Roger Goodell: 'No timeline' on Tom Brady's appeal ruling ( This is getting stupid )

[Betallsports]

Still holding your breath waiting for news about Tom Brady’s appeal? Don’t exhale.


We’ve heard all sorts of conflicting reports about when Roger Goodell will rule on the New England Patriots quarterback’s four-game suspension for Deflategate. On Tuesday, though, the NFL commissioner himself shot down the possibility of nailing down a specific date.


“We are obviously being very thorough and want to make sure we consider all aspects of his appeal,” Goodell said at a fundraising luncheon in Canonsburg, Penn., via ESPN.com. “We will make a decision as quickly as possible.”


How quickly, exactly?


“There is no timeline,” Goodell added. “We want to make sure we have a fair and open process.”


Brady made his appeal to Goodell on June 23, so we’re approaching one month without a ruling from the league. The Patriots open training camp in just nine days, though, and one would have to think the commissioner would settle the issue before that starts, as ESPN’s Adam Schefter predicted last week.


Then again, the league has proven unpredictable throughout this entire saga, and a report that Brady and the NFL Players Association will challenge any suspension in federal court suggests there may be more factors at play than meets the eye.

 

[CHOPTALK]

I think in week 5 of the season he will reduce it to 2 games.

What an idiot

 

[MikeB]

The NFL front office is like a three ring circus.


The decision was made long before that "hearing"....I don't know why Goodell is waiting.

 

[loomis41973]

Likely on a Friday

 

[PatsFan1283]

Maybe they're weighing what a legal battle would look like but who knows

 

[Willie99]

Roger just continues to show his gross incompetence

he 's still looking and hoping to find something, anything to save face

 

[Acebb]

I know I was hard on Patriot fans when the Wells report came out, but I have flip-flopped again because the Commissioner is terrible at the governance aspect of his job.

I just want the season to start and for Goodell to continue hiding under his desk.

 

[Willie99]

the Wells report is a legal joke, it's so laughable that Roger Goofball has no legs to stand on, hence there is still no decision

Goofball is praying for some backdoor miracle

he can't eliminate the penalty, he can't win in court, he knows he's fucked

 

[Willie99]

maybe he's hoping Tom will accept 1 game in exchange for an elimination or reduction of penalties against the Patriots. I actually now think the only reason he assessed such outlandish penalties against an organization he himself said was innocent in all this is to use such as leverage with Tom

now if Tom has refused to play, he's fucked

maybe he's calling Kraft to intervene

poor poor Roger just don't know what to do

 

[beejmi]

They were dumb to bring this back up when everyone had forgotten about it.

Of course they are denying Brady's appeal because Brady says 'any penalty' is going to court. So why reduce it at that point?

And yes a Friday afternoon 'newsdump'

 

[Greenbacks]

What`s the hold-up?

 

[Willie99]

They were dumb to bring this back up when everyone had forgotten about it.

Of course they are denying Brady's appeal because Brady says 'any penalty' is going to court. So why reduce it at that point?

And yes a Friday afternoon 'newsdump'

only possible negotiating point would be the million dollar fine and draft picks, does Tom take "1" for the team?

 

[OneZero]

Roger screwed himself (and the league), there is no outcome that could turn this whole blunder around. If he sticks with the 4 games, you gotta believe Brady will take them to court and the front offices' dirty laundry will be exposed. He does 1-2 games, everyone who hates the Patriots will believe it's because of his close relationship with Kraft and patriots got away with another one.

Even Peter Kings (I believe it was his) suggestion of taking data on all the balls; before, during and after each game and make a ruling after this upcoming season would be a lingering cloud of controversy.

 

[slapshot]

So Tom will appeal get to play Pats go undefeated till week 14 Tom loses appeal and can't play in playoffs Broncos beat Pats on the road in Divisional round