“@AlbertBreer: The time allotted was a potential due-process issue Brady’s side planned to track going in http://t.co/LCr3nReS1x https://t.co/nAvDzq4Qf8”
#DFG: Canceling the Noise
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“@McCannSportsLaw: If Tom Brady sues NFL, watch for TB lawyers to cite confusion over hearing procedures as evidence of unfair process. https://t.co/twhKIhsJzM”
WayBackVazquez said:
Yeah looks like they might have changed firms recently. Used to be Leonard Lindquist (recently died) of Lindquist & Vennum, who handled their litigation, but all the NFLPA links on the firm website are broken.
I read something about how the original lawsuit challenging the Rozelle Rule was in MN, and made it one of the jurisdictions of record for all NFL labor relations, I don't know enough about labor law to tell exactly why, but it seems like everyone uses MN regardless of where they play.
Schefter and PFT supporting each other
https://twitter.com/ProFootballTalk/status/613431218777030660
Despite denial from NFL, their lawyer did send a memo spelling out a four-hour window for Tom Brady testimony http://wp.me/p14QSB-9NmV
https://twitter.com/ProFootballTalk/status/613431218777030660
Despite denial from NFL, their lawyer did send a memo spelling out a four-hour window for Tom Brady testimony http://wp.me/p14QSB-9NmV
Of course if it's true, I hardly think that a rushed tweet/press release in the middle of the hearing will make a difference in the eyes of a judge.LuckyBen said:
Tony C said:
Nobody should forget that the NFL's appeal of the District Court's ruling in Peterson is still out there. Most people here care most about what happens to Brady, but Brady is just a character in a skirmish in a much larger power struggle going on here, and the contours or that have still not become fully developed or defined.
My own personal fan fic on this has the appeal going against the NFL and the Brady decision basically being some version of, "Yo, NFL--cut the shit. No, fuck that--we're gonna cut it for you." And that's independent of being a Patriots fan--I can't stand people who operate the way the NFL does and, even more so, claims it has every right to.
Just checking in, how's the drumhead trial coming along?
That due process statement by Breer is laughable, what a house-organ.
That due process statement by Breer is laughable, what a house-organ.
DrewDawg said:
You mean betray Client/Attorney Privilege? Yea that should win him new clients.
soxhop411 said:
A very funny article on NFL.com. In particular, note this sentence, stating the NFL's point of view on Goodell's status to hear the appeal: "Goodell's name isn't on the discipline or the investigation, which raises the question, If he can't hear this, what can he hear?"
Goodell hired Wells. That's his name on the investigation. And Goodell authorized the discipline that was imposed by NFL Executive President Troy Vincent (per an NFL.com press release). Goodell's name is all over every part of this case, yet he persists in portraying himself as some kind of neutral party, even as he orchestrates the actions against the Patriots.
I said this at the outset, and I'm much more certain of it now: I do not believe a court would shield communications between Wells and Goodell or his team from discovery on the basis of privilege. He publicized his task from the beginning, he publicly released his work, he held a press conference about it, and now he's apperently going to testify about it. Any privilege that may have existed (and I don't think it did) has got to be waived by now.TomRicardo said:
He was not retained to provide legal advice. If you hire a lawyer to fix your toilet, your communications with him about your shit aren't privileged just because he's a member of the bar.
And of course Breer fails to mention that if Goodell didn't administer the discipline, then it was a violation of the CBA since only he can discipline integrity of the game issues.
Stitch01 said:
Almost certainly, which is probably why they are appealing it. Pretty much every move they make seems to be to protect their authority to mete out punishment without discretion or oversight, ostensibly as a counter-position to having neutral arbitrators.
Which is sorta insane because like, most of their PR disasters would have been avoided by having a neutral arbitrator for discipline at this point rather than rolling around in the shit like they keep doing whenever they operate in this area in which they lack any real competencies. One starts to wonder why they want this power anyway? It's fucking bad for them and other leagues appear to have benefited from not being bound to a responsibility to which they are unsuited. Is it really all just ego?
tims4wins said:
Breer is both an active idiot and a mouthpiece for the NFL, so when he writes it presents all sorts of problems.
Breer has really been pushing the obstruction charge, so, as dcm has said, that appears to be Roger's fall-back position as all else collapses--and Tom's big liability.
Breer even gratuitously adds it's Yee's fault, since no NFLPA lawyer was at Tom's Wells' interview.
Breer even gratuitously adds it's Yee's fault, since no NFLPA lawyer was at Tom's Wells' interview.
Thank you.
Never would have gotten that.
The pic above with half of his face looks a little like Snyder.
Or Dan Duquette even.
Never would have gotten that.
The pic above with half of his face looks a little like Snyder.
Or Dan Duquette even.
https://twitter.com/mikefreemanNFL/status/613471250527199237
Was wondering why there wasn't an avalanche of leaks yet.
Was wondering why there wasn't an avalanche of leaks yet.
https://twitter.com/mikefreemanNFL/status/613471250527199237Peak Oil Can Boyd said:
link to tweet
Was wondering why there wasn't an avalanche of leaks yet.
Avocado crust pizza only, of course
Did it pop into any one else's mind that, just maybe, part of the reason for moving into the basement was to cut down on at least some cell coverage to minimize real-time leaks (unless they ALL have VZW)?