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[Dalek]

Patriots owner, ‘Deflategate’ judge mingle at party

Ron Perelman (from left), Robert Kraft and Jack Welch

Patriots owner Robert Kraft mingled with Judge Richard Berman, who overturned the NFL suspension of Tom Brady over his alleged role in Deflategate, at a Hamptons Labor Day party full of media and business power brokers.

Kraft was chatting with Berman at Discovery Communications chief David Zaslav and his wife Pam’s party at their East Hampton estate, also attended by Oprah Winfrey, Martha Stewart, Harvey Weinstein, Lloyd Blankfein, NY Giants co-owner Jon Tisch and wife Lizzie, Katie Couric, and Hilaria and Alec Baldwin.

Brady won the court battle Thursday, when Berman bashed NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell for “dispensing his own brand of industrial justice.” The ruling clears Brady to play in Thursday’s season opener.

A rep for the Patriots told Page Six, “It was a chance encounter at a social event with hundreds of guests. There was a brief introduction and an exchange of pleasantries that lasted no more than a couple of minutes.”

 

[Fox318]

 

[Freedom = $1.05]

that judge should only be in a courtroom 24 hours a day 7 days a week wtf is this corruption shit so corrupt

 

[kingocfs]

Amazing.

 

[Abounder]

lmao

Can't wait for the 30 for 30 doc

 

[Gentleman Jack]

Ruling was the correct ruling, but this is still a bad look. At least wait a month or something lol.

 

[Gordon Shumway]

that judge should only be in a courtroom 24 hours a day 7 days a week wtf is this corruption shit so corrupt

lol..yes, I'm sure that's the point being made.

 

[Mii]

GE won the Super Bowl for the Pats guys. This is the proof, right here.

 

[PAULINK]

chumpions, ha

 

[Veritigo_X]

Giants owner was there too? This is bigger than I thought.

 

[Fury451]

that judge should only be in a courtroom 24 hours a day 7 days a week wtf is this corruption shit so corrupt

That's not quite the problem here....

I don't really care about the ruling, but this just looks really bad so soon after.

 

[Dreams-Visions]

"Yea I'll make sure Tom signs that ball for you. No problem."

That's not quite the problem here....

I don't really care about the ruling, but this just looks really bad so soon after.

Really, professionals can separate business from pleasure.

 

[Alligatorjandro]

Oprah was there too. As were the giants owners.

 

[Bacon]

I'm not even a pats fan but we really gonna make a big deal about this? People are able to separate their personal and professional lives

 

[Dalek]

Oprah was there too. As were the giants owners.

The plot thickens.

 

[CassidyIzABeast]

NY Giants co-owner Jon Tisch and wife Lizzie

Kraft probably talked to him too. What if the Patriots let the Giants win as a favor to Tisch? He's at the same party afterall.

 

[Fury451]

Really, professionals can separate business from pleasure.

Sure they can. Just doesn't look good in some cases, this being a prime case. There's nothing wrong with it beyond that really.

 

[Veritigo_X]

I'm not even a pats fan but we really gonna make a big deal about this? People are able to separate their personal and professional lives

No they aren't. We're talking about football here.

 

[cdyhybrid]

The check cleared. Kraft money always wins in the end.

 

[Shuggananas]

whatever soccer is the superior sport
and even then basketball is better than handegg

 

[djplaeskool]

Poor optics, but I doubt anything more.

 

[newjeruse]

That's a top notch list of boring-ass famous people.

 

[Cagey]

Giants owner was there too? This is bigger than I thought.

We don't like the Tisches though. Can we get rid of them for this grave transgression.

 

[Troy]

I can't believe they let the Patriots pick the state the case would be heard in and also pick the judge. Unbelievable!

 

[The Albatross]

Others at this party of hundreds of New York city rich:

• Oprah Winfrey
• Martha Stewart
• Co-Owners of the New York Giants
• Harvey Weinstein

Makes perfect sense for Kraft to be there. The craziest thing is that a federal judge is there... And unless he has a lucrative legal practice along with that, he's not nearly at the pay range of any of those people above, all of whom are billionaires.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

Meanwhile a 24 year old wide receiver just retired because his doctors told him the next hit could kill him, but nah deflated footballs and the subsequent fuckery that followed is definitely the most important thing football fans should be concerning themselves with.

 

[ryutaro's mama]

Welp.

Meanwhile a 24 year old wide receiver just retired because his doctors told him the next hit could kill him, but nah deflated footballs and the subsequent fuckery that followed is definitely the most important thing football fans should be concerning themselves with.

I'm sorry, is this the topic of this thread?

The 24 year old kid?

Oh it's not....ok.

 

[bionic77]

:lol

This is fantastic.

