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| Judge Naomi Morningstar (FILE PHOTO) |
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The Mainline Dope
NASHVILLE—12th Avenue Bakers owner QCurl Sharif emerged from
holiday Thursday to comment on the threatened lawsuit proposed by East
Nashville Black Dogs' GM Buddy Ryan.
Ryan has asked League Commissioner Bill Money, and owner of the Black Dogs, to force the Downtown Corsairs to vacate the 2014-15 NFFA championship due to illegal actions taken by West Nashville quarterback Tom Brady in the first round of last season's playoffs. He believes the championship should be awarded to the Dogs. Ryan has threatened the lawsuit if no action is taken.
As reported by Ariel Mutha-Tafoya of FSN Sports last week:
Money subsequently recused himself from any decision that might strip the Corsairs of the title, and in a surprise move, delegated that task to Sharif. Sharif spoke to reporters Thursday from the clubhouse at Richland Golf Course.
"Of course I take the request seriously and because it involves Tom Brady, the whole shit show strikes really close to home," he said. "Brady had visited Faith Popcorn at my place the night before the playoff game. They had been close at one time, and he was in tears when he left. I think he promised a Bubba win in her honor at her bedside — you know, we didn't think she was going to pull through then. This league is like family.
"I suspect he would have done anything at that point. I understand he wore a piece of her underwear and a Bakers T-shirt under his uniform that day. All this is to say it's a complicated issue. Because of my pending lawsuit in front of judge Naomi Morningstar asking for the stripping of the Corsairs' title on entirely different grounds, I may have to recuse myself, as well."
Sharif had just finished a round with disgraced FIFA president Sepp Blatter, Bakers' head coach Snoop Dogg, and last year's Heisman Trophy winner, Marcus Mariota. The owner had returned earlier in the week from his home in Boulder, Colorado, amid rumors the Bakers are opening a chain of marijuana pharmacies in that state.
"We can deal with that in another news cycle," he said laughing. "Marcus here tells me I should focus on Hawaii and embrace my kona. Really, I'm going to focus on this whole championship thing before I act. The integrity of the league has always been my guiding light. That's why I've invited Sepp to the hacienda. He'll be here for a couple of weeks — we're having dinner with Naomi this weekend, and I'm just going to let this thing slip into my bloodstream. And, I want to talk to Brady and to Buddy myself. Maybe at the Cherry Bomb. That place has always served as a soul pad for resolving our issues for many years."
Ryan has asked League Commissioner Bill Money, and owner of the Black Dogs, to force the Downtown Corsairs to vacate the 2014-15 NFFA championship due to illegal actions taken by West Nashville quarterback Tom Brady in the first round of last season's playoffs. He believes the championship should be awarded to the Dogs. Ryan has threatened the lawsuit if no action is taken.
As reported by Ariel Mutha-Tafoya of FSN Sports last week:
"Ryan’s claim stems from revelations that Beelzebubbas’ QB Tom Brady competed in the NFFA playoffs with illegally deflated footballs that gave his team an advantage in the semifinal game, in which the Bubbas defeated the Black Dogs 136.2 to 122.9. Ryan argues that the Bubbas should have been disqualified, advancing the Dogs to the title game. In that event, Ryan claims, his team would have been league champions, since the Black Dogs scored 167 points in the week of the final round, while the Downtown Corsairs, who claimed their second title in three years, scored only 161."
Money subsequently recused himself from any decision that might strip the Corsairs of the title, and in a surprise move, delegated that task to Sharif. Sharif spoke to reporters Thursday from the clubhouse at Richland Golf Course.
"Of course I take the request seriously and because it involves Tom Brady, the whole shit show strikes really close to home," he said. "Brady had visited Faith Popcorn at my place the night before the playoff game. They had been close at one time, and he was in tears when he left. I think he promised a Bubba win in her honor at her bedside — you know, we didn't think she was going to pull through then. This league is like family.
"I suspect he would have done anything at that point. I understand he wore a piece of her underwear and a Bakers T-shirt under his uniform that day. All this is to say it's a complicated issue. Because of my pending lawsuit in front of judge Naomi Morningstar asking for the stripping of the Corsairs' title on entirely different grounds, I may have to recuse myself, as well."
Sharif had just finished a round with disgraced FIFA president Sepp Blatter, Bakers' head coach Snoop Dogg, and last year's Heisman Trophy winner, Marcus Mariota. The owner had returned earlier in the week from his home in Boulder, Colorado, amid rumors the Bakers are opening a chain of marijuana pharmacies in that state.
"We can deal with that in another news cycle," he said laughing. "Marcus here tells me I should focus on Hawaii and embrace my kona. Really, I'm going to focus on this whole championship thing before I act. The integrity of the league has always been my guiding light. That's why I've invited Sepp to the hacienda. He'll be here for a couple of weeks — we're having dinner with Naomi this weekend, and I'm just going to let this thing slip into my bloodstream. And, I want to talk to Brady and to Buddy myself. Maybe at the Cherry Bomb. That place has always served as a soul pad for resolving our issues for many years."
