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Agreed but keep in mind I doubt that Goddell would have pushed so hard if some, if not the majority, of NFL owners wanted this to be pushed forward. He is essentially the $40 million dollar shield for the billionaire owners. It can't be easy having 32 bosses to report to.
With all the screws he has done over the handling of issues over the past 2 years ( Rice, Peterson, Brady.) It's time the owners got smart and said 
to the clown.
Alleged
It takes a special kind of commissioner to bungle things so badly that you can't even successfully punish a guy for on-the-field cheating.
They also voted to give Goodell total say in discipline and appeals but went to court to fight it in Brady's case.
While I agree that weed smokers are over punished put me in the camp of not really caring what teams do to the footballs. All teams doctor them to some extent.
Because the rules for their infractions are spelled out. There were no rules or penalties outlined for what Brady was suspended for (that and the league completely dropped the ball from Day One on how they handled things).
Goodell has total control, but federal labor laws still apply.
Because the NFL followed actual procedures in those cases, not imagined rules with unusually harsh penalties that never existed until the media got involved.
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You guys really struggling with the difference?
Great posting, actually. Why is Tommy special? And I'm not trying to discredit Brady, rather the process like GB above. Other NFL players who have been suspended have a real serious ax to grind here.
they all have the same avenue of recourse should they have chosen to use it
Great posting, actually. Why is Tommy special? And I'm not trying to discredit Brady, rather the process like GB above. Other NFL players who have been suspended have a real serious ax to grind here.
this is correct, there was/is a precedent for illegal substances and actual tangible proof.You guys really struggling with the difference?
Great posting, actually. Why is Tommy special? And I'm not trying to discredit Brady, rather the process like GB above. Other NFL players who have been suspended have a real serious ax to grind here.
I told you so. Idiot NFL.Make no mistake. The NFL WILL lose in court. In terms of reputation, for sure, and in terms of losing the case, likely.And there are still those that will defend him m and think the NFL would lose in court.
Who knows if the outcomes of their cases differ if they went through the same process as Brady's did.this is correct, there was/is a precedent for illegal substances and actual tangible proof.You guys really struggling with the difference?
Great posting, actually. Why is Tommy special? And I'm not trying to discredit Brady, rather the process like GB above. Other NFL players who have been suspended have a real serious ax to grind here.
Very different scenarios.
It takes a special type of Salty Hater who ignores a federal judge saying that the NFL had no evidence of deflation for the AFC game.
It takes a special kind of commissioner to bungle things so badly that you can't even successfully punish a guy for on-the-field cheating.
Spoken like a true ###. It's not about "no evidence" it's about Goodell over reaching with his punishment and going for the jugular. Don't get me wrong, I am mad that Brady gets to play when he cheated, and I feel he should still be suspended for likely a reduced sentence, but Goodell is the one that botched the whole thing up with no backbone and "evidence" from a "this is how cheating punishments are handled" point of view. Sure Pat's fans are happy to have him back.It takes a special type of Salty Hater who ignores a federal judge saying that the NFL had no evidence of deflation for the AFC game.
It takes a special kind of commissioner to bungle things so badly that you can't even successfully punish a guy for on-the-field cheating.
one of the judge's points was that the nfl has never declared a right to punish someone for being generally aware of other people's misconduct.
