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He was actually projected to be 3rd rd. pick by most analysts, thats why Colts went for best player available and took Dorsett who I believe the Pats had on their draft board too 

 

According to who? 

 

NFL draft scout had him as the #21 overall prospect: http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/players/1996819/malcom-brown

Walter Football had him as a first rounder: http://walterfootball.com/draft2015DT.php

Mel Kiper (who sucks, but just covering my bases here cause I'm not sure where you're coming from): said Brown was a steal at 32: http://www.rotoworld.com/recent/cfb/133246/malcom-brown

Todd McShay's last mock before the draft had him going #23 overall: http://insider.espn.go.com/nfl/draft/mock/?season=2015&version=6&source=Todd-McShay-Mock-Draft

 

I'm not going to say that the Colts should have drafted Brown, because they had plenty of reasons not to. Henry Anderson's a good player, Philip Dorsett's a good player, and Art Jones is a good player when healthy. The picks Grigson made were defensible, at minimum. But the claim that Brown was regarded as a third-round prospect is simply untrue. He was universally, across the board recognized as a first round prospect who the Pats were lucky fell to 32.

[Brady Wins, Deflategate Suspension Nullified]

Does the CBA not give the commissioner authority in these matters?

It's actually Doty and now Berman who are ripping up the CBA, not Goodell.

 

The CBA gives Goodell the authority to serve as arbitrator. It does not give him the authority to violate federal law. His actions were in violation of the Federal Arbitration Act, and were also in violation of the core arbitration principles known as law of the shop. 

 

Even if the players were inclined to give Goodell CBA-negotiated powers that went above and beyond what the FAA says an arbitrator can legally do, they would be unable to. 

[Brady Wins, Deflategate Suspension Nullified]

I bring this question to all three of you because I'm interested in hearing what you have to say.  If Brady did nothing wrong, as you all claim, why would he agree to a 1 game suspension?  If you did not commit a crime, would you agree to go to jail on a reduced sentence?  Does that make any sense?

 

"You have to go to jail for 5 years"

"No way, I did nothing wrong"

"Fine, go to jail for 1 year"

"Sure, that's fine"

 

There's two answers to this. The more important and relevant answer is that Brady was not willing to accept a suspension. His attorney explicitly stated that he would not accept any punishment that included a suspension.

 

Separately, do you believe that everyone who agrees to a plea bargain is innocent? Because that's not true. Innocent people agree to plea bargains pretty regularly, because they know that they have too much to lose if the judgment goes against them, innocent or not. Compromising even when innocent is something that a lot of people have done. Brady wouldn't have been the first, even if he'd been willing to do it (which he wasn't). 

 

Link showing that Brady was unwilling to accept suspension: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/sports/wp/2015/08/19/tom-brady-remains-unwilling-to-accept-deflategate-related-suspension-from-nfl-contrary-to-earlier-report/