The NFL Thread 2015: Denver Broncos win Super Bowl 50

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mornelithe said:

Arkaign said:
^^

"Judge Richard M. Berman of Federal District Court in Manhattan did not rule on whether Brady tampered with the footballs in a bid for competitive advantage. Instead, he focused on the narrower question of whether the collective bargaining agreement between the N.F.L. and the players union gave Goodell the authority to carry out the suspension. Judge Berman ruled that it did not."

The case was basically not even about Brady at all from everything I can find. It was about Goodell overstepping his authority under the CBA.

More importantly, the Judge due to prior case law couldn't rule on the evidence.  Precedent had already been set, it's why many many people were confused when he spent the first hearing grilling the NFL on their actual evidence.  Which is concerning in and of itself, really.  If you take Brady/Pats out of this and realize that in a case where the facts are clearly wrong, the Judge cannot overturn an arbitration award, on those points.

I have a feeling that portion of the CBA will get reworked when the current one expires.