Can we get excited if they're soft on him or start making his points for him, a la Berman?
This is the most obvious question to ask first and is one that Clement raised that the previous incompetents missed.
Guessing because the NFL has to show there aren't different rules for stars vs. non stars
I know you're playing devil's advocate but there aren't longer suspensions for PED violations by stars vs. non-stars. This should be the same.
Well it's kind of a first - ball deflation had never been "caught" before.
Eh I think Kessler can argue they gave all the email records, the phone logs, etc. to Wells et. al. and Wells' team was too lazy to dig deep
This is a flat out non truth - the punishment specifically says it was in part due to non-cooperation.
That's what I recall too. Is Chin being provocative or really in the dark (relying on clerks) about the facts and evidence?
It wasn't part of the original punishment, right? Just in the appeal ruling.
No, right in Troy Vincent's letter to Brady:
Which is so weak because he was never going to hand it over anyway.
Concerns justified by the NFL's leaking of the pool cover stuff and other personal details.
I don't believe they leaked that, it was part of the record. I could be wrong...
I believe you're right, but why did the NFL feel it was appropriate to put in the record?
To turn public opinion against Brady as much as possible so Goodell's punishment of him would be accepted. When you're involved in carrying out a witch hunt you don't worry about methods, only results.
No mention that he might lose his megabucks job if he didn't satisfy the bloodlust of NFL owners, regardless of facts?
