Tom Brady deflate gate suspension reinstated

[Mike M (the other one)]

(04-26-2016, 09:25 AM)fredtoast Wrote: Brady does not want to push this any more.  The conversations he had with the equipment manager pretty much show he was involved.  The more it goes on the worse he looks.


In my opinion Brady and the Pats are getting punished moire for failing to co-operate with the investigation that for the original offense.  

And when it all said and done the fact is that Goodell has the authority to do what he did.  It is in the CBA that the players agreed to.  The NFLPA gave Goodell the power, so they have no grounds to complain when he uses it.

Not sure of what the conversations were with the equipment manager, but the fact that he destroyed his phone that had those conversations on it (whether they were innocent or not) raises a ton of doubt, especially since he destroyed it shortly before the meeting which he was aware of the date/time of the meeting.

If he's innocent as he claims, he would've had no need to do that with his phone.

So the only path left for Goodell is to punish him for failure to cooperate. Now the fact that he had his pay changed on his contract shows that he had a good idea that the ruling would be overturned back into Goodell's favor.

Goodell was clearly within his rights to punish Brady as he saw fit, per the CBA and the court ruling cited that as the reason to overturn the previous ruling.