The ruling was a surprise to some legal experts who believed Berman was merely pressuring the league to settle when he criticized its handling of the investigation and discipline over the last eight months.This is the latest case of judicial activism (by a Clinton appointed judge) in favor of you cheat loving liberals.
Rush calls people like you the "envy crowd". The best moniker for you, maybe you should change your screen name to envious freeper.Envy? Sure whatever...
There’s nothing activist about it. 2 sides disagreed on the interpretation of the contract, one side had all the power and could “force” their interpretation, it went to court, the judge made a decision. And really it was the right call. The rule book says the punishment is a fine, and nothing else. Goodell tried to say that an unspecified “some” of the suspension was due to lack of cooperation with the investigation, but Tagliabue had previously thrown out player suspensions (Bounty Gate appeal) for lack of cooperation saying there was no such precedent. And there’d been a new CBA since then so if Goodell really wanted lack of cooperation to be a suspendable offense he had his chance.
This kind of stuff is exactly what the courts are for, to stop the side who has the power from enforcing their interpretation just because there’s nothing the other side can do. Meanwhile Goodell says he’s going to appeal, so 3 other judges will get a chance to agree or not.