However, after the case was turned over to the federal court, Judge Richard Berman removed Brady’s suspension due to legal deficiencies.
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“Broken system” and “bad for our business” provide the basis of the case the union likely will present to the Supreme Court, arguing that the league’s use of Article 46 of the collective bargaining agreement, which allows Commissioner Roger Goodell to preside over disciplinary hearings at his discretion, is a systemic problem facing the country.
In order for Brady to persuade the Supreme Court to hear a case about deflated footballs, he’ll have to convince the highest court in the land that his quarrel with the NFL has far-reaching implications for labor law across the country.
But NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell had that decision over-ruled in the off-season.
I talked about it here, but it appears we are nearing the end of the road for deflategate.
Brady’s suspension stems from his alleged involvement in the Deflategate scandal that occurred during the 2015 AFC championship game between the Patriots and Indianapolis Colts. It was reinstated in April by a 2-1 vote of the appeals court judges.
Others reaching way too hard point out that Ginsburg is from NY and may not like the Patriots or read too much into her recent, admittedly unprofessional, comments regarding presumptive Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, who is a friend of Brady, and assume she will be harsh toward the NFLPA’s side of the argument. But the court interpreted Article 46 of the CBA as granting Goodell wide-ranging powers to punish integrity-of-the-game matters and decide all appeals. They are ready to go and Olson told me on May 24, that they are committed to doing everything they can to get justice for Tom Brady.
The very idea that the Supreme Court would listen to even one second of a case involving the purposeful deflation of footballs is ridiculous. I think it’s going real good, to be honest.
Florio, a former lawyer, was asked what his advice would be to Brady and the NFLPA.
I haven’t heard that angle from anyone in the Brady camp yet, but my guess is it’s coming when the Supreme Court refuses to take his case.
Patriots owner Robert Kraft did not appeal the $1 million fine and the loss of a first-round pick in the 2016 draft and a fourth-rounder in 2017 as part of the penalties. While New England won the East for the seventh year in a row last season, Todd Bowles’ team finished just two games back at 10-6.
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The Patriots open the season on Sunday Night Football against one of the best defenses in the league, the Arizona Cardinals, on the road. He also would miss games against the Miami Dolphins, Houston Texans and Buffalo Bills.
