Posted on 04/25/2016 10:04:58 AM PDT by detective
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady must serve a four-game "Deflategate" suspension imposed by the NFL, a federal appeals court ruled Monday, overturning a lower judge and siding with the league in a battle with the players union.
A three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan ruled 2-to-1 that Commissioner Roger Goodell did not deprive Brady of "fundamental fairness" with his procedural rulings. The split decision may end the legal debate over the scandal that led to months of football fans arguing over air pressure and the reputation of one of the league's top teams.
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"Our role is not to determine for ourselves whether Brady participated in a scheme to deflate footballs or whether the suspension imposed by the Commissioner should have been for three games or five games or none at all. Nor is it our role to second-guess the arbitrator's procedural rulings," the opinion said. "Our obligation is limited to determining whether the arbitration proceedings and award met the minimum legal standards established by the Labor Management Relations Act."
More bad news for NFL fans.
Hopefully Brady will appeal and win.
Justice lies wounded again.
Pontius Pilate would be proud of this court. I am not.
Game #4 of 2016
Bills vs. Patriots at Foxborough
Thank you US 2nd Appeals Court!
You can’t even play a football game without a Federal Government/Court decision now.
Our government is literally involved in every aspect of our lives and society.
I’m not a Pats fan but I hope they win all 4 games.
That's the price of an anti-trust exemption.
This is bad for Goodell. He was trying to fight the perception among the owners that he works for Kraft. He had to go over deflategate, but he was hoping to lose in court.
“The Patriots won the contest over the Indianapolis Colts, 45-7”
The defense rests.
No, but Brady & the Cheatriots sure are :)
Shouldn’t this be under General Chat?...................SPORTS...................
Full disclosure: I’m a Dolphin fan.
The Patriots cheat, and when caught pay the price (most of the time). Having said that, I would rather beat the Patriots WITH Brady.
Ol’ Roger has a bug up his butt.
5.56mm
45-7?
The defense rests?
Hell they didn’t even show up!..................
Nah, now they’ll get a good chance to evaluate Garoppolo and see if he truly is the heir apparent. They just did the Patriots a huge favor.
Long before Brady came there.
someone last week basically arguing that tebow didn’t have the ability to play in NFL, gave his reason: every organization in the NFL’s #1 goal ***by far*** is to get the best qb on the field.
i guess the NFL commish didn’t get that memo from the teams.
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