President Obama says Tom Brady’s Deflategate case exemplifies why America needs unions
President Barack Obama went to a Boston union rally Monday and did what politicians do.
And then, he invoked someone who transcends political parties in Boston: Tom Brady.
“Even Tom Brady is glad he belongs to a union,’’ the president said, via Alison King of NECN. “They had his back. And if Brady needs a union – we definitely need unions.’’
Using the New England Patriots quarterback is never a bad idea in Boston.
But it’s a tricky allusion to make. While District Court Judge Richard M. Berman vacated Brady’s four-game suspension, the NFLPA also caused some problems for Brady along the way. Most notably, For The Win points out, the NFLPA signed a collective bargaining agreement, which granted NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell the liberty to deliver the four-game suspension and arbitrate that suspension’s appeal.
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