Brady Suspended 4 Games, Patriots Fined $1 Million For Roles In 'Deflategate'
The NFL came down hard on its biggest star and its championship team, telling Tom Brady and the Patriots that no one is allowed to mess with the rules of the game.
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The NFL came down hard on its biggest star and its championship team, telling Tom Brady and the Patriots that no one is allowed to mess with the rules of the game.
New Jets wide receiver Brandon Marshall is admittedly a big Tom Brady fan, but he still believes that the Patriots' quarterback should be suspended for his role in "Deflategate."
The Pats have held the NFL by the privates for so long, and a robust dose of humility, if not humiliation, is in order.
Goodell needs to take action and suspend Brady and Belichick for four games each. As was the case with Payton, ignorance is no excuse, and Belichick needs to pay for what has been done.
The superstar quarterback spoke at a Q&A session Thursday moderated by sportscaster Jim Gray during a previously scheduled, sold-out event at Salem State University.
You cheat, you get caught, you get punished. That's simple. Much harder is making the punishment fit the crime.
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Armed with a fertile draft and serious free agent signings, Gang Green already has a leg up entering the season, especially if Brady is suspended for a game or two to start 2015.
The Patriots aren't the first pro sports team to cheat, and it's "more probable than not" they won't be the last.
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A series of texts between two Patriots employees have been cited key evidence in the conclusion that the team likely deflated footballs — and that Tom Brady probably knew about it.
"Everything is being studied, everything is being considered," up to and including a yearlong ban, a league source told the Miami Herald's Armando Salguero.
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