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33. Kraft knows suing the 31 other NFL owners isn't going to make anything better for him,

Fri May 22, 2015, 12:22 PM

May 2015

and I can't imagine why any other QB would want to involve themselves in this either.

Goodell wanted to look strong and in-charge (after a whole season of getting beat up for a series of poor decisions) and dropped the hammer.

In the end, Brady's suspension will get dropped to 1 or 2 games, and I think Goodell would like nothing better than to have someone other than him be responsible for doing that, so he can look like he didn't go soft.

Jonathan Vilma got suspended for a full season for being the player's ring-leader for bountygate, where NFL players were encouraged and rewarded for trying to hurt other players, but he only served a 5 game suspension. Brady was "more probable than not generally aware" that someone (not him) let some air out of the footballs. There's no way the 4 game suspension stands.

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NFL players union asks Roger Goodell to recuse himself from Tom Brady's appeal [View all] Omaha Steve May 2015 OP

Not exactly the right person to make a ruling when he made the first one. LiberalFighter May 2015 #1

He didn't make the first ruling (nt) Nye Bevan May 2015 #5

Goodell handed down the punishment. LiberalFighter May 2015 #10

No, Troy Vincent did. n/m ProudToBeBlueInRhody May 2015 #11

Goodell responds to NFLPA assessment of Vincent's authority LiberalFighter May 2015 #13

Okay ProudToBeBlueInRhody May 2015 #22

In regards to the NFLPA... LiberalFighter May 2015 #29

Were the balls underinflated? Yes. Did it affect the outcome of the SB? Probably not. Thor_MN May 2015 #2

No, the balls were not under inflated in the SB. former9thward May 2015 #15

My error. Substitute AFC championship game for SB. Thor_MN May 2015 #16

The key word in the allegations against Brady... gregcrawford May 2015 #3

Brady refused to cooperate. That merits a suspension geek tragedy May 2015 #4

It's like a driver refusing to take a breath test Nye Bevan May 2015 #6

He cooperated. ABCin2014 May 2015 #12

He refused to turn over his ph records. HooptieWagon May 2015 #27

Brady was right to refuse. ABCin2014 May 2015 #30

No. The NFL didn't ask for personal stuff. HooptieWagon May 2015 #31

The best analysis I've read to date ABCin2014 May 2015 #32

Actually it's more like the boss finding a joint in the bathroom at work hughee99 May 2015 #34

Actually the wording was "more probable than not" and the NFL can sanction based on that. yellowcanine May 2015 #7

Too bad "more probably than not" didn't work with Rice - TBF May 2015 #25

Goodell has presided over much of the NFL's growth since he came to be commissioner. Calista241 May 2015 #9

The NHL has its own loathed commissioner: Bettman apnu May 2015 #17

OLN is now NBC Sports Network ProudToBeBlueInRhody May 2015 #24

And today we learn that Rice was completely let off - TBF May 2015 #14

It was the justice system that let him off. Calista241 May 2015 #18

That doesn't preclude Goodell from doing the right thing - TBF May 2015 #19

Ray Rice didn't play last year. He doesn't have any prospects for playing this year. Calista241 May 2015 #20

While creative that probably isn't necessary - TBF May 2015 #21

This is what I love ProudToBeBlueInRhody May 2015 #23

"When you don't have the facts nor the law on your side, holler." yellowcanine May 2015 #8

Kraft knows Brady lied so he wisely is backing away from him. GOLGO 13 May 2015 #26

Yep. HooptieWagon May 2015 #28

Kraft knows suing the 31 other NFL owners isn't going to make anything better for him, hughee99 May 2015 #33