#DFG: Canceling the Noise

Is there any level of suspension that you would advise Tom to accept?


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jimbobim

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Byrdbrain said:
Yeah it seems Bart "accidentally"  stopped the clip just before Kirk said "I'm obviously joking"
Chad Finn ‏@GlobeChadFinn  10m10 minutes ago
Just saw the Minihane clip. Not sure why anyone without an agenda would take it seriously.
Yeah the clip on sporting news cuts off right after Minihane says "What? It's not that hard." Minihane actually has done a really nice job being Mr. Sane on this. Unfortunately I'd bet heavy money that Entercom is going to get pressure.  
 

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Feel free to discount this as you please. 
 
Someone very close to this expects the decision tomorrow.
 
And cue the "well it's coming on Friday then" cracks.
 
But Thursday is F5 day.
 

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Minehane's picked fights with a bunch in the media, it's not a shocker some are out to get him.
That said CHB has tweeted that everyone needs to calm down it was obviously a joke.
 

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TheoShmeo said:
Feel free to discount this as you please. 
 
Someone very close to this expects the decision tomorrow.
 
And cue the "well it's coming on Friday then" cracks.
 
But Thursday is F5 day.
At this point, there isn't much difference which day it is, right?
 

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TheoShmeo said:
Feel free to discount this as you please. 
 
Someone very close to this expects the decision tomorrow.
 
And cue the "well it's coming on Friday then" cracks.
 
But Thursday is F5 day.
Did you hear specifics and wouldn't only Berman know when it was coming?
 

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Did you hear specifics and wouldn't only Berman know when it was coming?
Not entirely out of the question that judge would give counsel a heads up on when it's likely to be launched. But a judge would never give counsel a heads up on what it's likely to say. And so we wait.
 

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TheoShmeo said:
Feel free to discount this as you please. 
 
Someone very close to this expects the decision tomorrow.
if your contact happens to be Judge Berman himself, any chance you could talk him into letting you (and some of the other lawyers here) write a few pages of the opinion? :)
 

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IIRC, there will be no fourm shopping on the appeal. We know which court gets it automatically, right?
 
 
No one wants  Berman's decision to be released tomorrow more than Minihane.
 

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Harry Hooper said:
IIRC, there will be no fourm shopping on the appeal. We know which court gets it automatically, right?
 
 
No one wants  Berman's decision to be released tomorrow more than Minihane.
Goes to a three-judge panel on the Second Circuit. There are 20+ judges on that court. And nobody can influence who will be on that panel.
 

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DennyDoyle'sBoil said:
The only reason I could see for Brady asking the NFLPA to consider not appealing is if Berman writes the opinion in a way that seems particularly difficult to overcome on appeal.  Assuming he gets a stay, he may wish to avoid the possibility of having an affirmance come down at a time when a four-game suspension might be less desirable -- like December 15, 2016 or something.  That said, this is a stretch -- as others have noted there's really no downside to an appeal.  
So what's the signifigance of the December 15 date?

I mean, besides my birthday....
 

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simplyeric said:
So what's the signifigance of the December 15 date?

I mean, besides my birthday....
 
If you have an explanation for how you posted this but don't have access to google, I'd love to hear it.
 

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So apparently Hubbuch is trying to get someone fired because WEEI is mean to him. He is a terrible human being.

D+C retweeted a tweet Hubbuch sent out about Pats fans being skinheads, so this is his response.
 

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I'm going to just throw this out now: If you are the first to find out about the decision, start a new thread.

I don't want people thinking this thread getting bumped means there is news.
 
Anyone starting a news-like looking thread without news is doomed.
 

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There is no Rev said:
 
If you have an explanation for how you posted this but don't have access to google, I'd love to hear it.
He's been in hiding on a South Pacific island for 70 years and only recently found a phone washed up on shore. This site is the browser's homepage and he hasn't figured out how to navigate away.

Probably mabrowndog's phone.
 

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There is no Rev said:
 
If you have an explanation for how you posted this but don't have access to google, I'd love to hear it.
Because then he couldn't make the conversation about himself.
 

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I was hoping that the Tick... Tick... Tick... thread title would be changed to DFG: Boom when the news was announced.
 

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pappymojo said:
I was hoping that the Tick... Tick... Tick... thread title would be changed to DFG: Boom when the news was announced.
Same here. Looking for it all day (yesterday too!)
 

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You guys do know we have lives outside this place, right?
 

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There is no Rev said:
 
If you have an explanation for how you posted this but don't have access to google, I'd love to hear it.
Am I really the first person in this thread to ask a question that could be googled?
Also: Unlike certain searches, 'December 15' is a little open-ended...and considering the general lightness and good humor of the thread content recently, is it really so bad?
As an aside: is there any new news of Francisco Franco?
 

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simplyeric said:
So what's the signifigance of the December 15 date?

