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N.Y. law professor files deflate-gate brief accusing NFL of fraud
By Ben Rohrbach
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-s...te-brief-accusing-nfl-of-fraud-143857648.html
A decorated New York law professor has submitted a third-party brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals in the NFL's deflate-gate appeal, striking at the heart of the league's assertion that only a judge should overturn commissioner Roger Goodell's ruling in the case of "fraud or dishonesty."
New York Law School professor Robert Blecker, winner of Harvard Law's Oberman Prize for best graduating thesis, argued in a 34-page report that the NFL's investigation into Tom Brady's alleged ball-tampering was "infected with bias, unfairness, evident partiality and occasional fraud."
As Pro Football Talk's Mike Florio — also a lawyer — points out, Blecker's submission is termed an amicus curiae brief, translated from Latin as "friend of the court." Its purpose is to add context beyond information provided by the NFLPA and NFL, whose appeal centers around Goodell's absolute arbitration power...
By Ben Rohrbach
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-s...te-brief-accusing-nfl-of-fraud-143857648.html
A decorated New York law professor has submitted a third-party brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals in the NFL's deflate-gate appeal, striking at the heart of the league's assertion that only a judge should overturn commissioner Roger Goodell's ruling in the case of "fraud or dishonesty."
New York Law School professor Robert Blecker, winner of Harvard Law's Oberman Prize for best graduating thesis, argued in a 34-page report that the NFL's investigation into Tom Brady's alleged ball-tampering was "infected with bias, unfairness, evident partiality and occasional fraud."
As Pro Football Talk's Mike Florio — also a lawyer — points out, Blecker's submission is termed an amicus curiae brief, translated from Latin as "friend of the court." Its purpose is to add context beyond information provided by the NFLPA and NFL, whose appeal centers around Goodell's absolute arbitration power...