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    Deflategate Central (one thread, merged, moderated)

    in NFL General

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    I don't think the Exempt list applies once punishment has been determined. In the cases of Adrian Peterson and Greg Hardy, the situation was pending a decision by the league, and the league wasn't prepared to make a decision. The teams and the league wanted the player off the field for PR reasons, so the NFL agreed to put them on the Exempt list. 

     

    In this case, either Brady accepts the punishment and doesn't play, or he sues, the courts likely grant an injunction and he plays until the legal process is done. 

    Thank you.

    Deflategate Central (one thread, merged, moderated)

    in NFL General

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    The courts would likely issue an injunction, permitting Brady to play while the legal process plays out. Long and short, if Brady sues, he's going to play. 

     

    Can NFL put Brady on Exempt/Commissioner's Permission List until  legal process is over (like  Adrian Peterson last year)?

     

    "The Exempt List is a special player status available to clubs only in unusual circumstances. The List includes those players who have been declared by the Commissioner to be temporarily exempt from counting within the Active List limit. Only the Commissioner has the authority to place a player on the Exempt List; clubs have no such authority, and no exemption, regardless of circumstances, is automatic. The Commissioner also has the authority to determine in advance whether a player's time on the Exempt List will be finite or will continue until the Commissioner deems the exemption should be lifted and the player returned to the Active List."

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