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The answer could simply be that Brady didn't know McNally ... by proper surname. Heck, Brady didn't even get the guy's nickname right.

Yeah, OK. Still not following you. What does my being an EE have to do with what Brady and company did, or didn't do, in all of this?

Not sure what your point is. At any rate, I am an EE and understand data communications quite well. It's all about context or, in the case of the Wells report, the lack thereof. Without proper context, many things can, and often times are, misconstrued ..... especially by a public who, generally, are inept when it comes to reading, digesting and processing words.

We are talking a "possibility" here so who knows what the Wells team might have surmised and produced for public consumption.

Maybe Brady knew, by this time, that this was nothing more than a witchhunt and, absent a subpoena, was done with it all. Or, maybe he simply didn't trust handing over his text's to them for fear that some of it might find its way into the public and be misconstrued. Kinda like what actually happened. The 5th interview (the Pats reference) is the 2nd one (that Wells asked for).

I would imagine Brady's team will argue the same point that the Pats lawyers brought up in their rebuttal, and which I pointed out above, .... which is as follows: "The Wells team NEVER TOLD THE PATRIOTS OR MCNALLY why they wanted the 5th interview, which is against the protocol THE WELLS TEAM ESTABLISHED" .... because it helped their narrative.

Well, it is nice to hear the other side of any accusation,no? If there were more people involved then that certainly would have been reason to inquire more. Then again, if that was so, why didn't Well's simply make that known to the Pats in their request for an additional interview? According to the Pats, that didn't happen. Prepare in what way ..... interrogation skills 101.

The "one time interview" portion that you bolded is a quote taken from the Pats rebuttal. They are no my words. As for why Brady might not want to give Well's access to his phone ............... absent a subpoena why would he after the Wells team already had all electronic communication between Brady and McNally/Jastremski? Yet, they didn't bother giving the Pats a reason for why an additional interview was required ........ a requirement that the Wells team established! I didn't read that Brady has been cheating for a long time before.

Speculation ....... even if so, all Wells needed to do then was do as what he agreed upon .... tell the Pats why he requested the 5th interview.

Brady had his reasons to not relinquish any additional text messages which, absent a subpoena, was his right. The million $ question is whether or not he has incriminating info on his phone? If they do indeed proceed ahead with a lawsuit, I think it is safe to say, he isn't worried about being subpoenaed for it. And why would he? It has be thoroughly documented that Wells had all of the electronics communication between Brady and McNally/Jamstsremski. As far as McNally .... the team made it known in their rebuttal the reasons why they refused additional access in their rebuttal .... as follows: "That agreement was based on an explicit understanding reached with the Wells investigators: barring unanticipated circumstances, individuals would only be interviewed by the Wells investigators one time. While the report states that certain of Mr. Jastremski’s texts were not “discovered” until after this interview (pg. 75, footnote 47), there is no question that the investigators had all such texts in their possession and available for the questioning. They apparently just overlooked them, identifying them now as a matter they wanted to cover in yet another interview Although asked numerous times for the reason for their request for yet another interview with Mr. McNally, the Wells investigators never stated the reason that now appears evident from the Report: They had overlooked texts in their earlier interviews and wanted the opportunity to ask about them. This information would have confirmed what is now clear. The request was inconsistent with the interview protocol agreed to at the outset. TLDR: The Wells team NEVER TOLD THE PATRIOTS OR MCNALLY why they wanted the 5th interview, which is against the protocol THE WELLS TEAM ESTABLISHED"

Talking about the topic theme ....... Brady not the Pats. That was more a PR paper than anything legal. Besides, if anything written in this PR brief was unknown to the NFL, then Kraft outta sue.

It will unless Godell plans to cave.

Barring new information surfacing, I see 3 logical conclusions once this goes to court. Not guilty ..... if Walt Anderson’s recollection (of the starting PSI’s) is not believable. Innocent ...... if Walt Anderson didn’t lie about which gauge he used (as this means the Patriots footballs were legal PSI all of the time). Guilty ..... if Walt Anderson is believable on some things but not on others (as the NFL has concluded).

So, there is a leak at NFL HQ's ...... yet again? And some people wonder why Brady refused to offer up his text messages to these stooges.

Well, the report is pretty conclusive on this point. They feel as though it is more probable than not that Brady was aware of inappropriate wrongdoing. So, based solely upon it, I would say yes.

Not sure what it tells me to be honest. I would venture to guess, however, that after the Wells report needlessly made public the text messages of McNally's mother, I am sure Brady is thankful he didn't arm them with any additional ammo.

Even if vetted text messages were provided, there are way too many other inconsistencies and discrepancies in this report to not be wary of it.

Honestly, given the shoddy evidence provided, I wouldn't be confident answering that question either way. I do believe the league will punish .... probably Brady, maybe the Pats, depending on how they feel about the possibility of dragging this on. If they punish the Pats there is nothing the Pats can do about it. If they punish Brady, I would expect an appeal, at least.

I am not a lawyer so have no comment other than to say .... I guess we will have to wait and see what, if anything, becomes of this decision of theirs.

It seems the scientists are starting to opine. http://www.foxsports.com/nfl/story/new-england-patriots-tom-brady-deflategate-scientist-050715 "If he were grading the Wells report like one of his students' papers, however, Syphers says it would have to be an incomplete."

They could measure the balls 500 times but if they don't follow a proper protocol while doing so the results are meaningless. This matters not whether they are done pregame or at halftime.

I can't imagine they would not be involved in some capacity seeing as this involves one of their biggest supporters. At any rate, I would not expect them to release any info until after a verdict has been rendered.

Possibly? Especially so if Brady may have also been acting on recommendations from his union wrt handing over text messages. I imagine the NFLPA has been on top of this since day 1. The last thing they want is to open is Pandoras texting box They measured the pre-game balls twice? Geez, man look 2 posts in front of yorus for the biggest issue.

My noting of Anderson was simply because of the ease with which he provided for my argument. One ref or 10 refs .... it doesn't matter if they all follow an incompetent measurement protocol that relies upon their recollection abilities and not noted documentation. You disagree with his #'s? ...... that only points to a couple of the equipment protocols however. Other procedural concerns I express in later posts.

http://www.breitbart.com/sports/2015/05/06/probably-doesnt-cut-it-wells-report-damns-investigators-more-than-patriots/ “Most of the individual Patriots measurements recorded at halftime, however, were lower than the range predicted by the Ideal Gas Law,” the report reads. But the fact that by at least one or the other referee’s measurement, the air pressure of eight of eleven balls fell to expected levels undermines the verdict of “probable” guilt.