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

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DeflateGate: Tom Brady Negotiating with Roger Goodell for Settlement
By Rich Hill@PP_Rich_Hill on Jul 23, 2015, 5:24a 9

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The two sides of the investigation have come together to try and find a mutual ground- it's not happening.

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According to Mike Florio from ProFootballTalk, and confirmed with additional sources, Tom Brady's camp has had settlement discussions with Roger Goodell and the NFL.

This does not mean that Brady is accepting guilt. This means that the league is trying to find an outcome that doesn't lead to a court case. Per Florio, a settlement doesn't appear likely.

Multiple sources have pointed to a settlement where Brady receives no games of suspension, but will have a game check (or two) penalized. It's uncertain if this would involve Brady accepting any blame or not, or if the league would be able to note that the penalty is for Brady's lack of cooperation in the procedure, and not for his potential knowledge of any shenanigans with the football. While docking a game check would be far greater than the $50,000 fine that Brett Favre received for his lack of cooperation, a monetary fine is more in line with prior precedence than a four game suspension.

According to Florio, Goodell is under pressure from multiple owners to uphold the suspension for Brady. It wouldn't be a surprise if the Bills,Jets, and Dolphins owners were an active part of the discussion, or theBroncos, Steelers, and Colts ownerships.


Of course, we know that at least five team owners have publicly come out in support of Brady's penalty, including Jerry Jones of the Cowboys, Arthur Blank of the Falcons, and Bob McNair of the Texans. The owners in support of the penalty are considered just powerful asPatriots owner Robert Kraft (Jones), or just below (Blank, McNair).

Florio adds that Goodell is receiving legal advisement from attorney Gregg Levy, stating that "Levy has been warning Goodell that it will be difficult to make a suspension stick in court, even under the heightened standard that applies to challenging the outcome of a private arbitration agreement."

If the NFL believes they'll lose in court, Brady has no incentive to settle. Of course, if the suspension is revoked and any blame of any possible deflation is removed from Brady, then perhaps the Patriots quarterback would be fine with letting the whole ordeal end.

The latest scuttlebutt is that a verdict is expected tomorrow afternoon. Of course, that has been the talk for the past few weeks. So we'll report the news when it happens.

Dream on Rock...It would be better for PR and RG if he sticks to the 4 games and waits for a court to try and alter it...
It would not make him look like he's weak but rather stuck to his guns on the punishment and won't back down...
You can bet your house that the NFLPA don't want to go to court but are only threatening on the slim chance that RG will cave and the court may change the punishment, but they know he's guilty and it would not be a criminal court trial, so all the NFL needs is for it to be convincing that he is....
Brady's camp is obviously asking for too much, or negotiations would be over, RG can't exonerate him totally or he will lose face totally, and he can't impose even a fine and say that Brady is innocent....
He has to be guilty of some violation to be fined and/or suspended....
Be real man......Brady may get a game or 2 if he cooperates but he ain't coming out of this pig pen clean, that's for sure !!
 

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and how many balls get underinflated during game play just during the run of play?

All of them, but at an insignificant rate. Do you own a football? How often to you have to inflate it? Not very often I'd imagine
 

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All of them, but at an insignificant rate. Do you own a football? How often to you have to inflate it? Not very often I'd imagine

The most intelligent thing said here.

Was Brady guilty ... yes. Is it minor .... yes. Should officials check the footballs ... yes.
 

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where are you at that there is no scantly dressed babes on the beach ..I dont want to go there if thats the way it is

work.

and you are right this scene here blows.
 

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lmao if he isn't guilty why do you feel this way ? i think billy cheat was the master mind behind it all . funny part is the lost draft picks and a million dollars .
Think of all the trailers you could buy with a million dollars!
 

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Absolutely and with good reason. But, the suspension should still be reduced or eliminated. He let air out of Footballs. Big Deal. I think a small fine is more than a fair penalty.

Is that going to deter anyone from doing it in the future? If not, what's the point of doing anything at all?
 

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well if you had great scenery you would not get anything done ..

pfft... Not doing anything anyway markets are d e a d for what I'm doing.
 

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Its been a month, make a fucking call Roger. This is ridiculous.
 

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The more he fights this the more it stay's in the headlines ... Time to move on ...
 

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This is so stupid. Of course he is negotiating. That is what you do when you are guilty. You try and get your sentence reduced.
 

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This is so stupid. Of course he is negotiating. That is what you do when you are guilty. You try and get your sentence reduced.
But first you pretend you will sue in court... if this was going to court it would already be in court... TB needs a decision...like today ... It is in his best interest to have a decision rendered from a court asap as the wheels of justice move slowly.

I would bet he doesn't like the deal he was offered and it's in Brady's hands not Goodells.
 
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