Every Sunday, Mike Reiss of ESPN Boston produces a ‘quick hits’ piece that focuses on the New England Patriots, and every week it is a must read. Yesterday’s edition obviously had some interesting points on deflate-gate, mainly dealing with how Roger Goodell hearing Tom Brady‘s appeal would affect Brady’s camp, and how they would react going forward.
From Mr. Reiss:
When the expected news was delivered Friday that NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is being advised by his lawyers to reject the NFL Players Association’s motion to recuse himself as arbitrator for Tom Brady’s appeal, it was described to me this way by someone close to Brady: Not desirable from a short-term perspective but something that could ultimately be a good thing long-term.