appeals court nixes Tom Brady's 'Deflategate' appeal in decision that affirms NFL commissioner Goodell's powers.