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JimmiC
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xDaunt
United States17988 Posts
On February 16 2019 11:27 Jerubaal wrote: Do you really think it's likely there was evidence of collusion? I find that improbable. It seems even more improbable that such a directive would have come from the NFL itself. I wonder if the arbitrators have any discovery or subpoena power. The entirety of their argument seems to be the supposition that they think they should have been signed and weren't. I don’t know. I’ve heard Geragos talk about the case a few times, but know little about the details. Arbitration is whatever the parties agree it should be, but I would expect there to be full discovery. | ||
cLutZ
United States19553 Posts
On February 16 2019 11:27 Jerubaal wrote: Do you really think it's likely there was evidence of collusion? I find that improbable. It seems even more improbable that such a directive would have come from the NFL itself. I wonder if the arbitrators have any discovery or subpoena power. The entirety of their argument seems to be the supposition that they think they should have been signed and weren't. I'd guess the settlement occurred because there is a lot of evidence, like mountains of things that are tangential to the accusations of collusion. Owners text each other all the time, and surely many of such texts use Kaepernick's name, probably followed by explicit language. Thus you have to understand that the arbitrator is going to have to make a judgement call. And in such a high profile case for the union if he sides with the NFL he might not get any more cases. And even if reasonable people read all that and see no real evidence, well a mountain of nothing still sometimes can be seen as something. | ||
vult
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Jerubaal
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On February 16 2019 14:53 cLutZ wrote: I'd guess the settlement occurred because there is a lot of evidence, like mountains of things that are tangential to the accusations of collusion. Owners text each other all the time, and surely many of such texts use Kaepernick's name, probably followed by explicit language. Thus you have to understand that the arbitrator is going to have to make a judgement call. And in such a high profile case for the union if he sides with the NFL he might not get any more cases. And even if reasonable people read all that and see no real evidence, well a mountain of nothing still sometimes can be seen as something. Hence my question about their investigatory power. Did they really ask for the text messages of all the owners and/or GMs? If they had deleted them could they really have asked the phone company for the records? I can also imagine the arbitrator asking an owner or GM if they had talked to any other owner or GM about Kaepernick and getting a kavanaughface.exe. On February 17 2019 10:18 vult wrote: Just tried watching Arizona v Memphis AAF game - idk if I can do it, the camera angles are terrible but understandable to mask the empty seats. I can’t really see the QB at most angles. I noticed the camera angles as well. I thought I noticed a lot of top down angles. | ||
Slydie
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Ofc, there is the option that they were that much after the money but I like think the best of people... Kaep got som major commercial gigs already, so he would not be poor anyway! | ||
tofucake
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Shellshock
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shaq too good | ||
Bagration
United States18282 Posts
On February 19 2019 05:08 Shellshock wrote: https://twitter.com/PFF/status/1097145397053665281 shaq too good Goodness, the Patriots interior was significantly better than their divisional competition. Those guys were good, and should all be back next year. Brady gonna dominate for a few more years - brace yourself NFL | ||
Sermokala
United States13543 Posts
On February 19 2019 07:46 Bagration wrote: Goodness, the Patriots interior was significantly better than their divisional competition. Those guys were good, and should all be back next year. Brady gonna dominate for a few more years - brace yourself NFL Could you imagine what the next few years would look like with brady if they actualy managed to get OBJ for him? | ||
Sermokala
United States13543 Posts
Jerry kill is rightfully bitter about he and his assistant were treated at Minnesota. But these are some really heavy shots to fire about anyone in football. "not about the players hes about himself" hopefully this doesn't go anywhere but this is some heavy stuff in minnesota at the moment. | ||
Bagration
United States18282 Posts
On February 19 2019 14:07 Sermokala wrote: Could you imagine what the next few years would look like with brady if they actualy managed to get OBJ for him? Depends on what they give up. Last years' offense (2018) had some ridiculous weapons (Edelman, Gordon, Gronk, plus a strong running game with 3 very versatile / good RBs). They started clicking in the late season / post season, but injuries (Gronk) and suspensions (Gordon) really limited that offense's true potential. It's all kind of moot now though, given that the Pats won it all and hit the maximum ceiling - the addition of OBJ could've only resulted in a more dominant regular season (but could have also shaken up the roster / impacted locker room culture) I personally would have loved to see OBJ going to the Chiefs - I think having Andy Reid and Mahomes as your QB would allow for OBJ to rack up more impressive stats, while working with Tyreek Hill can help both of them split the defenders attention. That would be an unstoppable offense | ||
andrewlt
United States7655 Posts
On February 16 2019 14:53 cLutZ wrote: I'd guess the settlement occurred because there is a lot of evidence, like mountains of things that are tangential to the accusations of collusion. Owners text each other all the time, and surely many of such texts use Kaepernick's name, probably followed by explicit language. Thus you have to understand that the arbitrator is going to have to make a judgement call. And in such a high profile case for the union if he sides with the NFL he might not get any more cases. And even if reasonable people read all that and see no real evidence, well a mountain of nothing still sometimes can be seen as something. The evidence doesn't have to be that strong. I'm guessing the NFL settled because the discovery process is going to end up being extremely embarrassing to them. Even without evidence of collusion, owners texting each other racist shit about players will be very damaging. You just know certain owners are likely to land into trouble. | ||
cLutZ
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Aveng3r
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xDaunt
United States17988 Posts
On February 23 2019 03:32 Aveng3r wrote: So this news about Robert Kraft is.. just sad. You would think that a dude as rich and powerful as him would be capable of a better sex crime Yeah, I agree with this. Sex crimes committed by billionaires are supposed to happen on private islands in the tropics. There's something disturbingly low-brow about Kraft allegedly going into a simple massage parlor and requesting a handjob. | ||
andrewlt
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JimmiC
Canada22817 Posts
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giftdgecko
United States2126 Posts
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riotjune
United States3357 Posts
Wouldn't be surprised if this guy cheaped out as well when trying to get off. | ||
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