Adam Schefter Essentially Says Roger Goodell Lied, the NFL Suspended John Jastremski & Jim McNally

[joeybee12]

Remember when Bill Simmons was suspended in 2014 for calling Roger Goodell a liar on a podcast? Well ESPN’s ace NFL reporter, Adam Schefter, dropped a hammer on Roger Goodell this morning on the radio, and it’ll be interesting how the network handles the brush back from this one.

For months now, the NFL commissioner has asserted that the Patriots were the ones to suspend employees John Jastremski and Jim McNally for their role in the deflated footballs during the AFC Championship game. Goodell reiterated that fact this week in an ESPN radio appearance.

Schefter has been saying otherwise for months, and this morning on ESPN radio, his words were stronger than ever (bold ours):

http://thebiglead.com/2015/09/10/adam-schefter-roger-goodell-lied-the-nfl-suspended-john-jastremski-jim-mcnally/

Throughout Framegate the NFL lied and ESPN were their willing stenographers...11 footballs deflated by 2 psi...no, the guy who intercepted that ball said it felt funny...no, he felt nothing amiss....Tom Brady destroyed his cell phone in order to hide evidence...no, the transcript shows Wells told Brady he didn't need his phone and that Tom had already produced the records and texts asked for (Roger wanted an excuse to keep the suspension apparently...The Patriots didn't want this transcript unsealed...another lie...the Union asked for it to be unsealed, the NFL tried to quash that...and now another frame, they stole playbooks...and for those of you still clinging to hate and jealousy, I will say this...read it carefully, especially the part about the anonymous sources saying about those low-level employees...espn carefully said they "looked" to steal those, not that they did, but that they looked to steal them, in other words, no evidence, but put that against something Roger had ordered shredded, and well, espn doesn't have to outright lie. Yeah, and I'd like to know how they got past the security guarding those doors.

Yes,the Pats stole signals, yes, others did, too, although when the Dolphins did it in 2006 the NFL said it was legal. Did the Pats go through trash that other teams left behind. Probably, just like Jimmy Johnson said the Cowboys did it because they all did it.

So, what is going on here? There is a power struggle within the NFL between Goodell and Gardi, and I think Gardi is winning..what this whole mess will finally accomplish is getting rid of Goodell, but not with any one any better.

[El Supremo]

1. Who's worse? A liar, a deflator or...

an ignorer?

[BillZBubb]

2. Of course Goodell lied, he always does.

The "case" against Brady was built in Goodell's imagination. The judge in the case made that perfectly clear.

[joeybee12]

4. I'd argue it started with Gardi and Pagano...

While Goodell is a liar and a fraud, I think there were other forces guiding this farce.

[trumad]

3. Talk to your hand Joey

No one gives a shit about your thoughts on cheat gate.

Be a man and take everyone on ignore so you can have a proper debate.

[hughee99]

5. Come on, Joey, really?

Many people only give a shit about lying when it can be used to push an agenda. You know that.

Brady gets caught lying and it's "burn down the stadium and salt the earth" time. The guy who accused him of cheating (and couldn't even prove that actual cheating occurred after 6 months and millions of dollars) gets caught lying and no one cares... at least until they decide they don't like Goodell, then it will matter.

[joeybee12]

6. What did Brady lie about?

He was under oath...if he lied, you know the jealous d-bags running this masquerade would have tried to get him on perjury.

[hughee99]

7. Nothing, as far as I can tell, but people believe he did and went nuts about it. n/t

[joeybee12]

8. ooooooooooooo

Yeah, and you can't convince them otherwise...that's why jokes like espn smear people...because they can get away with it.

[hughee99]

9. And they're not interested that the people making those acusations keep getting caught in

lie after lie. I'm not saying I'm 100% sure Brady didn't do ANYTHING wrong, but the league certainly didn't prove anything and their credibility is WAY too low to say "Trust us, he's guilty".

[joeybee12]

10. I think if the balls were actually in the game under the limit...

They inflated them to that level and then let the refs gauge them, which they sort of did half-ass because no one ever cared about such things...they might not have even gauged them, just checked if they felt right...the ref couldn't recall which gauge he used prior to the game (there were two) and they couldn't even find the sheet they're supposed to keep a record of the psi on after they test them...the NFL and Gardi and Pagano had to come up with an elaborate scheme by the Pats to take away from the fact that prior to this, no one gave a sh*t.

[bluedigger]

11. I am so ready for some football!