Tom Brady adds Theodore B. Olson with help for appeal

Of course its more than just Tom

Reading opinions that this a small issue of just the CBA is sort of limited in thinking

These Judges poopooed the Union arguments as just hyper technical

Well there are labor laws. And the NFL dispensing it's own brand of Justice?

There are rules any arbitrator has to follow. Goodell broke a few.

It sort of is amazing g that these two judges basically said that Goodell could make anything up and then even ban someone for life based upon it

IMHO Goodell could have gotten away with it ( and still might) because the NFL was so clumsy from Day 1 right thru to Hoodells final ruling, In the end was Brady treated fairly under the law?

The unfairness of how Brady was treated is not open for debate. Anyone saying different needs to put themselves in the same position Tom Was and then tell everyone how good it is


What we have now
How persuasive this Ted is?
Did this opinion fall within the guidelines of the original SC decision?
The top judge in the 2nd court dissented
The decision was only 2-1 and the last court was over ruled
Chin and Mara are buddies, should this have been disclosed and should Chin
Have Recused himself?

I heard that the en banc appeal could take a long time. Brady may still play in game 1


All of the media hot shots who are against Brady wants this over because the longer it
goes they look dumber and dumber.this nclude maddog Steven a, Tsnguay a D Fe!lger
I mean when it comes out the owners were after Kraft and Tom was road kill in the way, you don't look smart

Yes. good to see a move made DURING the draft. But best is simply that this GOES ON. Fight this to the end. Lets hope the good guy finally wins this in the end. Then lets all go to see the movie. Who do you think will play TB? Brad Pitt? ANd who will play Gotohell? An old decrepit Busey?

Staying away from anything political.... if not Busey how about having Gotohell played by Rhea Perlman. She could do it with a nifty bit of nasty and humor!

I agree both are long shots - would have to say that the odds just shortened a little a least, otherwise why would Olsen take the case? Probably a better chance for Certiorari being granted then the En Banc hearing - I would say there is legitimate justification for the Supremes to take this case on - despite what you have said Prolate, the Appelate decision takes Article 46 well beyond any reasonable interpretation of it - it is incumbent upon the finders of fact to glean the intentions of the parties in any agreement where the issues aren't explicitly agreed to - there is no explicit agreement that ball pressure violations constitute conduct detrimental, nor was there any past finding by the NFL that any such violation would result in a finding of conduct detrimental - so there can be no argument that the NFLPA collectively agreed to this scenario of punishment knowingly 

it it seems to me that Judges Berman and Katzmann have a legitimate point, is any arbitrator allowed to substitute their own brand of Industrial Justice simply because an "Article 46" says they can? 

I hope we get a chance to find out 

Make no mistake, this is a game changer. Brady's odds of getting an en banc review increased a tad with this hiring. Read Michael McCann's article.

www.si.com/nfl/2016/04/29/deflategate-tom-brady-ted-olson-hire

Ted Olsen is a legend in Washington...don't forget he just won the Gay Marriage case in the Supreme Court along with a legal legend liberal "foe" as his co-counsel, David Boies, so he is known for his love of the LAW, not just dogmatic politics. He also garners tremendous sympathy because his much respected lawyer wife , Barbara Olsen, a regular commentator for Fox Network and Politically Incorrect, died in one of the ill fated hijacked 9/11 flights. So yes, TFB is going for the whole enchilada. This ain't no disco, this ain't no foolin' around!