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U.S. court weighs restoring Brady's 'Deflategate' suspension
Source: Reuters
Life | Thu Mar 3, 2016 4:54pm EST
U.S. court weighs restoring Brady's 'Deflategate' suspension
NEW YORK | BY NATE RAYMOND
A U.S. appeals court on Thursday signaled it could restore the four game "Deflategate" suspension of New England Patriots star quarterback Tom Brady over allegations footballs were under inflated before a NFL playoff game last year.
A lawyer for the players' union faced tough questioning by a three-judge panel in New York hearing an appeal by the National Football League of a trial judge's reversal last September of the suspension imposed by league commissioner Roger Goodell.
Jeffrey Kessler, the union's lawyer, argued in the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that Brady had no notice that an equipment violation could expose him to a suspension, and that Goodell did not have "blanket authority" under the league's collective bargaining agreement to impose it.
But U.S. Circuit Judge Robert Katzmann said as commissioner, Goodell frequently faces "novel" situations like the deflated footballs, and questioned why in those instances he could impose punishment for conduct detrimental to the league.
"Isn't that why the language in the agreement gives the commissioner broad authority for dealing with conduct detrimental?" he asked.
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U.S. court weighs restoring Brady's 'Deflategate' suspension
NEW YORK | BY NATE RAYMOND
A U.S. appeals court on Thursday signaled it could restore the four game "Deflategate" suspension of New England Patriots star quarterback Tom Brady over allegations footballs were under inflated before a NFL playoff game last year.
A lawyer for the players' union faced tough questioning by a three-judge panel in New York hearing an appeal by the National Football League of a trial judge's reversal last September of the suspension imposed by league commissioner Roger Goodell.
Jeffrey Kessler, the union's lawyer, argued in the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that Brady had no notice that an equipment violation could expose him to a suspension, and that Goodell did not have "blanket authority" under the league's collective bargaining agreement to impose it.
But U.S. Circuit Judge Robert Katzmann said as commissioner, Goodell frequently faces "novel" situations like the deflated footballs, and questioned why in those instances he could impose punishment for conduct detrimental to the league.
"Isn't that why the language in the agreement gives the commissioner broad authority for dealing with conduct detrimental?" he asked.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-nfl-brady-idUSKCN0W51C3