update...This appears to be the way the NFL wants to proceed to save face. The following came out today regarding the NFL's outrageous demands. Why would anyone in their right mind concede to these demands. Apparently the NFL wanted it to go to court. As stated earlier to save face.
By Darren HartwellIt’s been a month and a half since Roger Goodell
upheld Tom Brady’s four-game suspension for his alleged role in Deflategate, and the two sides still haven’t been able to reach a settlement.
According to the latest report, it appears the NFL doesn’t have any interest in budging.
While attempting to negotiate a settlement with Brady and the NFL Players Association ahead of Wednesday’s court appearance, the league’s stance was to have Brady’s camp accept a
“laundry list” of concessions that included recognizing the NFL’s authority to suspend Brady and other players in the future for “conduct detrimental to the league and obstructing a league investigation,” a source told Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio on Thursday.
The NFL’s hope, Florio added, was that Brady and the NFLPA would surrender in the face of these large demands and agree to try to work out a reduced suspension for the New England Patriots quarterback.
That, of course, didn’t happen, as the two sides
remain far apart after Wednesday’s appearance in front of U.S. District Court Judge Richard Berman. Brady’s camp has insisted from the very beginning it won’t accept any ruling that includes a suspension, and given the NFL’s reported offer, it seems unlikely that position will change.
According to Florio, though, the NFL seems insistent on coming away with “what amounts to an enhancement of the labor deal” that will allow Goodell and his staff to suspend players simply for obstructing league investigations.
It’s clear this fiasco has evolved well past the issue of deflated footballs and into a power struggle between the NFL and NFLPA. The two sides returned to court briefly Thursday to
continue settlement talks, but no progress reportedly was made.
As we heard from yesterday's court hearing, the NFL doesn't appear to stand a chance in proving that Brady had anything to do with the footballs having less air.
My questions have been since the beginning last January why haven't they brought in the officials. Didn't they handle the footballs during the game? Wouldn't they have known that something was wrong with the footballs? Couldn't they tell the difference? I mean after all this wasn't their first game....
