judges chin and parker are idiots

Right... It really smells like collusion or a pay off. Chin bugs me since he was appointed democratic and he takes the side of blatantly powercorrupt Goodell and the billionaires.

Weird... Doesn't fit. Like there is a hidden bias in there. Sure would be nice if it gets exposed.

Remember when people went crazy when they found out Berman went to the same college as Kraft and said that was the reasoning for the ruling well..... Chin went to the same college as Mara and in Sept a reporter said from a high up source that Brady was guaranteed to lose this case, well many people felt it was Mara considering it came during a Giants game. Surprised this isn't brought up more

Yeah, it's not whether they know the law better than anyone else, it's their interpretation of it.

I hope to God that they do know the law better than those who aren't, you know, lawyers or judges. But one of those three judges doesn't agree, and thinks that Chin and Parker are generally ignorant here. He has called Chin and Parker flawed for their lack logic, their thinking, and was surprised by their votes. It's exceedingly rare that this isn't a unanimous vote.

No offense, but ZBellino shredded your and others' arguments last year. He pretty much called all of this from the get go while you were still crying guilty b/c of a faulty Mortensen report.

"No, it's not exceedingly rare for decisions to be split in appeals. "

Yes it is to follow your thinking that it is a simple law question.

Wrong... This is a bigger question that should go to the supreme court (thanks to these dimwits) which goes to the limits of arbitrary punishment.

Maybe Poussies is a better description of a court or judges that are afraid to set a precedent as if all cases fall into little categories .

Wrong again. All cases require total judgment of all circumstances and in this case the basis for the punishment was blatantly flawed ... Which was the CAUSE for the appeal in the FIRST PLACE.

CORRECTION.. this does make them idiots.

Pro, it's not that it's rare to lose or win the appeal in a fair fight, but this was stacked. They weren't going to consider ANY of the evidence for or against Brady as a result of Deflategate. This was an investigation into the power of the union v. the power of arbitrary punishment from the NFL.

But then they actually cited, in court, Brady's phone destruction, as well as texts about "the Deflator" during this appellate process. They continued to use, on appeal, Wells' conclusion that Brady "more probably than not" had knowledge of active deflation. Never supposed to enter the appeals process.

Two judges had no problem that the NFL defied the process by presenting this evidence in the appellate court. They made zero connection b/t this "evidence" and its impact on the relationship b/t the NFL and the NFLPA.

So yeah, it's kind of rare that two of the three judges disregarded their own process. It's even more rare that the lone dissenter has basically called the two assenters morons.

I just think they copped out and did not want to get involved in a collectively bargained agreement and Article #46 was a convenient out. As many people have pointed out, article #46 has been in place since the 1st CBA. Why? Because any reasonable person knows contracts are negotiated with an understanding of good faith and so is Article #46. Only the previous commish's acted fairly and reasonably while wielding the same exact powers. The judges ruling the way they did means they would also turn a blind eye if Rogah had banned the entire starting offense, FOR LIFE, over deflategate. As in there is NO LIMIT to what is allowed by article #46, good faith and reason-ability be damned. I do not believe they believe that or would allow that. They copped out because although ridiculous for something that probably never even happened, it is still only 4 games of football. EVERYONE, including the judges, know the NFL did not operate with even a trace of good faith or reasonableness.

Or, the judges applied case law, rather than the laws of extreme homerism.