Brady's 4-game suspension upheld

[ML Dog]

Line Move?

<small> Tom Brady NFL DeflateGate - first 4 games of regular season</small>
<cite>graded when suspension is shortened or when all 4 games have been served</cite>
Thu 7/30		30041 Tom Brady suspension reduced		<input id="radiox" value="M1_8" name="radiox" type="radio">+120
9:00AM		30042 Brady serves all 4 games of suspension		<input id="radiox" value="M2_8" name="radiox" type="radio">-160

<tbody>
</tbody>

 

[GoSooners]

 

[Willie99]

"Tom's phone billing record from this timeframe shows that he never spoke on the phone or texted with McNally, ever," Yee said. "Tom's phone billing record shows that nearly every communication with Jastremki was already in possession of Wells' team with exception of three texts between Tom and Jastremski on Feb. 7. Every other communication he ever had with Jastremski in that time period was already in the hands of Wells' team. They also had any communication between Tom and the equipment manager (Dave) Schoenfeld."
Yee said that the Brady "voluntarily disclosed to the league" that he had cycled through this cell phone prior to his March meeting with Wells, and that Brady also indicated that it is a regular practice of his to delete emails and texts from his phone "as a safeguard," something Yee advises his clients of as a general practice. "Given Tom's public status, to ever lose phone and have texts and emails on there would be significant consequences from a publicity standpoint," Yee said.
During the time frame from November through March, Yee said that Brady had text or phone communications with a total of 28 NFL employees (including those from the Patriots), as displayed in the phone records. In his decision, Goodell acknowledged Brady's willingness to turn over the phone records and identities of the numbers indicated on them, and in Footnote 11 stated it was "not practical" for the league to go to those outside parties to obtain the specific information contained in those texts, since that time period contained roughly 10,000 texts in all.
Yee said that of the parties pertinent or potentially pertinent to this case, there were just 10 teammates, two current coaches, five former teammates, one NFL Network employee, five members of New England's "front office" and five other Patriots' employees who had phone or text contact with Brady (which brings the total number to 28).

--------------------------------------

when are people going to realize Roger Goodall is a lying sack of shit? How many times does it have to be proven he lied about something?

Goodall is no better than you average politician or talking head or media member, intellectually dishonest to his very core

Even people who know this side with him when it's convenient, I can't comprehend such behavior. I guess I'm just too damn honest.

 

[Willie99]

Roger lies about Tom cooperating, he lies about not having everything made available to him, he has access to everything from the cell service provider, he has everything from the phones of the equipment manager..................

yet he chooses to act as if Brady didn't give him something, why is that? Why does he have to cite something so ambiguous and untrue by all other accounts (Ray Rice anyone?), why doesn't he cite facts? 7 months later, he's still all about hot air

he knows his crowd well, if he wasn't enabled by err umm duuuh enablers (that's the word I'll use for now), if he wasn't enabled by enablers, he's be laughed out of town already.



suit him for slander Tom, take his job and destroy his reputation

 

[The Guesser]

Just Wrong Way being Wrong AGAIN. I thought that was confined to Poli where his Wrong record is 100%. So the guy being investigated gets to say he has Fully Co-operated, NOT the ones doing the investigating?? And that somehow means he HAS fully co-operated? . Only a blind fool would accept that. Somehow I don't think Hillary Clinton or some other Politician and/or person who commits a crime gets the same pass. No other athlete gets to say that. "Yes Commisioner, I have FULLY Co-operated with your steroid testing, no need to piss in that cup. Why? Because I say so. Why don't you just accept my statement that I have fully co-operated, the idiots that blindly support me do?"
What a joke.

 

[texansfan]

Excellent article from Dan Shaughnessy from the Boston Globe.

Deal with it — Tom Brady and the Patriots are cheaters


In a 20-page decision that was released at 2:32 p.m. Tuesday, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell upheld Tom Brady’s four-game Deflategate suspension. In the day’s most shocking revelation, the commissioner revealed that Brady ordered his assistant to destroy his cellphone on the same day (March 6) Brady was interviewed by NFL investigator Ted Wells. Brady did not disclose this development for several months and it was not confirmed until the day of his suspension appeal hearing, June 23.

What do you say now, Patriot fans? Still think the NFL is out to get the Patriots? Still think Tom Brady is clean? Still think this is a witch hunt?
Of course you do. And that is why at a time when you should be embarrassed, you are probably emboldened.

Please. Give up. It’s time for local loyalists to parachute down from Planet Patriot and get in touch with reality. Stop twisting yourselves into knots to justify the petty crimes and coverups of the Patriots and their quarterback.

According to the NFL, the Patriots cheated. They tampered with footballs after the balls were approved by game officials. The NFL terms it an ongoing “scheme.’’ It’s not a huge transgression, but the tampering was done to gain a competitive advantage. It appears to have been systematic. Tom Brady knew about it, then he destroyed evidence.

<aside class="bg-related bg-related--wide" style="margin: 0px auto 2em 2em; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); outline: 0px; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; width: 356px; max-width: 100%; clear: both; float: right; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 26px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"> View Story

NFL upholds Tom Brady’s four-game suspension

The league’s commissioner said Tom Brady instructed an assistant to destroy his phone hours before meeting with the Deflategate investigator.