 

[Mudcrab]

whatever soccer is the superior sport
and even then basketball is better than handegg

 

[Wizman23]

Thank God football starts Thursday so this deflate gate bullshit can just fucking die.

 

[thekad]

First post nails it again.

 

[Cat Party]

Meanwhile a 24 year old wide receiver just retired because his doctors told him the next hit could kill him, but nah deflated footballs and the subsequent fuckery that followed is definitely the most important thing football fans should be concerning themselves with.

Why do you care about football when people are dying in Syria???

 

[Draxal]

NY Giants co-owner Jon Tisch and wife Lizzie

Kraft probably talked to him too. What if the Patriots let the Giants win as a favor to Tisch? He's at the same party afterall.

Kraft is a Giants fan ...

 

[Ninja Scooter]

Welp.



I'm sorry, is this the topic of this thread?

The 24 year old kid?

Oh it's not....ok.

Nah the topic of this thread is people finding bs reasons to be outraged over the football equivalent of having too much pine tar on your bat. Even baseball fans who are among the most uptight in all of sports don't give a shit about pine tar.

I shouldn't be surprised though. ESPN has sort of conditioned sports fans to blow every story far out of proportion. Skip and SAS have taught you all well.

 

[ryutaro's mama]

First post nails it again.

thekad and mama finally united in a common cause.

Nah the topic of this thread is people finding bs reasons to be outraged over the football equivalent of having too much pine tar on your bat. Even baseball fans who are among the most uptight in all of sports don't give a shit about pine tar.

Why not start a thread about that WR if you want it to get discussed?

Why try and shame people that want to discuss this, here in this thread?

 

[mre]

Patriots owner, ‘Deflategate’ judge mingle at party

Ron Perelman (from left), Robert Kraft and Jack Welch

Judges and the attorneys/parties who appear before them socialize quite frequently. This is neither surprising nor a big deal, imo. Unless things are different up in New England.

 

[CassidyIzABeast]

Kraft is a Giants fan ...

See.

Stay woke people

 

[MonkeyMan29]

Nah the topic of this thread is people finding bs reasons to be outraged over the football equivalent of having too much pine tar on your bat. Even baseball fans who are among the most uptight in all of sports don't give a shit about pine tar.

I shouldn't be surprised though. ESPN has sort of conditioned sports fans to blow every story far out of proportion. Skip and SAS have taught you all well.

On a bat? No.

Used by a pitcher to gain an advantage? Hell yes I care. That's against the rules. Cheating.

 

[Alligatorjandro]

mingle

 

[Ninja Scooter]

Robert Kraft and Roger Goodel had lunch like 2 weeks before the verdict came down. Follow the money.

 

[Dicer]

How many piles of multi-colored salt did that take to make?

 

[EASTC0AST_GH05T]

Billuminati!

 

[Acerac]

Meanwhile a 24 year old wide receiver just retired because his doctors told him the next hit could kill him, but nah deflated footballs and the subsequent fuckery that followed is definitely the most important thing football fans should be concerning themselves with.

Is there a thread for that?

If not, maybe you should make one.

If so, why are you posting this crap here?

 

[PlayALLtheGames]

and even then basketball is better than handegg

Even if the multiverse theory is true, there is no universe where this is the case.

 

[bionic77]

Nah the topic of this thread is people finding bs reasons to be outraged over the football equivalent of having too much pine tar on your bat. Even baseball fans who are among the most uptight in all of sports don't give a shit about pine tar.

I shouldn't be surprised though. ESPN has sort of conditioned sports fans to blow every story far out of proportion. Skip and SAS have taught you all well.

Fuck you Ninja.

I have been blowing this out of proportion before Skip Bayless and Stephen Smith were even on tv.

You son of a bitch. Give credit where it is due!

 

[LyleLanley]

This is kind of a strange situation since Kraft, being an NFL team owner, in a sense both won and lost this case. I also appreciate how the article barely cares that Tisch was there as well.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

Fuck you Ninja.

I have been blowing this out of proportion before Skip Bayless and Stephen Smith were even on tv.

You son of a bitch. Give credit where it is due!

We've battled over Brady for nearly a decade now, bionic. It's time for you to admit defeat!

 

[ParityBit]

So Kraft is hanging out with the judge who the NFL hand picked for the trail?

 

[Dali]

that judge should only be in a courtroom 24 hours a day 7 days a week wtf is this corruption shit so corrupt

You as well as this judge apparently don't know what "appearance of impropriety" means.

 

[EASTC0AST_GH05T]

Thank God football starts Thursday so this deflate gate bullshit can just fucking die.

It won't die, the pot will be stirred for opposing fans as long as the Pats are relevant. Its kinda fun seeing them get all these dead end leads that you know they will chase, throw down a beer and say I told you so! lol.