The hush money would have had to go to whomever would have been able to delete that texting history from whereever the NFL got it.
Anyone know what the source of the text evidence was? The phone company? Patriots organization messaging infrastructure?
well Brady refused to turn over his text messages. And I guess they were not able to get them from the phone company. Or maybe they did not try that route.
So it seems that these guys turned over their own text messages
Why? For months you’ve been peddling crap like this:
Now? Now, you need time to look at actual facts and evidence? You’ve been relying on speculation and whispered rumors for months, but NOW, you need time to look at the evidence?
I was actually wondering what you were going to say about the investigation and report, But now, I realize, I don’t much care. Your homer-ness makes anything you post simply not worth considering.
Is it illegal for Tom (or any NFL player) to give gifts to equipment managers and other staff? I do not think that part will hold up as evidence that Tom knew exactly what was going on. I bet other people unrelated to ball inflation in the Pats organization got gifts from Tom Brady. Just not sure any blame can go much higher up the chain than those 2 equipment guys.
Why did Brady suddenly start talking to these 2 guys after the story broke?
Did he suddenly realize he forgot to give them gifts ?
Still, haters gonna hate.
Would you want your employer to be able to get your text messages on a personal phone for a non-legal proceeding? This isn’t a legal proceeding it’s an investigation under internal rules. The agreements various employees sign may provide a route to coerce. Brady under the Player’s Association may well have different contractual obligations than the equipment folks.
Vegas has pulled the line for the first game of the year, which leads to the natural conclusion that Brady will be suspended for his overt lying and total lack of cooperation. The gamblers are usually right about that sort of thing. Stay tuned.
It leads to the natural conclusion that Vegas thinks something *might *happen. It would be, um, *disappointing *if the Commissioner’s office told them first.
The report does not accuse Brady of what you say it does, btw. So you know.
Yes, I’m afraid it does. So you know.
That’s a typo. Instead of “Tom Brady” it was supposed to be “Chuck Pagano”. Honest.
Forget it, Jake. It’s Beantown.
I can’t wait to see what happens to the Pats fumble stats over the next couple of years.
Sure, it didn’t make a difference against the Colts. What if they did it the week before against the Ravens, though. It could have affected the outcome there (although not as much as the nonexistent Ravens defensive backfield did).
Or in any games that gave them their home field advantage in the playoffs… or any games that got them into the post season…
They’ve been cheating to gain competitve advatage for a long time.
Massive $10,000 fine (with proceeds going to buy air pumps for balls in Africa), some equipment manager thrown under the bus, plausible deniability (which was always the case) for Brady & Belichek.
And mandatory testing of balls, which Joe Buck will narrate.
NFL Sentences Tom Brady to a Year with the Jets
“Overt lying and total lack of cooperation”? No.
Worst case, that first game is only against the Steelers, so no problem.
Bullitt, the most comical reporting has come from the New York media, who are mainly Jets fans as their tone attests.
I swear that the word “haters” is exclusively used by 12 year old girls and Patriots fans. Is there some sort of script? Every Patriots fan I know is throwing out the word “hater” the last 24 hours.
The Yankees are hated. The Cowboys are hated.
The Patriots? Meh. Don’t elevate yourselves.