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Appeals court: QB Tom Brady must serve 'Deflategate' penalty
MSN News ^ | Apr 25, 2016 | LARRY NEUMEISTER

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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TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: brady; cheatriots; deflategate; deflatriots; massachusetts; newengland; newenglandpatriots; nfl; patriots; tombrady
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The Appeals Court ruled 2-1 against Tom Brady. The ruling said that it did not matter if the suspension was unfair, the charges fraudulent or even if Brady was completely innocent. The ruling said the NFL and Goodell can do almost anything they want under arbitration.

"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.

1 posted on 04/25/2016 10:04:58 AM PDT by detective
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2 posted on 04/25/2016 10:06:10 AM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Get Ready)
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To: detective

Justice lies wounded again.


3 posted on 04/25/2016 10:10:38 AM PDT by Rapscallion (You are correct. It IS a conspiracy, not a bad dream.)
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To: detective
"Our obligation is limited to determining whether the arbitration proceedings and award met the minimum legal standards established by the Labor Management Relations Act."

Pontius Pilate would be proud of this court. I am not.

4 posted on 04/25/2016 10:12:46 AM PDT by Rapscallion (You are correct. It IS a conspiracy, not a bad dream.)
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To: Rapscallion

5 posted on 04/25/2016 10:15:06 AM PDT by twister881 (Politics)
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To: detective

Game #4 of 2016

Bills vs. Patriots at Foxborough

Thank you US 2nd Appeals Court!


6 posted on 04/25/2016 10:15:10 AM PDT by PGR88
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7 posted on 04/25/2016 10:15:11 AM PDT by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: Rapscallion

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.


8 posted on 04/25/2016 10:16:38 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: detective

I’m not a Pats fan but I hope they win all 4 games.


9 posted on 04/25/2016 10:16:39 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you really want to irritate someone, point out something obvious they are trying hard to ignore.)
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10 posted on 04/25/2016 10:16:45 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: PGR88
You can’t even play a football game without a Federal Government/Court decision now.

That's the price of an anti-trust exemption.

11 posted on 04/25/2016 10:17:40 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: detective

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.


12 posted on 04/25/2016 10:18:28 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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“The Patriots won the contest over the Indianapolis Colts, 45-7”

The defense rests.


13 posted on 04/25/2016 10:18:54 AM PDT by McGruff (Rush Limbaugh: Jeb Bush could mount a convention comeback)
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To: dfwgator

No, but Brady & the Cheatriots sure are :)


14 posted on 04/25/2016 10:19:30 AM PDT by twister881 (Politics)
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To: detective; admin

Shouldn’t this be under General Chat?...................SPORTS...................


15 posted on 04/25/2016 10:20:13 AM PDT by Red Badger (WE DON'T NEED NO STEENKING TAGLINES!...........................)
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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


16 posted on 04/25/2016 10:21:23 AM PDT by M Kehoe
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45-7?

The defense rests?
Hell they didn’t even show up!..................


17 posted on 04/25/2016 10:21:26 AM PDT by Red Badger (WE DON'T NEED NO STEENKING TAGLINES!...........................)
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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.


18 posted on 04/25/2016 10:21:38 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: M Kehoe
Full disclosure: I’m a Dolphin fan. The Patriots cheat

Long before Brady came there.


19 posted on 04/25/2016 10:22:41 AM PDT by dfwgator
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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.


20 posted on 04/25/2016 10:22:50 AM PDT by dadfly
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