I mean, besides my birthday....
 
I picked December 15, 2016, because that's about how long appeals take if not expedited, and because that date would lead to maximum inconvenience for the Patriots and their fans were they set to make the playoffs and a decision was issued that caused the stay to be lifted and the suspension to start.  The point was that if something like that were to happen in one of Tom's late 30s years, one might wish in retrospect he had served the suspension instead during the first four games of 2015.
 
Also, I had a feeling it was your birthday.
 

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simplyeric said:
Am I really the first person in this thread to ask a question that could be googled?
Also: Unlike certain searches, 'December 15' is a little open-ended...and considering the general lightness and good humor of the thread content recently, is it really so bad?
As an aside: is there any new news of Francisco Franco?
This is an invitation to join us in a joke.

If you won't do so, then it's on you.

This shit goes back to Plato...
 

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Also, somebody in this thread recently became a member over the invocation of December 15 in this thread.
 

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DennyDoyle'sBoil said:
 
I picked December 15, 2016, because that's about how long appeals take if not expedited, and because that date would lead to maximum inconvenience for the Patriots and their fans were they set to make the playoffs and a decision was issued that caused the stay to be lifted and the suspension to start.  The point was that if something like that were to happen in one of Tom's late 30s years, one might wish in retrospect he had served the suspension instead during the first four games of 2015.
 
Also, I had a feeling it was your birthday.
Gotcha. Google definitely did not reveal the cut of that particular jib. Thanks.
 

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Perhaps if you did a little research bart…..

Bart Hubbuch ‏@BartHubbuch 5m5 minutes ago
I had no idea a policeman had lost his life in that fire GIF I posted earlier. I've deleted it out of respect to him and his family.
 

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simplyeric said:
Gotcha. Google definitely did not reveal the cut of that particular jib. Thanks.
Do you remember the joke being on you or something you participate in thing?

I'm close to giving up...
 
Hubbuch getting destroyed on Twitter.  I looked at his live feed...wow, literally hundreds (at least) crushing him for that video of Minihane.  Fwiw, he edited it to stop right before KM says, "I'm just kidding".  
 
Apparently he made his hysterical tweet that soxhop posted earlier today.  Obviously, he didn't mean anything disrespectful but if you're going to have faux outrage over Minihane's comments, you better have a closet free of dumb remarks yourself.  Joking around and using an explosion involving a dead cop probably wasn't the best choice.  His live feed is a riot...check it out.
 

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LuckyBen said:
Did you hear specifics and wouldn't only Berman know when it was coming?
Not to pile on Theo because he contributes a lot here, he's a great poster and he gets his balls busted enough, but his "sources" are about as reliable as Sharks of Vegas. There's been at least a dozen times he's cited "inside sources" in this and it's delivered bubkis.

And Theo, not trying to dump on you. You've added positive content to the legal side in this. But your sources suck, dude.
 

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Rewatching BB's 2nd conference about deflategate. I truly don't understand how the NFL can absolutely accept a flawed Wells Report and ignore BB's and Tom Brady's statement that was under oath. This is a billion dollar company. How the fuck are they so stupid?
 

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DennyDoyle'sBoil said:
 
I picked December 15, 2016, because that's about how long appeals take if not expedited, and because that date would lead to maximum inconvenience for the Patriots and their fans were they set to make the playoffs and a decision was issued that caused the stay to be lifted and the suspension to start.  The point was that if something like that were to happen in one of Tom's late 30s years, one might wish in retrospect he had served the suspension instead during the first four games of 2015.
 
Why are we worried about next season?
 

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Goes to a three-judge panel on the Second Circuit. There are 20+ judges on that court. And nobody can influence who will be on that panel.        
 
  
And nobody outside the court knows who is going to be on that panel until well after the briefs are filed and only a few days before oral argument.
 

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ilol@u said:
[Youtube]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QJPDGxM1ctc[/YouTube]
Rewatching BB's 2nd conference about deflategate. I truly don't understand how the NFL can absolutely accept a flawed Wells Report and ignore BB's and Tom Brady's statement that was under oath. This is a billion dollar company. How the fuck are they so stupid?
Same league that said with a straight face that It would be too expensive to put cameras in the endzone. Thanks, Mara.
 

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Hubbuch getting destroyed on Twitter.  I looked at his live feed...wow, literally hundreds (at least) crushing him for that video of Minihane.  Fwiw, he edited it to stop right before KM says, "I'm just kidding".  
 
Apparently he made his hysterical tweet that soxhop posted earlier today.  Obviously, he didn't mean anything disrespectful but if you're going to have faux outrage over Minihane's comments, you better have a closet free of dumb remarks yourself.  Joking around and using an explosion involving a dead cop probably wasn't the best choice.  His live feed is a riot...check it out.
 
Hilarious