Appeals court restores Brady's 'Deflategate' suspension

[fred v]

Source: Reuters

A U.S. appeals court on Monday restored the four-game "Deflategate" suspension of New England Patriots star quarterback Tom Brady over allegations footballs were under inflated before an NFL playoff game last year.

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York reversed a federal judge's ruling from September. The appeals court ruled that in imposing the suspension, National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell properly exercised his discretion under a collective bargaining agreement.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-nfl-brady-idUSKCN0XM1TD

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Sweet Schadenfreude!

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

1. Oh, NO......

I'll make it clear....I hate the Patriots. I think they cheat at every turn. I think Bill Belichick is the closest thing to Dick Cheney other than Dick himself. A lying, sniveling, cheating scumbag.

But now I have to listen to the worst sports fans in the land WHINE AND CRY FOR FUCKING MONTHS ABOUT IT LIKE SOMEONE MURDERED THEIR FAMILY.

GODDDDDAMMMNIT!

[47of74]

4. Yeah they want us to leave Tom Brady alone...

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

11. ....

[vkkv]

15. That's pretty funny! eom

[ReRe]

17. Y'all have to watch this...

... a total riot!

[fred v]

5. You're in Rhode Island?

My sympathies: RI is as close to Golden Boy Ground Zero as it gets!

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

10. It's painful

I'm a Bruins fan and that's it locally. Every other thing is Brady this and Gronk that and "Who's Aaron Hernandez? Neva heard of him musta played for Baltimore".

[Botany]

2. The Pats have been cheating for years ....

.... end of story.

http://www.sharpfootballanalysis.com/blog/2015/the-new-england-patriots-mysteriously-became-fumble-proof-in-2007

Once again, a key takeaway is deadly obvious: prior to 2007 the Patriots were RIGHT IN LINE with the league averages across the other non-dome teams. When you look team by team, they literally are in the middle of the pack for most seasons, as the histogram in the very first graphic at the top of this article shows. But starting in 2007, all similarities totally vanish.

The statistical “jump” the Patriots make in the 2006 offseason, from one fumble every 39 plays to one fumble every 76 plays is nothing short of remarkable. Their trendline over this period is not even close to that of the rest of the NFL.

(Prior to the rule change that let the teams "take care of the own balls the Pats fumbled @ a rate that was = to
the rest of the league but afte that the Pats almost never fumbled the ball.)


Brady’s quote at the time, when pushing for the change was: “The thing is, every quarterback likes it a little bit different. Some like them blown up a little bit more, some like them a little more thin, some like them a little more new, some like them really broken in.”

[4Q2u2]

8. Facts are always welcomed and recommended here at DU

http://blogs.denverpost.com/broncos/2015/01/30/peyton-manning-explains-texture-air-pressure-footballs-helped-create-change/32420/

http://mmqb.si.com/mmqb/2016/01/05/nfl-new-england-patriots-deflategate-fumbles-tom-brady-bill-belichick

http://regressing.deadspin.com/why-those-statistics-about-the-patriots-fumbles-are-mos-1681805710


http://www.advancedfootballanalytics.com/index.php/home/analysis/team-analysis/227-a-look-at-ne-s-fumbles


http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2463486-did-deflated-footballs-really-give-the-patriots-a-fumble-advantage

[47of74]

3. Dear Mr. Brady...

[LiberalFighter]

6. The appeals court got it wrong.

For those that say the Patriots are cheaters they should look at their own team. Starting with the Broncos.

The court apparently took Goodell's word that he was fair and used good science.

Your Team Cheats

[fred v]

7. The Pats are #23 on this "List"???

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

12. That site is run by a Pats fan

Some Pats fan kept posting that every time the Pats were referred to as cheaters on another message board, then someone called him out saying it was FROM a Pats fan and he goes "Yeah, so?"

[elljay]

22. Athletes know their equipment

I did judo for years and, even after a long break, I can still tell the difference between my belt and someone elses's. Every athlete knows their equipment and a pro knows it precisely. To believe that someone who has thrown tens, maybe hundreds of thousands of passes couldn't tell that a football was deflated is not at all believable.

[Blue Dalek]

27. ^^This has been what I would tell every Pats fan

when whining about Brady being suspended. He may not have been in on it, but you cannot tell me he did not notice the balls were deflated.

[elljay]

28. Seriously

If someone were to replace your favorite pair of pants with an identical one you had never worn, wouldn't you know? Do you notice when your car seat is moved an inch, or your computer monitor is pushed back 6 inches? Patriot's fans live in willful ignorance of their team's well-documented cheating.

[vkkv]

9. Brady is an open TRUMP supporter... ~eom

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

13. Trump's gonna fiiiiar those judges!!!!

Trump might win Massachusetts, RI and New Hampshire now!

[Doctor_J]

14. Billionaires sure spend a lot of time and money suing each other

I wonder why that is...

[Soxfan58]

16. How do you think they became billionaires

[farleftlib]

18. Hoo-ray!!1!

Nuff said.

[Initech]

19. I can't believe an actual court was involved here.

[NobodyHere]

24. The court case wasn't about Tom Brady deflating footballs

It was about what authority Goodell had under the CBA and how he used it.

[mrmpa]

20. Let's see............

if he takes it to the Supreme Court, 5 Justices are from New York, 1 from New Jersey, 1 from California and 1 from Georgia. I don't think Brady's chances are good.

[maindawg]

21. I played football

In highschool. The rule concerning the football , the game ball , was brand new. Presented to me the kicker to open the game. It was not warmed up with, it was new.
So ,if a high school team can play with a new football, why can't a professional ?
Also, there was a big deal made back in the 90s I believe when kickers were tampering with the footballs. They put them in a micro wave oven to soften them up. They let a little air out they turned the tee upside down so the ball Sat a little higher. That was kickers so the league made a rule that you had to use new footballs and the refs kept them.
This rule change that allowed teams to use practice footballs was a slippery slope. They wanted more scoring, more TD passes. But what they got was more cheating.
Is Tom Brady a cheater ? Bill Belecheck?of course they are, everyone cheats. Maybe just a little, thats OK, but it's not OK when you cheat alot.

It does not look good either, when the team with 5 Superbowl victories appears to be cheating ,alot. The league did the right thing, no one likes a whiner so the Pat's would be best served to stand down. The crying is worse than the crime.

[GummyBearz]

23. Did I beat the cheatriot fans who will show up to defend Brady?

Woohoo!

edit: oops, missed one post

[the_sly_pig]

25. Who cares.

I mean really. Who cares?

[Skittles]

26. people who don't like cheating