Brady told them from the jump he was not giving them his phone. Wells was like "fine, then give me all your contacts." The NFL that spent 100 days before giving a ruling and then 35 days after the appeal suddenly now does not have the time to follow up with like 30 people. fukk out of here.
FUrthermore:
"The conduct at issue here is also very different from the ball-warming incident in Minnesota last year, in which a Carolina Panthers ball attendant was observed warming a ball on the Vikings' sideline;
there was no evidence of any intentional attempt to violate or circumvent the rules, no player involvement, and no effort to conceal the ball attendant's conduct. As (NFL executive VP of football operations) Mr. (Troy) Vincent testified, the ball never got into the game and the matter "was addressed immediately."
In Goodell's bizarro world, video evidence = no evidence and a text message with the world deflator = direct, hard evidence. What other reason would the attendant be heating the ball than the circumvent the rule? Come on guy. This whole thing is nonsense.