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Originally Posted by biffle
Again, I am not going to keep repeating myself, and you're just spinning your tires at this point.
Many things that are supposed to be in a commissioner's sole discretion end up being adjudiucated in court. It's not the Hammer of Thor or the One Ring you keep pretending it is.
Not going to bother continuing to discuss it.
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Is your example that "sole discretion" doesn't apply to modifying the salary cap? I agree - and no one ever said he had sole discretion over that. That's why he agreed the modification of the CBA with the NFLPA before he announced anything. And that's why he let one of the owners (Mara) take front and center on it. On the Saints bounty issue, he took front and cented because it was entirely within his authority.
The NFL bylaws give him sole discretion over specific things with specific authority. Within the context of those specific things within that authority, he has sole discretion. The Bylaws even say that the Executive Committee (made up of 32 owners) doesn't have the authority to reduce penalties the Commissioner imposes within his specific authority (including removing draft picks for competitive violations).
No one ever said he had any authority to modify the CBA.