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NFL Suspends Tom Brady, Punishes Patriots For "Deflategate" [Slap On The Wrist?]
CBS News ^ | May 11, 2015

Posted on 05/11/2015 5:55:09 PM PDT by Steelfish

May 11, 2015 NFL Suspends Tom Brady, Punishes Patriots For "Deflategate"

The NFL announced Monday that it was suspending New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady for his role in a scheme to deflate footballs used in last season's AFC championship game, a controversy that came to be known as "Deflategate."

In a statement released Monday afternoon, the league said the Super Bowl MVP "will be suspended without pay for the first four games of the 2015 regular season for conduct detrimental to the integrity of the NFL."

The league also fined the Patriots $1 million and took away two draft picks, including next years' first-round choice, "for the violation of the playing rules and the failure to cooperate in the subsequent investigation."

In addition, the NFL indefinitely suspended the two Patriots equipment staffers who carried out the plan, including one who called himself "The Deflator."

The punishment was imposed five days after a 243-page report prepared by league-appointed investigator Ted Wells said Brady "was at least generally aware" of plans by the team employees to prepare the balls to his liking, below the league-mandated minimum of 12.5 pounds per square inch.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts
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1 posted on 05/11/2015 5:55:09 PM PDT by Steelfish
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To: Steelfish

A suspension and fine because he “probably” knew the balls were deflated. How can this hold water in the courts?? I hope he fights it.


2 posted on 05/11/2015 5:59:17 PM PDT by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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To: Steelfish

I gotta know....what is he guilty of? I haven’t read all the info so please don’t flame me.....ok flame suit on.


3 posted on 05/11/2015 5:59:58 PM PDT by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11)
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To: elpadre

Guess he should have showed up at the White hut.


4 posted on 05/11/2015 6:00:27 PM PDT by acapesket
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Guess he should have showed up at the White hut.

Funny (as in strange..) how all Obama's detractors find themselves in trouble for not bowing to Herr Obama.

5 posted on 05/11/2015 6:01:46 PM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: acapesket

Yes, the snub was the real transgression. I’ll bet that toad Goodell got an earful from Jarrett.


6 posted on 05/11/2015 6:02:14 PM PDT by clintonh8r (ISIS IS ISlam/Christian lives matter!)
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To: ColdOne
He's guilty of equipment tampering.

The NFL has a set penalty for tampering with footballs and its a $25,000 fine.

But there is a bit of a loophole that allows the Commissioner to impose "other penalties" if he sees fit.

Like a 4-game suspension.
Loss of a 1st round draft pick.
Loss of a 4th round draft pick.
And a million dollar fine.

The commissioner had discretion -- and he used it.

7 posted on 05/11/2015 6:04:47 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy ("It's not easy being drunk all the time; everyone would do it, if it were easy.")
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To: elpadre
How can this hold water in the courts??

The same way all civil cases where one party wins and one party loses hold water. Facts in a civil case are proven by a preponderance of the evidence. That is defined to the jury as "more probable than not". The NFL uses the same standard of proof in its investigations. Microsoft was subject to an antitrust judgment of billions using this standard of proof. Joe Nobody who gets sued for a fender bender also pays money if it's proved he's liable by a preponderance of the evidence. That's just how all of our cases work. Except in criminal matters, where the standard is "beyond a reasonable doubt". You seem to be applying that standard to what will be a much lower burden of proof for the NFL.

8 posted on 05/11/2015 6:05:29 PM PDT by Defiant (Making Stephy a news anchor is like making an arsonist the fire chief.)
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To: elpadre
How can this hold water in the courts?? I hope he fights it ...

He can appeal it with the NFL thru his union. That's the way it works in the NFL. He'll appeal it for appearance sake and it will be denied. He'll accept it knowing he was damn lucky not to get a full season suspension.

9 posted on 05/11/2015 6:09:28 PM PDT by BluH2o
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To: elpadre
How can this hold water in the courts??

He works under a collective bargaining agreement. Arbitration is the next stop. He'll probably have his scurvy cheating ass penalty reduced.

10 posted on 05/11/2015 6:09:48 PM PDT by Stentor ("The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.")
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To: ClearCase_guy

I like some of the posts on a Boston website -
If you suspend one, then you suspend all. Win as a team, lose as a team.
Don’t even take the field during the Brady suspension games - If Robert Kraft has the stones, refund the home game suspensions, and concede the victory to the other team.
Patriots will then go 12-4.


11 posted on 05/11/2015 6:11:05 PM PDT by mkleesma (`Call to me, and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.')
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To: elpadre
How can this hold water in the courts??

What court do you imagine would take the case?

12 posted on 05/11/2015 6:11:08 PM PDT by Kazan
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To: clintonh8r
Yes, the snub was the real transgression. I’ll bet that toad Goodell got an earful from Jarrett.

Did you capture that conversation on your cell phone camera?

13 posted on 05/11/2015 6:13:31 PM PDT by Kazan
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To: Steelfish
Maybe Brady should have punched out Gisele and only gotten a 2 game suspension like Ray Rice...
14 posted on 05/11/2015 6:14:34 PM PDT by Popman (Christ Alone: My Cornerstone...)
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To: BluH2o

No one has ever mentioned “The Officials” in this entire investigation. No one can tell me that the game official whose responsibility is to retrieve the ball and place it at the appropriate yard line, did not notice that the game ball was less than adequately inflated. NFL Officials need to be held accountable for this mess as well.


15 posted on 05/11/2015 6:16:00 PM PDT by Mr. Wright
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To: Steelfish

Boy, does the NFL know how to blunder. Great job.


16 posted on 05/11/2015 6:16:16 PM PDT by Sam Clements
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To: Kazan; clintonh8r
I’ll bet that toad Goodell probably got an earful from Jarrett.

There, see, add 'probably' in there and BANG you have a case!

17 posted on 05/11/2015 6:18:43 PM PDT by LearnsFromMistakes (Yes, I am happy to see you. But that IS a gun in my pocket.)
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To: Sam Clements

Roger Goodell cannot get any dumber!
Give him a raise!


18 posted on 05/11/2015 6:19:11 PM PDT by acapesket
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To: elpadre

Lawyer speak in the report for, “We think he did it, but cannot prove it.” And the whole thing pushed by the guy now in the league office who pushed Spygate from the Jets’ staff. As with Bountygate, the actions against Brady will not survive arbitration, unless he too is a Patriot hater.


19 posted on 05/11/2015 6:21:31 PM PDT by Ingtar (Capitulation is the enemy of Liberty, or so the recent past has shown.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

He apparently has discretion to decide guilt out of whole cloth as well.


20 posted on 05/11/2015 6:22:26 PM PDT by Ingtar (Capitulation is the enemy of Liberty, or so the recent past has shown.)
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