Football Case Study

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In the 2015 AFC Championship Game between the New England Patriots and the Indianapolis Colts, the Patriots were accused of tampering with their footballs. They allegedly deflated the footballs to 2 PSI below the legal limit, supposedly giving them an unconstituted and illegal advantage. On May 11th, 2015, the National Football League ruled that the Patriots organization was guilty, penalizing them with a 1 million dollar fine, the loss of a first round pick in the 2016 NFL draft, and the loss of a fourth round pick in the 2017 draft. Tom Brady, the quarterback, was personally penalized with a four-game suspension for his involvement in the incident. He claims, however, to be innocent and has been exhausting every possible legal avenue to avoid his punishment.
A solution, based in precedent, must be found to illustrate that judges are not consumed by their own opinions and agendas. Setting new precedent in the courtroom is essential to …show more content…

Many conservatives are struggling to accept that a case concerning footballs could be tried as the highest court in the United States judicial system. What these people do not realize is that the case is not just footballs, or a four-game suspension. Instead, the deflategate case represents much more than that. The case, which started as an argument between the commissioner Goodell and Brady has grown to encompass the core components of all “important” legal matter. Deflategate illustrates how the application of game theory and the Nash Equilibrium interact in the courtroom. Therefore, the outcome of this case will need to be decided at the Supreme Court level. It will serve as precedent for the future and can help determine the fate of future problems. Game theory allows for the success of the American judicial system because it forms the core argument in all legal

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