Tom Brady Negotiating with Roger Goodell for Settlement, NFL fears court

[Rex Racer]

Huh??? Kraft paid the million dollar fine and gave up the draft picks, because he knew the Pats were guilty!!! Plain and simple!!! Otherwise why didn't Kraft take the NFL to court, like he promised??

Did you and Tgann share a big bowl of stupid this morning? Christ you girls are dense

 

[The Oldtimer]

Maybe Kraft decided to eat it because his only recourse was to sue the NFL in court, in essence suing a business he is part owner of.

Durr...............

Maybe Kraft decided to eat it because his only recourse was to sue the NFL in court, in essence suing a business he is part owner of.


R.R., whatever!!! An old man like me is not going to change your mind.

 

[The Oldtimer]

Did you and Tgann share a big bowl of stupid this morning? Christ you girls are dense

R.R., in stead of insulting people and showing your "true colors", try to answer the question. No one that thinks they (Kraft) are totally innocent, will pay a million dollar fine and lose draft picks. Maybe, just maybe, you are the one that is "dense", could that be possible?????

 

[The Oldtimer]

Blow me you little faggot.

LMFAO!!! Look who's talking!!!!!!!

 

[Rex Racer]

R.R., in stead of insulting people and showing your "true colors", try to answer the question. No one that thinks they (Kraft) are totally innocent, will pay a million dollar fine and lose draft picks. Maybe, just maybe, you are the one that is "dense", could that be possible?????

It's been explained to you. Maybe Nurse Ratchet can help you understand.

 

[The Oldtimer]

Yep by a group that is the prosecutor, jury AND judge... That's what you call a kangaroo court and that's why they get their butts kicked everytime it gets to a real court.

PF, the NFL found Brady guilty, whether it's a "kangaroo court" or not. As long as Goodell is in charge he has the final say. If the owners don't like Goodell, then they should get rid of him.

 

[Rock Strongo]

LMFAO!!! Look who's talking!!!!!!!

rex is from NH.

that is all.

 

[The Oldtimer]

It's been explained to you. Maybe Nurse Ratchet can help you understand.

It hasn't been "explained" to me, that's the point. You have told me, exactly what you "wanted" to tell me. I'm I suppose to believe you????

 

[The Oldtimer]

rex is from NH.

that is all.

Oh, now I get it!!!! LOL

 

[Manster7588]

Blow me you little faggot.

Someone has their panties in a wad.

 

[Scooby-Doo]

Actually, when he is found not guilty as charged, you will still find him guilty

Well, yea.... Me and the mass majority of non-patriot NFL fans.

 

[Scooby-Doo]

He was found guilty

FIFY

 

[Scooby-Doo]

Umm,.......he's being punished for not handing-over his cell-phone,.......ok......."smart guy",....?!

Translation - He is guilty.

 

[Tgann69]

Blow me you little faggot.

^Pffffft! You're slip is showing little lady.

 

[LambeauLegs]

Do we need a separate thread on who loses more if Brady sues the NFL.

Brady loses more Yes____ No_____

NFL loses more Yes____ No_____

Tom Brady would be a fool to sue the NFL | For The Win

Tom Brady’s threat to sue the NFL if his Deflategate appeal doesn’t go exactly as the Golden Boy desires has been taken as accepted fact despite the fact that it’d be a short-sighted, legacy-harming move on the part of the beloved New England Patriots quarterback.

The NFLPA and the Brady camp have issued threats both vague and brazen that they’ll take the NFL to court if Brady’s four-game suspension, which was handed down in a process that the NFLPA collectively bargained, is completely wiped out. Their theory is simple: Rather than go through a protracted legal battle (possibly as long as six months), during which Brady would likely be allowed to play via judicial injunction, the NFL will cave, believing months of litigation, with discovery of documents the league doesn’t want to make public, isn’t worth punishing Brady for 60 to 120 minutes for his role in cheating in the AFC championship, and likely long before. Since Brady’s four-game suspension is almost certain to be reduced to one or two, why go through all the rigmarole of a trial just to make a point, even if the NFL believes the NFLPA is bluffing.

But it goes both ways: Any reason the NFL wouldn’t want to go to trial has to be tenfold for Brady. The NFL’s image is already at an all-time low. Barring some Nixonian coverup, there’s almost nothing feasible that would come out in that trial that would damage the league in the eyes of the public. (And if it did, so what? People are still going to watch football no matter any theoretical front office shenanigans. Those TV contracts aren’t going away either. The NFL press is so insular that it can’t see why the general sporting public wouldn’t really care about Steve Bisciotti lobbying Roger Goodell on the terms of the suspension.)

Brady, it would seem, has more to lose. He’d have to turn over that cell phone data to the courts and it would eventually go public. He might have to sit on the stand and answer, under oath, whether he ever instructed “The Deflator” to deflate footballs. He’d be the one playing a season under the specter of a looming trial. He’d be the one keeping the Deflategate story alive, likely into 2016. And, most importantly, he’s the one who still has a positive image to lose.

Ridiculously, Brady has become a sympathetic figure in Deflategate, mainly due to the knee-jerk hatred of all decisions and comments coming from the NFL’s front office. He likely cheated in the 2015 playoffs en route to a Super Bowl, and possibly long before, yet many view him as the oppressed one.

Use that. Embrace that. Don’t become Al Davis. If Brady is in legacy mode (and he should be) then taking the NFL to trial over something he’s likely guilty of is the wrong move.

Brady’s sponsors would have to agree. Though football players don’t make a ton of money in endorsements, Brady still made $7 million last year through various companies and you’d think his three main endorsers — Under Armour, UGG and Movado — wouldn’t want to see the man they pay millions suing his own league. Under Armour, in particular, has a lot to lose: Nike’s uniform deal with the league ends in 2017 and the Baltimore-based apparel line is almost certain to make a bid to be the official clothier of the league. Money trumps everything else so it’s not as if a Brady lawsuit would negate UA’s chances, but it certainly wouldn’t help.

The quarterback and the union that represents him have turned this entire saga into a game of chicken for no reason beyond their own egos. To avoid a trial, the question is who’s going to blink first, the NFL or Brady? But in a battle of image, there’s no question: Brady has more to lose. He should happily accept the inevitably reduced suspension Goodell will hand down, then triumphantly return in Week 2 or Week 3 as the unjustly suspended player, with his legacy in tact and Deflategate firmly in the rearview mirror.

 

[PatsFan2003]

FIFY

Yeah that's only way you can do that.

Just like your buddy Roger Goodell..

 

[Dude]

You're reaching Dude.

Actually, I'm kidding.

 

[Tgann69]

Someone has their panties in a wad.

Rex must've broke a heel this morning on her way to her waitressing job.

smh.

 

[Rex Racer]

I broke a heel this morning on my way to my waitressing job.

smh.

You should wear sensible shoes, Flo.

 

[Rex Racer]

rex is from NH.

that is all.

And the best part of NH is?


It's not assachusetts.

that is all