<footer class="bg-related__more" style="margin: 0px 1em; padding: 0px 0px 1em; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; clear: both; background: transparent;">

• Brady destroyed cellphone and texts
• Social media reacts to Brady decision

</footer></aside>Sorry. Obstructing an investigation by destroying evidence doesn’t play in America. No matter what happens now, the hard-earned accomplishments of Brady and the Patriots are tarnished.

This just keeps getting worse for the Patriots. This is way worse than Spygate. It’s worse than losing the perfect season in Glendale, Ariz., in February of 2008.
It’s time to hear from Brady. Instead, late Tuesday afternoon we got a statement from Brady’s preposterous agent, Don Yee, who “eloquently” stated that “the science in the Wells Report was junk,’’ and also said, “neither Tom nor the Patriots did anything wrong.’’

Really? Then why did the Patriots suspend Jim McNally and John Jastremski? Why did Bob Kraft accept the loss of two draft picks (one a first-rounder) and the largest fine in the history of the NFL without a fight? Why didn’t the Patriots produce McNally for a final interview after Wells learned about damning texts? Why didn’t they bring McNally back last month when Goodell again offered to bring in the former equipment man for clarification?

The Patriots, like Brady, evidently arrived at the conclusion that it was better to cover up than to comply. It makes you wonder how bad this really was. What else are the Patriots hiding? What else might come out?

The NFL Players Association is fully prepared to take Brady’s case to federal court in a case that would test the punishing powers of the commissioner. Swell. The Patriots and Brady believe they can escape on a legal loophole, like a criminal who goes free because the cops made a procedural error.

It might work. Brady could get an injunction that would allow him to play football while the case is adjudicated. Maybe the NFLPA will prevail and Brady’s punishment would be erased. But it could backfire. Going to federal court could result in Brady serving his suspension at a more inopportune time (December?). It threatens to send the Patriots into their 2015 season under a cloud of uncertainty. We all know Bill Belichick hates uncertainty.

How far does Brady want to take this? Belichick has skated thus far. Does Brady want to go down any path that might get his coach (the man with the Spygate prior on his résumé) involved in this mess? Does getting a suspension lifted on a technicality restore the image of a guy who tosses his cellphone like a character in “Breaking Bad”?

Perhaps now we know why Kraft rolled over at the owners meeting in San Francisco in May. He knows that disclosure is not the Patriots’ friend in this matter. The Patriots have been stubborn and defensive since the news of this scandal broke. Rather than admit guilt and accept punishments, they have denied everything and insisted that the league “has got nothing.’’ Kraft went so far as to demand an apology when he arrived at the Super Bowl. This strategy — probably directed by angry son Jonathan Kraft — has blown up in the Patriots’ facemasks at every turn.

Tuesday’s disclosure that Brady destroyed his cellphone is yet another example of the latter point. If Brady had simply accepted his punishment and not appealed, chances are we would not know about this blatant obstruction of the NFL’s investigation. The Patriots media cartel could continue to promote the narrative of Patriots-as-victims.

A statement from the team late Tuesday afternoon perfectly demonstrated the intransigence that got everybody here in the first place. The Patriots said they are “extremely disappointed’’ in Goodell’s ruling, again noted the “folly” of the Wells Report science, and said it was incomprehensible that the league is trying to destroy the reputation of one of its greatest players and representatives.

Way to go, Patriots. Keep howling at the moon. We all know that Planet Patriot orbits in an alternate universe.
Time to give it up, people. Your quarterback destroyed his cellphone on the day he was called to explain Deflategate. What more do you need?

 

[Ricboff]

'Why didn’t the Patriots produce McNally for a final interview after Wells learned about damning texts? Why didn’t they bring McNally back last month when Goodell again offered to bring in the former equipment man for clarification?'



Pats shipped him to Beijing.....poor chap was following orders and ends up in China........dagone..........

 

[Acebb]

Minnesota judge has ordered this morning the NFLPA lawsuit over Brady transferred to Manhattan, where the NFL first filed

---
The NFL is about a -700 favorite now...

 

[PatsFanatic]

Brady's agent/lawer is terrible. He is just like A-Rod's lawyers who were going to take down MLB.

Yeah, he's terrible hno:

 

[PatsFanatic]

5 Dimes weighs in:

<small>Tom Brady NFL DeflateGate - first 4 games of regular season</small>
<cite>graded when suspension is shortened or when all 4 games have been served</cite>
Wed 7/29		30041 Tom Brady suspension reduced		<input id="editx" name="M1_4" size="4"> +300
6:00AM		30042 Brady serves all 4 games of suspension		<input id="editx" name="M2_4" size="4"> -420

<tbody>
</tbody>

5 Dimes got it wrong too.....should have offered a "nullified" odd

 

[Willie99]

Badafuckingbing

Who saw this coming?

 

[thekeyman]

Badafuckingbing

Who saw this coming?

​i must say at the begining i didn't see this coming,but the longer it went on i suspected that brady would be cleared,....he is one of the biggest stars in football and there is no way that they don't want him on the field,.......im just glad its over with already