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Goodell refuses to recuse
DIR By: PWTRPWR
Date: June 2, 2015, 2:33 pm
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Roger Goodell dismisses request to recuse himself from Tom Brady
appeal
Roger Goodell confirms he will not recuse himself from Brady
appeal
By Sam Cooper
8 minutes ago Shutdown Corner
Unsurprisingly, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell won’t recuse
himself from the Tom Brady appeal.
Goodell officially informed the NFLPA of his decision Tuesday,
confirming his decision to personally preside over the hearing
regarding the New England Patriots quarterback’s four game
deflate-gate suspension.
"Our Collective Bargaining Agreement provides that ‘at his
discretion,’ the Commissioner may serve as hearing officer in
‘any appeal’ involving conduct detrimental to the integrity of,
or public confidence in, the game of professional football. I
will exercise that discretion to hear Mr. Brady’s appeal,”
Goodell’s letter reads, via NFL Network’s Albert Breer.
The NFLPA said in its appeal that the process followed to reach
Brady’s punishment (namely Goodell assigning the duty to
executive VP of football operations Troy Vincent) “contained
procedural violations” of the collective bargaining agreement
and that the commissioner “must designate a neutral party to
serve as an arbitrator in this matter.”
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