Patriots Weirdos

[b0mberMan]

Wow. Sooooomebody's jealous that they are not a golden name

[TobaccoRoadEagle]

Wow. Sooooomebody's jealous that they are not a golden name

i'd try to look up who you are talking about but the search function continues to be broken

[claver2010]

Maybe BC and the puscatriots are looking to swap matador coaches

[HJS]

[TobaccoRoadEagle]

i don't really care about either team but i find this hilarious

[twballgame9]

i don't really care about either team but i find this hilarious

It's pretty funny, would have been funnier if Peyton's arm fell off.

[TobaccoRoadEagle]

i don't really care about either team but i find this hilarious

It's pretty funny, would have been funnier if Peyton's arm fell off.

and neither one of them was wearing pants

[twballgame9]

Two words. Hot Plate. Awesome.

[twballgame9]

I guess it is Pot Roast. Still Awesome.

[angrychicken]

I guess it is Pot Roast. Still Awesome.

Awesomer than Pot Plate?

[DavidGordonsFoot]

I guess it is Pot Roast. Still Awesome.

I'm surprised it took him as long as it did to choose between NE and Washington. I'm no Pats fan, but that is a no-brainer.

[flyingelvii]

Maybe he just liked being racist?

[DavidGordonsFoot]

Deflate and give someone that jacket.

[b0mberMan]

This is hilarious

[DavidGordonsFoot]

This is hilarious

Especially when just one short month ago, Bob Kraft requested the Patriots draft choices be returned to them.

[twballgame9]

None of this has anything to do with whether they actually did any of it or not, it's boring arbitration jurisprudence. Fortunately, it should be over now. Pats will suffer to 3-1 without him, and we can all move on from this idiocy.

[Bryn Mawr Eagle]

None of this has anything to do with whether they actually did any of it or not, . . .

Huh? Brady had a full arbitration hearing . . . and testified, and lost. I have not read the decision, but I assume the Second Circuit simply found there was no impropriety in the hearing process or procedures, and upheld the results of that arbitration? If so, I don't think what you said is actually correct regarding the impact of this.

[HJS]

None of this has anything to do with whether they actually did any of it or not, . . .

Huh? Brady had a full arbitration hearing . . . and testified, and lost. I have not read the decision, but I assume the Second Circuit simply found there was no impropriety in the hearing process or procedures, and upheld the results of that arbitration? If so, I don't think what you said is actually correct regarding the impact of this.

The Fed Court's involvement is supposed to be related to the powers of the Commissioner as collectively bargained by the Union and Owners. The CBA gives Goodell wide discretion and the Court basically is saying Roger was within his powers to suspend Brady. Full stop. Berman, media members and fans get caught up in the merits. But, that was never something that was supposed to be in front of the Court.

[TobaccoRoadEagle]

None of this has anything to do with whether they actually did any of it or not, . . .

Huh? Brady had a full arbitration hearing . . . and testified, and lost. I have not read the decision, but I assume the Second Circuit simply found there was no impropriety in the hearing process or procedures, and upheld the results of that arbitration? If so, I don't think what you said is actually correct regarding the impact of this.

The Fed Court's involvement is supposed to be related to the powers of the Commissioner as collectively bargained by the Union and Owners. The CBA gives Goodell wide discretion and the Court basically is saying Roger was within his powers to suspend Brady. Full stop. Berman, media members and fans get caught up in the merits. But, that was never something that was supposed to be in front of the Court.

i'm not even a lawyer and i understood this.

can we stop talking about brady's balls now?

[DuchesneEast]

Does this save the home teams money if the Pats are visiting. I was told by a former NFL receiver that the home team pays the visiting team's salaries, which makes no sense to me.

[DavidGordonsFoot]

Does this save the home teams money if the Pats are visiting. I was told by a former NFL receiver that the home team pays the visiting team's salaries, which makes no sense to me.

If your friend wants to start looking at it that way, then every team pays every player's salary. Ticket revenues are shared under the NFL revenue sharing plan along with everything else, the exception being parking & concessions.

[TobaccoRoadEagle]

i assume that fact is brought to you by the accounting firm that also charges $60k to the school for each scholarship

[twballgame9]

None of this has anything to do with whether they actually did any of it or not, . . .

Huh? Brady had a full arbitration hearing . . . and testified, and lost. I have not read the decision, but I assume the Second Circuit simply found there was no impropriety in the hearing process or procedures, and upheld the results of that arbitration? If so, I don't think what you said is actually correct regarding the impact of this.

I didn't say anything about the impact. I basically said this was a procedural decision. The arbitrator (Goodell) certainly passed judgment on whether he did it or not. That's not the purpose of judicial review, however, explicitly so under the statute. That's why no one thought the District Court would have overturned it, as it isn't supposed to look at the adequacy of the underlying conclusions.

[DavidGordonsFoot]

i assume that fact is brought to you by the accounting firm that also charges $60k to the school for each scholarship

I only shop there.

[twballgame9]

Left here with no comment whatsoever:

Brady signed a two-year contract extension during the offseason that dropped his 2016 salary from $9 million to $1 million. That could save Brady almost $2 million in lost salary during a four-game suspension.

[Bryn Mawr Eagle]

Left here with no comment whatsoever:

Brady signed a two-year contract extension during the offseason that dropped his 2016 salary from $9 million to $1 million. That could save Brady almost $2 million in lost salary during a four-game suspension.

Well I'll comment. This pretty clearly establishes that he knew he was guilty. That's the only reason to have done this. Pats and Brady are now colluding to undermine the CBA and disciplinary process too. Just shameful.

[twballgame9]

Left here with no comment whatsoever:

Brady signed a two-year contract extension during the offseason that dropped his 2016 salary from $9 million to $1 million. That could save Brady almost $2 million in lost salary during a four-game suspension.

This shows he knew he was guilty.

Or it shows that they read the tea leaves like everyone else after the hearing and determined Berman was off the reservation. Checkers, meet chess.

[twballgame9]

Or it could have just been for cap flexibility ...

[TobaccoRoadEagle]

Or it could have just been for cap flexibility ...

my first assumption was cap flexibility to get a 4 game qb that can like throw and things... but i don't even like sports

[Bryn Mawr Eagle]

Left here with no comment whatsoever:

Brady signed a two-year contract extension during the offseason that dropped his 2016 salary from $9 million to $1 million. That could save Brady almost $2 million in lost salary during a four-game suspension.

This shows he knew he was guilty.

Or it shows that they read the tea leaves like everyone else after the hearing and determined Berman was off the reservation. Checkers, meet chess.

Don't get too excited there, Brady jock-sniffer. The salary reduction is clearly a subterfuge to avoid this penalty. I could see the league disputing the reduction and seeking to enforce the award using the contract numbers in effect at the time of the arbitration decision. Otherwise, everybody will start doing this and the league's disciplinary system will fall apart.