Well, it could be the other way. It could well be that in a private meeting Goodell said, "Look, you want to go through with this? Tom, that means you gotta produce your phone. I don't know what's on it, but you gotta produce it.Posted on 05/19/2015 1:14:16 PM PDT by Kaslin
RUSH: Oh, we got a flash: "Patriots Will Not Appeal Deflategate Decision." You know, there have been all kinds of secret meetings going on over the past 24 hours between Goodell and Robert Kraft, between the NFL and the Patriots. The sports media was starting to get breathing heavy, thinking that some sort of compromise had been reached. Because in the Drive-By Media, their template/their narrative is that Goodell is a jerk, that Goodell does nothing but screw up every time he hands out this penalties.
And that Goodell therefore knows he's a jerk, and Goodell knows he screwed up here, and Goodell is looking for a way out, and that's why he went to the Patriots under cover of darkness, and they're trying to get out of this thing without an appeal and without a lawsuit. The press is trying to tell us that means Goodell knows he's made a big mistake here and he's offering a way out, and they don't know what it is. Maybe eliminate the fine of $1 million or maybe not take the two draft choices.
I've thought all along this suspension's gonna be two games. You remember me saying that. So we'll see what happen. With the Patriots now saying they're not gonna appeal, they have to have been given something, would you not conclude? (interruption) Well, it could be the other way. It could well be that in a private meeting Goodell said, "Look, you want to go through with this? Tom, that means you gotta produce your phone. I don't know what's on it, but you gotta produce it.
"Are you sure you guys want to go through with this?" Because I'm telling you: There's much more going on here than just Deflategate. Spygate, who knows? I mean, it could be that way. It could be that Goodell took his good buddy Kraft and said, "Bob, look, man. This is gonna get worse than it is now if we go. You gotta pull back, man. You just gotta let this happen and back off." That's one way.
The other way -- the preferred storyline from Drive-By Media -- is that Goodell stepped in it, knows he stepped in it, wants a way out, and has gone to his buddy Kraft to let him off the hook with most of the penalties removed. That's the Drive-By Media. That's what they're all predicting will happen here. So it's one of two things, and I have just given you the two possible scenarios.
Maybe Brady finally told Kraft he lied and the NFL told Kraft they can prove it.
He’s got a young girlfriend and a large bottle of Viagra!
More likely, Kraft took one for the NFL team again. He should have started and ended his defense with, “The Colts footballs were shown to be under inflated as well,” rather than coming up with other lines that left people laughing.
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Maybe Goodell told Kraft that the Superbowl win would be forfeited to the Seahawks...........it should be.............
“The Colts footballs were shown to be under inflated as well,”
Better yet penalize both teams.
How about all the teams in the NFL!
Wasn’t it like 1 out of 12 balls for the Colts and either 11 or 12 out of 12 for the Patriots?
The Patriots aren’t appealing the decision, but is Brady’s appeal still on???
The case is a distraction from serious things that are happening, which threaten the American future. Someone needs to rise above this silliness.
Patriots, Colts, Vikings, and Panthers were all caught with altered footballs last year. Only the Patriots were punished.
Checking ball inflation was already a task that had to be done before each game. They appeared to subvert that procedure...............
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No one is suggesting that infractions not be called; but once a game is over, everybody ordinarily moves on.
Even though I don’t believe the inflation changed the outcome of the game, it’s still the principle of the rules that they were doing something irregular and got caught doing it..........
If the NFL could prove anything that would be in the Wells report. In the end Kraft didn’t want to tear up the league. It is way past time for this issue to go way. And I’m sure the Pats will get awesome compensatory picks the next few years.
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