Brady v. NFL: No Settlement; Judge Berman to Decide

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Originally Posted by GloryDayz

I think we all agree with that, but I don't think any of them is willing to stand up and say the Pats didn't do this. At best they'd say, "In 2015, with our legal system, you're not allowed to gather the evidence you'd need. Add to it that crooks have rights too, the Pats can't be persecuted or prosecuted unless they're stupid enough to admit to what any form of common sense seems to indicate."

Berman's decision so crucified the NFL it's fair to say that I don't think he has one damn bit of confidence in any of its findings. But, of course, that is beyond the scope of his permissible review, and beyond the scope of his rulings.

But let's put that aside -- your post really does make me shake my head. You're acting like Brady got off on some hypertechnicality. The problems with the NFL's system is fundamentally this -- Goodell does whatever the hell he wants. That's not at "system". It's not fundamentally fair that he makes up rules that applies to players (which never did before), and then imposes punishments on them that are a million times more harsh than anything ever done before.

That's not "Brady got off on a technicality", that's "the NFL's system is ****ed".

The NFL CAN punish players for breaking rules. It just needs a better PROCESS. One that NOTIFIES players what they can and cannot do, and what the potential punishments are for it.