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'Deflategate' judge says Brady suspension in jeopardy - Yahoo Sports
Read it and weep, NE Patriots/Brady haters:
"U.S. District Judge Richard M. Berman warned an NFL lawyer during oral arguments that there was precedent for judges to toss out penalties issued by arbitrators in the scandal now known as ''Deflategate.
Berman cited several weaknesses in the way the NFL handled the controversy that could result in a victory by Brady and the NFL Players Association. . . .
If there is no negotiated deal, Berman said he hopes to rule by Sept. 4, six days before the Patriots host thePittsburgh Steelersin the NFL's season-opening game. He encouraged a settlement, calling it a ''logical and rational option.''
During more than two hours of arguments by attorneys, the judge noted other arbitration decisions have been rejected when a key witness was not allowed to testify as he questioned why NFL Executive Vice President Jeff Pash - who worked on the NFL investigation - could not be interviewed by union lawyers during the suspension's appeal.
Berman said arbitration proceedings, while more relaxed than court proceedings, are still required to follow due process rules to ensure fairness.
He said a reference to the Jan. 18 game against the Indianapolis Colts was ''conspicuously absent'' in a conclusion from the NFL investigation that found Brady was generally aware of a plot to deflate game balls below what rules allow.
Finally, Berman said he could not understand how the commissioner opted to keep a four-game suspension over some other penalty. He asked what portion of it was for involvement in a deflated football scheme and what part was because Goodell concluded Brady didn't cooperate with the probe.
He also was troubled by Goodell's defense of the penalty on the grounds that it was comparable to penalties on players who use performance enhancing drugs."
Read it and weep, NE Patriots/Brady haters:
"U.S. District Judge Richard M. Berman warned an NFL lawyer during oral arguments that there was precedent for judges to toss out penalties issued by arbitrators in the scandal now known as ''Deflategate.
Berman cited several weaknesses in the way the NFL handled the controversy that could result in a victory by Brady and the NFL Players Association. . . .
If there is no negotiated deal, Berman said he hopes to rule by Sept. 4, six days before the Patriots host thePittsburgh Steelersin the NFL's season-opening game. He encouraged a settlement, calling it a ''logical and rational option.''
During more than two hours of arguments by attorneys, the judge noted other arbitration decisions have been rejected when a key witness was not allowed to testify as he questioned why NFL Executive Vice President Jeff Pash - who worked on the NFL investigation - could not be interviewed by union lawyers during the suspension's appeal.
Berman said arbitration proceedings, while more relaxed than court proceedings, are still required to follow due process rules to ensure fairness.
He said a reference to the Jan. 18 game against the Indianapolis Colts was ''conspicuously absent'' in a conclusion from the NFL investigation that found Brady was generally aware of a plot to deflate game balls below what rules allow.
Finally, Berman said he could not understand how the commissioner opted to keep a four-game suspension over some other penalty. He asked what portion of it was for involvement in a deflated football scheme and what part was because Goodell concluded Brady didn't cooperate with the probe.
He also was troubled by Goodell's defense of the penalty on the grounds that it was comparable to penalties on players who use performance enhancing drugs."
