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Judge In Peterson Case Questions Goodell's Understanding Of CBA, Legal Expertise

U.S. District Judge David Doty yesterday during a contempt-motion hearing filed by the NFLPA in the Adrian Peterson case said “we’re all very curious” how Judge Richard Berman will rule on Tom Brady's Deflategate suspension, according to Tom Pelissero of USA TODAY. Doty yesterday "noted multiple times" that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell "isn’t an attorney while questioning union counsel Jeffrey Kessler about who exactly the NFLPA wants to be held in contempt for alleged interference with the court’s order to hold further arbitration proceedings in the Peterson case." Doty: "I’m not sure the commissioner understands there is a CBA." Pelissero notes Doty was "citing Goodell’s actions and quotes in newspaper articles he has read." Doty said that because Goodell -- "who wasn’t present Wednesday -- lacks legal expertise ... he doesn’t understand contempt and only would’ve been acting on the advice of his attorneys on such matters." Doty "has ruled in the NFLPA’s favor numerous times through the years, including his February decision to vacate the arbitration award that upheld Peterson’s suspension" (USA TODAY, 8/27).

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