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Are the Deflate Gate penalties harsh enough?
NFL's side, its statement and Troy Vincent's letter to Tom Brady:
Update:
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell Roger Goodell upholds Tom Brady suspension
Update:
NFL files an appeal of Deflategate decision that erased Tom Brady suspension
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...chard-overturned-berman-new-england/71504142/
The NFL announced Monday that Tom Brady has been suspended without pay for four games for violating the NFL policy on the integrity of the game. This news comes less than a week after independent investigator Ted Wells found that it was "more probable than not" that Brady was "at least generally aware of the inappropriate activities" regarding the deflation of Patriots game balls used in the AFC Championship Game against the Colts.
The team will also be fined $1 million and will forfeit a 2016 first rounder and 2017 fourth-round selection in the NFL Draft.
Read more:http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap30...d-4-games-patriots-forfeit-2016-first-rounder
NFL's side, its statement and Troy Vincent's letter to Tom Brady:
From Troy Vincent’s letter to Tom Brady:
“With respect to your particular involvement, the report established that there is substantial and credible evidence to conclude you were at least generally aware of the actions of the Patriots’ employees involved in the deflation of the footballs and that it was unlikely that their actions were done without your knowledge. Moreover, the report documents your failure to cooperate fully and candidly with the investigation, including by refusing to produce any relevant electronic evidence (emails, texts, etc.), despite being offered extraordinary safeguards by the investigators to protect unrelated personal information, and by providing testimony that the report concludes was not plausible and contradicted by other evidence.
“Your actions as set forth in the report clearly constitute conduct detrimental to the integrity of and public confidence in the game of professional football. The integrity of the game is of paramount importance to everyone in our league, and requires unshakable commitment to fairness and compliance with the playing rules. Each player, no matter how accomplished and otherwise respected, has an obligation to comply with the rules and must be held accountable for his actions when those rules are violated and the public’s confidence in the game is called into question.”
Read more:https://www.facebook.com/AdamSchefter/posts/954309457955029
Update:
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell Roger Goodell upholds Tom Brady suspension
Update:
NFL files an appeal of Deflategate decision that erased Tom Brady suspension
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...chard-overturned-berman-new-england/71504142/
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