Brady suspension upheld

[shamrock]

Well I expected an entertaining first day at New England training camp, it didn't disappoint. It's going to be an interesting year for sure, along with a diminished Roster and Tom Brady fiasco, Bill Belichick and New England look like they are going rogue for sure. I've been going to New England's training camp for 20 years since they were at tiny Bryant College. Belichick had the team report for today's first workout with no numbers on their jerseys LOL. Huge crowd, the biggest I've seen, and nobody knew who anybody was. There was a slew of out-of-town press because of the Brady fiasco. Blount flunked his conditioning test, and his already in Belichick's doghouse. Noticeably overweight, and I believe he has a suspension from the Bell Pittsburgh drunk driving conviction. Word is New England will refuse to raise their championship banner for the nationally televised game opening night against Pittsburgh.

 

[Senor Capper]

Before the suspension the Patriots were 6-point favorites over the Steelers for the Sept. 10 Thursday night regular season opener.

Once the suspension was handed down, most books went to Patriots -3. Once the appeal was denied CG Tech had Patriots -1.5 while WH went to -2.5.

In the case of CG, they actually got Patriots money pushing them up to -2.5. Limits are only $1,000 on these games and will be upwards to $20,000 on the week of the games. Those lines tell me that Brady is worth only 3.5-points to the number.

:facepalm:

Are you kidding me?

Brady is worth at least 6 to the number and maybe even closer to 8.
Backup Garoppolo is getting rave reviews, but real game action is an entirely different story.

:shrug:

 

[IE]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...led-me-brady-appeal-transcript-shows/?hpid=z5

 

[shamrock]

Before the suspension the Patriots were 6-point favorites over the Steelers for the Sept. 10 Thursday night regular season opener.

Once the suspension was handed down, most books went to Patriots -3. Once the appeal was denied CG Tech had Patriots -1.5 while WH went to -2.5.

In the case of CG, they actually got Patriots money pushing them up to -2.5. Limits are only $1,000 on these games and will be upwards to $20,000 on the week of the games. Those lines tell me that Brady is worth only 3.5-points to the number.

:facepalm:

Are you kidding me?

Brady is worth at least 6 to the number and maybe even closer to 8.
Backup Garoppolo is getting rave reviews, but real game action is an entirely different story.

:shrug:

one of the news stations here in Massachusetts is actually charting Brady/Jimmy completions in seven on 7/11 on 11 drills. Brady is that 80%, Jimmy at 65.

 

[Old School]

NFL fires back at Brady defense

http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/nfl-fires-back-at-brady-defense/ar-BBlv8ph?ocid=HPDHP




An attorney for the NFL says the players association?s arguments for a federal judge to vacate Commissioner Roger Goodell?s decision on upholding New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady?s suspension have no basis in the law or the collective bargaining agreement.
In an interview with USA TODAY Sports, Daniel L. Nash of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP said the union?s case rests on misstatements of facts and attempts to rewrite the collective bargaining agreement, which gives Goodell power to both issue discipline and decide appeals.

?(Brady) can?t dispute that he failed to cooperate. He can?t dispute that he destroyed (his) phone knowing that it contained information that had been requested by the investigators,? Nash said.
?He didn?t present any evidence that challenged the conclusions in the Wells Report about the Patriots employees, and the bottom line is that the commissioner made a judgment that this was conduct detrimental, and under the collective bargaining agreement, he has the authority and, in fact, the responsibility to impose discipline in that circumstance.

[good luck getting a judge to trample on the toes of collectively bargained agreements]

Both sides have asked U.S. District Court Judge Richard M. Berman to issue a decision by Sept. 4, the week before the defending Super Bowl champion Patriots? nationally- televised opener against the Pittsburgh Steelers. But Nash acknowledged the long-running Deflategate saga may not end there, given the possibility of appeals.