Tom Brady suspended for four games Overturned!

I don't know why they would be. Nothing at changes based on what a judge says. It only changes if the NFL says they were wrong.

 

I actually don't care that much. To have a federal judge verbalize out loud that there's no evidence connecting Brady to deflating footballs is priceless.

That was worth more than any ruling. The NFL turned itself into WWE this year.

 

was this televised or something? How the fuck does anyone know how this went based on twitter?

 

He didn't say that unless I missed something, he said there is no evidence of a scheme not that Brady had no connection to deflating footballs. Again though he is ignoring the evidence of the texts between the ball boys and of course if this is really a trial about whether or not Brady was involved I'd have to imagine testimony from the ball boys would be required.

 

Yeah. You don't care in the slightest.

 

He didn't say there was no evidence. He asked for their evidence. A little bit of difference there.

 

A regular court reporter was allowed twitter access I believe.

 

I'll give you that, but the context of their answer is what I was looking for. The NFL fucked up on this one pretty badly.

 

News organizations were present: http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/tom-brady-and-roger-goodell-in-court-for-deflategate/ar-BBlGbRi

 

Now you are backing off your "To have a federal judge verbalize out loud that there's no evidence connecting Brady to deflating footballs is priceless."

So no he didn't say there was no evidence, the NFL didn't fuck anything. Brady might get off due to a technicality but none of it will change anything in the court of public opinion and that is really that matters. The Pats cheated their way to 3 Super Bowls got caught and found a way to cheat their way to a 4th.

Wake me when they win a legit Super Bowl

 

Okay. Thanks. Even so, this was a settlement conference, not an evidentiary hearing. I'm not sure its too smart to try to draw conclusions based on what went down in open court. The judge is clearly trying to strong-arm the parties into resolving this by agreement. Pointing out the weakness of one party's side at this stage may really mean they have the stronger hand overall. I'm not saying that's the case at all, but it is one way to interpret what you're reading today. The cheerleaders here for each side giving their spin is pretty worthless.

 

Instead of criticizing me, the Twitter guy was allowed to tweet from press room by the judge

 

There was no out of context. The judge is supposed to ask this question. And if he didn't Brady would appeal (he will anyways). The more mistakes the judge makes the longer they can drag this out. Or get it thrown out because of a technicality. Which could be their endgame. This isn't about what really happened. It's about legal expertise.

 

Agree with everything you are saying. Seems clear from the onset the judge would rather see a settlement as opposed to any further time in federal court at tax payers expense. You asked why one reporter had twitter access, and from what I've heard it was granted to just one reporter who regularly has access to this court as opposed to all the johnny-come-lately's who were granted access today.

 

Arguably, it's never been about what really happened.

 

No, I'm not. I said I'm comfortable. While you've vocalized your opinion, I don't share it. And public opinion means exactly jack sh1t to me. Public opinion is what defines the good guys from the bad guys in WWE "competition". I'd rather make this about the game of football instead of a soap opera.

That's what the debate is, right? Does the NFL have the power in the CBA to ignore or even fabricate evidence for their own storyline?

Have fun with that.

 

This. It's about what fans of teams that lose might do if they don't get some help from the "refs".

Which makes it pathetic.

 

Yes. And the NFLPA only has their selves to blame for that.

 

Even if it's your team I'll pick the side of the players vs. the owners.