# Deflate-gate II thread - let's go to court!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deflate-gate-ii-thread-lets-go-to-court/723463>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [June 25, 2015, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deflate-gate-ii-thread-lets-go-to-court/723463 "2015-06-25T19:35:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 2

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Fred\_Garvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c67d28/32.png) [@Fred\_Garvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fred_Garvin)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2015, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deflate-gate-ii-thread-lets-go-to-court/723463/21 "2015-06-29T20:04:17Z")

</div>

> [@Stink Fish Pot](#):
>
> So if the courts agree to hear it, Brady’s team can introduce any and all previous rulings on any and all previous league rulings and ask the court to decide if it was “fair”?
> 
> I can see how length of suspension would come into play then, but it would be interesting how the court would/could equate domestic violence v. drug use vs. this, and what is fair.
> 
> I don’t think the courts would want to be the final arbitor in setting penalty limits, but that doesn’t mean they won’t get involved.

I don’t think Brady is going to try and compare other player’s punishment to what he received.

I just brought up Rice and Petersen as examples of players not being treated fairly according to the courts.

[Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deflate-gate-ii-thread-lets-go-to-court/723463.md?page=1)