[Leftcoast]

They are saying they will appeal to preserve their CBA.

Can any of the Cardboard legal folks comment on why the courts would choose to intervene in a case like this?  It seems to me that the NFL should have the right under the negotiated CBA to suspend players as they see fit but I'm not a lawyer.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl.../71504142/

As I understand it the judge didn't absolve Brady of wrongdoing but criticized the leagues enforcement and notification.  The below sentence suggests the judge tacitly accepts that Brady knew what was happening.

Berman’s ruling accepted the union’s argument that Brady had no notice that a “general awareness” of misconduct by others could lead to discipline. That was the basis of the original suspension levied by NFL senior vice president Troy Vincent. Goodell determined in his arbitration award that Brady had participated in “a scheme to tamper with footballs.”

[Leftcoast]

They are saying they will appeal to preserve their CBA.

Can any of the Cardboard legal folks comment on why the courts would choose to intervene in a case like this?  It seems to me that the NFL should have the right under the negotiated CBA to suspend players as they see fit but I'm not a lawyer.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl.../71504142/

As I understand it the judge didn't absolve Brady of wrongdoing but criticized the leagues enforcement and notification.  The below sentence suggests the judge tacitly accepts that Brady knew what was happening.

Berman’s ruling accepted the union’s argument that Brady had no notice that a “general awareness” of misconduct by others could lead to discipline. That was the basis of the original suspension levied by NFL senior vice president Troy Vincent. Goodell determined in his arbitration award that Brady had participated in “a scheme to tamper with footballs.”