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Judge puts NFL in hot seat as he belittles ‘Deflategate’ scandal

He’s quite good looking in real life though, that Tom Brady.

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And then the explanation: “I’m from Baltimore”. How could his sculpted jaw line ever lie to us?

Judge Richard M. Berman is presiding over the case. Then the settlement talks commenced with Berman going back and forth trying to bridge the gap.

“You draw conclusions. Whose he asking questions to? the NFL”. But, man, did he get after the NFL. Berman wants to show both parties the big picture in focus. Brady insists he knew nothing about it. However, McCann notes that Berman calling into question the evidence supposed to detail the quarterback’s guilt is important for Brady’s case. The friend also noted how well Brady was moving around.

“More probable than not”, he said, “I’m not sure I understand what in the world that means”. I take it seriously, the ownership knows that. “It’s (Ted Wells’) quote”.

“I guess I’m not good enough to satisfy these NFL fans”, she added.

“(Wells’) role has been characterized as independent”, Berman said. Nash said, per the News.

According to reports, Nash deemed the line of questioning a red herring.

Under the current collective bargaining agreement, the commissioner has the power to hear all disciplinary appeals. The union, meanwhile, has urged Berman to overturn the decision. “And we’ll give him a chance to compete”.

Kessler did admit (through Brown) that Brady should have responded better to Wells’s requests for information.

The audience, mostly media members, laughed. The blind Brady supporters won’t care, but the ones who were inclined to take his side will be swayed the other way now: Not only did Brady cheat, but he fought his suspension for cheating and still lost. That’s a hard fact to get past.

It’s a sentiment that holds true for Deflategate in general.

Besides, Manning said, the barbs were rather innocuous. People will forget and gloss over Deflategate, but it will always be with him, an incident that will make the first or second paragraph of his football obituary. Kessler admitted it was Donald Yee, Brady’s agent/lawyer, who advised Brady not to turn over the electronic correspondence and that if Brady had to do it again, he would have cooperated.

She specialises in outdoor oil paintings, but has also worked as courtroom sketch artist for decades, with past work including drawings of the late mob boss John Gotti, domestic diva Martha Stewart and “blind sheikh” terrorist Omar Abdel-Rahman. He looked like the Pats’ offense had just gone three-and-out, and somebody had dropped a pass.

His goal the first time he had both sides in his court room appeared to be to expose to them the flaws in their arguments, ones they have become tone deaf to from the opposition.

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