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The NFL's Deflategate report is a disaster for Tom Brady
Business Insider ^ | 5/7 | Cork Gaines

Posted on 05/07/2015 6:15:29 AM PDT by TangledUpInBlue

While the investigation focuses on the actions of two employees, locker room attendant Jim McNally and equipment assistant John Jastremski, the report also concludes that Tom Brady "was at least generally aware of the inappropriate activities of McNally and Jastremski involving the release of air from Patriots game balls."

This is a pretty damning accusation against one of the NFL's biggest stars.

The league's evidence against Brady centers on three main points: 1) his reaction to the condition of game balls used in a Week 7 game against the New York Jets in October, 2) how he interacted with McNally and Jastremski following subsequent games, and 3) how he communicated with the two after Deflategate exploded.

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To: TangledUpInBlue

No evidence huh? See the link for text messages.....

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I saw them, and if that’s all the NFL has, they’ve got nothing from a legal standpoint.


61 posted on 05/07/2015 7:08:37 AM PDT by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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To: TangledUpInBlue

What I’ve learned from DeflateGate:

Cheating doesn’t matter if it doesn’t affect the outcome of the game.

/sarc


62 posted on 05/07/2015 7:09:41 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Falcon 105)
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To: Wolfie

A disaster for Tom Brady? No, not in the least.

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I agree. And, if nothing else, he seemed to play better when the balls were known to be inflated to higher pressure, the second half of the Colts game and the SB.


63 posted on 05/07/2015 7:10:43 AM PDT by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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To: bkepley
I suspect he will be more manly about it than his defenders Brady "manning up"? I don't expect that ... not for a minute.
64 posted on 05/07/2015 7:10:50 AM PDT by glennaro
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To: glennaro

If this was a one time incident, we could give it a pass.

But there is a pattern with this team since this coach has taken over.

Brady and the coach should be suspended for at least 4 games, and their first two round draft choices for the next two years should be taken away.

They must be punished or the stretching of rules will continue.


65 posted on 05/07/2015 7:22:39 AM PDT by skinndogNN
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To: TangledUpInBlue

Its not like he doesnt touch the ball much ...
F U T B


66 posted on 05/07/2015 7:26:19 AM PDT by ßuddaßudd (>> F U B O << "What the hell kind of country is this if I can only hate a man if he's white?")
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To: ßuddaßudd

Read page 228. The NFL has no idea idea if anything really
happened.


67 posted on 05/07/2015 7:30:01 AM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: TomGuy
That someone ‘probably’ did something is not evidence nor substantiation of charges.

It seems that ‘probably’ is all they could come up with after 4 months of investigation.

Yes it is. The standard of proof under the NFL's rules (which is the same as the standard of proof in nearly ever civil lawsuit) is the "preponderance of the evidence," meaning that, in order to impose disciline on someone, all they have to prove is that it was "more probable than not" that the person violated the rules.

The fact that this investigation found that it was "more probable than not" that Brady was involved does not indicate weakness in the evidence, it indicates that they conducted the investigation pursuant to the relevant burden of proof.

68 posted on 05/07/2015 7:34:28 AM PDT by Conscience of a Conservative
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To: elpadre
So we are going to convict a guy based on the probability he is guilty?? Is this America, or Iran??

In civil cases, here in America, a "probability" is all you need.

69 posted on 05/07/2015 7:35:19 AM PDT by Conscience of a Conservative
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To: McGruff
The final score was 45-7. Stop being a bunch of crybabies.

I think the fair thing to do would be to get rid of the Patriot's scores from the first half, since that's how long it went until the balls were discovered.

Pats with the win, 28-7.
70 posted on 05/07/2015 7:38:12 AM PDT by Svartalfiar
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To: TangledUpInBlue

Disaster. Still an nfl star. Still rich. Still married to a supermodel.

The horrors. :)


71 posted on 05/07/2015 7:43:28 AM PDT by 5Madman2 (Practicing random acts of Douchebaggery whenever possible)
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To: TangledUpInBlue

Suspend him from the second half of the first pre-season game. Maybe the second one too. And no desert either.


72 posted on 05/07/2015 7:52:34 AM PDT by showme_the_Glory ((ILLEGAL: prohibited by law. ALIEN: Owing political allegiance to another country or government))
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To: timestax

The Patriots have been cheating at least since the 70s.
The only team I root to lose no matter who they’re playing.
If the Chicoms had a team against them I’d root for the Chicoms also.


73 posted on 05/07/2015 7:53:30 AM PDT by Vinnie
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To: TangledUpInBlue

The problem is that Goodell set the precedent with the Saints and banished Peyton for a year, saying that ignorance is no excuse.

So, if that’s the case, then it’s only fair that Belichick face the same punishment as Peyton, to be consistent.


74 posted on 05/07/2015 7:54:34 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: bigdaddy45

People have been cheating in business since business was invented and so on and so on. It does matter were the lack of ethics is it should no be condoned. The fact that ethics doesn’t matter to some is almost as egregious as the cheating. In my experience people who have no problem letting cheaters slide are generally known to cut more than a few corners themselves when no one is looking.


75 posted on 05/07/2015 7:55:37 AM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: McGruff

i agree but it 35-31 against the ravens.


76 posted on 05/07/2015 7:57:29 AM PDT by Palio di Siena
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To: DoodleDawg

I’m talking about Brady. I think that the Pats would only have been fined for this, but since Brady snubbed Obamba, now they’re going after him!


77 posted on 05/07/2015 8:04:44 AM PDT by gr8eman (Don't waste your energy trying to understand commies. Use it to defeat them!)
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To: DoodleDawg

Blount had 148 yards


78 posted on 05/07/2015 8:05:18 AM PDT by OLDCU
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To: gr8eman
I’m talking about Brady. I think that the Pats would only have been fined for this, but since Brady snubbed Obamba, now they’re going after him!

Brady is an integral part of the Pats success. Kraft is a strong Obama supporter. Why would Obama take steps to hurt Kraft?

79 posted on 05/07/2015 8:13:59 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: Fresh Wind
What I’ve learned from DeflateGate: Cheating doesn’t matter if it doesn’t affect the outcome of the game. /sarc

Exactly. I'm really surprised at the number of people who have this viewpoint. "The Patriots won big. What difference at this point does it make?" Sigh.


80 posted on 05/07/2015 8:20:58 AM PDT by Cinnamontea
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