“Though there is no firm decision, the expectation is that Patriots QB Tom Brady will attempt to take his case to the US Supreme Court”, Rapoport wrote on his Twitter account. The Dolphins have beaten the Patriots three of the past five meetings, including a Week 17 victory at Miami previous year that cost New England home-field advantage in the playoffs and, ultimately, a chance to repeat as Super Bowl champions.
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The Jets are the only East team that wouldn’t stand to immediately benefit should associate justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg turn down Brady’s request for a temporary stay. The last remaining option for Brady is to appeal to the Supreme Court but it seems unlikely that judges would agree to take on this case. “We have a broken system that must be fixed”. They have their U.S. Supreme Court barrister already on the team. “I can’t wait to play (the Patriots)”, Dareus said on NFL Network’s Around the NFL.
Except, of course, how does that quarterback get any practice reps in light of the urgency of preparing Garoppolo and keeping Brady somewhat sharp? Right now it’s too much power.
Joining the case along the way were longtime league adversary Jeffrey Kessler and former U.S. Solicitor General Ted Olson, who was involved in the Bush v. Gore lawsuit that settled the 2000 presidential election and the case that overturned California’s ban on same-sex marriages.
At stake for the Patriots was not only the availability of their quarterback for one-quarter of the season but also their legacy as an National Football League dynasty. As of now, the Patriots will still be without their Super Bowl MVP quarterback for the first quarter of the season.
April’s decision had reversed a federal judge, Richard M. Berman, who had nullified Brady’s four-game suspension in September because of “several significant legal deficiencies” in how Goodell investigated accusations that footballs were below league-mandated minimum pressure levels at the AFC Championship Game in January 2015. At that time, allegations were thrown at the New England team stating that its staff members, including Brady were aware that the Patriots used footballs that have been partially deflated.
Judges Denny Chin and Barrington D. Parker ruled in favor of the league, while Chief Judge Robert A. Katzmann ruled for Brady.
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The very idea that the Supreme Court would listen to even one second of a case involving the purposeful deflation of footballs is ridiculous. “It is not something we have resolved ourselves to doing”. If Brady does in fact miss those four games, New England will go 3-1 with Jimmy Garoppolo under center.
