BREAKING: Tom Brady beats NFL in ‘Deflategate’ court case, judge nullifies league’s 4-game suspension.
‘ The Associated Press (@AP) September 3, 2015
It’s a great day for America.
Congratulations, Tom Brady. Take a bow, Jeffrey Kessler. Way to go, NFLPA. And a huge double stick tap to the Founding Fathers for creating a nation of laws where the ultimate minority — the individual — has his rights protected from the tyranny of powerful despots to trample his liberty, no matter how limitless their resources.
And make no mistake, this is a triumph of our system of justice. The NFL argued that Roger Goodell has the power to do whatever he decides pleases him, the facts, the process and simple fairness be damned. The league went to court to say that Article 46 gives him absolute sway over his dominion. So that if he wants to suspend the greatest quarterback of all time for four games, a year, a lifetime even, he can. And by logical extension if he decides to enact the Writ of Prima Nocta like Longshanks and sleep with every NFL’s player’s bride, well that is within his purview too because he says so.
Well, thanks to the original Patriots we established a constitution 240 years ago that said you can’t pull that nonsense. Not on a farmer or a craftsman, not on a factory worker and not on a glamorous superstar with a perfect family and incredible good looks.
This is what liberty and justice feels like. And I have to say I love it.
There will be much more to say in the hours and days to come. But I’d be derelict in my duty if I didn’t also congratulate the good people of New England who stood with me on this quest. Who staked out a position from the beginning that this whole Deflategate thing was ridiculous. Who read the Wells Report and took it for the slanted, flawed and ultimately slandering piece of white hot garbage it is. Who argued the facts, not some agenda-driven speculation. Who kept paying attention as Deflategate morphed into Framegate. And who held their ground with me at our posts “Defending the Wall” in the face of all the mockery and ridicule from the haters who said we were just being ridiculous fan boys.
This is a triumph for Tom Brady, for the Patriots, for America and for everything that is right in this universe. But it’s also a triumph for you. For the power of people to use the means at our disposal to fight against injustice and to turn Right into Might.
God bless America.
@JerryThornton1
Kick off this football season with the biggest fantasy football contest ever on DraftKings! Prizes worth $10 million are up for grabs, including $2 million for first AND $1 million for second! PLAY IN THE WEEK 1 MILLIONAIRE MAKER, CLICK HERE.