Appeal officially filed

[1972COWBOY]

Wasnt the injuries she posted taken by herself and could have been self inflicted ? or were they actual photos taken by the police immediately after he supposedly assaulted her ?

 

[erod]

So. The appeal has to be heard in 10 days? Or just a hearing has to be scheduled?

Scheduled. It'll be heard quickly before the season. Then they have to try to get it to federal court and get an injunction asap. If they do, he'll be playing Week 1 and probably the entire season.

 

[waldoputty]

The "appeal" is just a way for Zeke to negotiate a lesser punishment, IF HE WANTS TO. I think Goodell would be willing to cut the punishment to 4 or even 2 to avoid the PR mess that's coming, but Zeke may not want to accept anything less than total vindication (that he will never get). Here's hoping Zeke puts the team before himself (very hard to do, I acknowledge, if he's been falsely accused) and accepts a lesser punishment and we all move on.

if costs zeke too much money if he is not vindicated.
if he has the evidence, he needs to go for it.

 

[canters]

Good luck Zeke.

 

[goshan]

Wasnt the injuries she posted taken by herself and could have been self inflicted ? or were they actual photos taken by the police immediately after he supposedly assaulted her ?

Read the details. She apparently took photos on three separate occasions after three alleged DV incidents. Yes they could have been self inflicted. When I look at the pictures, its pretty unlikely they were self inflicted.

 

[pugilist]

just discovered that the meta data from photos can be altered as well as timestamps on text messages

i'd like to think of myself as pretty tech savvy, but apparently not as savvy as I thought! didn't know you could do that!

 

[jwooten15]

Read the details. She apparently took photos on three separate occasions after three alleged DV incidents. Yes they could have been self inflicted. When I look at the pictures, its pretty unlikely they were self inflicted.

I've also read that she was reportedly involved in a bar fight (not with Zeke) around the same time frame that these photos were taken...

 

[pugilist]

Read the details. She apparently took photos on three separate occasions after three alleged DV incidents. Yes they could have been self inflicted. When I look at the pictures, its pretty unlikely they were self inflicted.

or they were the result of her bar fight
i don't know about you, but every fight I've ever been in I usually find some random bruise or cut a few days later wondering how the heck it got there

 

[MWH1967]

Your right it has nothing to do with law, ruling, fair play or common sense. I take it any player can be accused and that is enough for the league

Until serious repercussions happen when false information is given just to cause another party grief, i'm afraid the court systems will still have plenty on their docket.
this law protects a few that is needed so, I'm grateful for that, but it causes grief for way more and in return makes money for the process. yeah, its a two headed monster.

 

[beacamdim]

Scheduled. It'll be heard quickly before the season. Then they have to try to get it to federal court and get an injunction asap. If they do, he'll be playing Week 1 and probably the entire season.

That is definitely the course that EE's attorneys will follow.

It will be very interesting to see what a court decides on his initial request for an injunction.

The court when considering such an application is required to consider both the alleged "irreparable harm" to the party seeking the injunction, as well as the applicant's "likelihood of success on the merits."

In plain English, that means that Zeke is going to argue that in the absence of an injunction he will suffer certain harm that cannot be corrected by paying him money later if he ultimately ended up winning the lawsuit, because even though he could get his guaranteed contract and lost game checks back, he could never get back the opportunity to play in the six games he would otherwise miss (which constitute a large chunk of one of the seasons making up his professional career).

On the other hand, after the Brady and AP appellate court rulings confirming RG's immense discretion and power granted him under the CBA, the NFL will argue that EE cannot pass the test for an injunction, since he is not likely to win in the long run anyway -- and that would be a basis for the court to deny the injunction, and allow the suspension to be enforced even while the court case proceeds.

My personal hunch is that notwithstanding the long, uphill battle EE faces on the legal questions, a court would be swayed that it is better to be safe than sorry, and will likely grant the injunction.

However, even though it seems unavoidable (since the NFL alone will have advance notice as to when the appeal decision will be issued, and therefore will be able to run to court first), I think Zeke would be safer if he could somehow be somewhere other than the Manhattan or the Minneapolis federal courts, which are expressly bound by the Brady and AP rulings, and might weigh them more heavily when analyzing the "likelihood of success" factor.

 

[zrinkill]

Good Luck Zeke, don't think you're going to be successful.....

You hope he wont you mean.

 

[crashintonickdm]

"Okay fine, we'll reduce it to 2/3 games. Happy?"

 

[elcowboi]

The "appeal" is just a way for Zeke to negotiate a lesser punishment, IF HE WANTS TO. I think Goodell would be willing to cut the punishment to 4 or even 2 to avoid the PR mess that's coming, but Zeke may not want to accept anything less than total vindication (that he will never get). Here's hoping Zeke puts the team before himself (very hard to do, I acknowledge, if he's been falsely accused) and accepts a lesser punishment and we all move on.

I think if you were convicted of a crime (that you say you didn't commit) you would fight it to the end. Forget the team. This is his life and reputation at stake. If he's guilty then I agree just do the time and get it over with. If he's not guilty then it is his obligation to clear his name. This claim of being a "woman beater" will follow him to the grave. I would fight it with everything that I have.

 

[jwitten82]

Read the details. She apparently took photos on three separate occasions after three alleged DV incidents. Yes they could have been self inflicted. When I look at the pictures, its pretty unlikely they were self inflicted.

She got her *** beat in a bar by some other girl

 

[JoeyBoy718]

The NFLPA leadership have got to be one of the stupidest groups of people on the planet to agree to let the NFL levy all punishments without any real recourse by the players except for a paper-mache appeals process.

To be fair, they probably all have CTE.

Too soon?

 

[CT Dal Fan]

I've also read that she was reportedly involved in a bar fight (not with Zeke) around the same time frame that these photos were taken...

Yes, and these were the injuries she decided to frame Zeke with after he wouldn't let her into his birthday party.

 

[Plumfool]

Read the details. She apparently took photos on three separate occasions after three alleged DV incidents. Yes they could have been self inflicted. When I look at the pictures, its pretty unlikely they were self inflicted.

Have investigated many DV cases. Her pictures don't give a clear story. In fact the one on her neck might be a tad small honestly. But hard to tell from pictures.

 

[Virginia-Dave]

Hoping for the best but I feel like Goodell is gonna dig in and keep it at 6 games, just because he can.

 

[gimmesix]

This will be interesting. I'd love to be a fly on the wall in that meeting room.

I'm still hoping for a reduction to 2 or 3 games.

I hope if he didn't do anything, that he locks it up in the court system.

 

[IAmLegend]

2 weeks time.