FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Tom Brady has appealed his four-game suspension for his role in using deflated footballs during the AFC championship game.
The expected appeal was filed Thursday ahead of a 5 p.m. deadline.
The NFL announced the quarterback’s suspension on Monday, also fining the New England Patriots $1 million and taking away two draft picks.
Brady’s appeal only deals with the suspension and must be heard within 10 days. The team has not said if it will appeal its penalties before a Thursday deadline.
League-appointed investigator Ted Wells found that Brady was “at least generally aware” of plans by two team employees to prepare the balls to his liking, below the league-mandated minimum of 12.5 pounds per square inch.
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Big deflated balls…oh, and the footballs too.
He sure does not have a great deal of confidence in his team does he, otherwise why would he feel he needs to cheat. Any appeal just shows that he could give a fuck about the integrity of the game. On second thought the NFL does not either otherwise they would have stomped hard on him and the team. In both cases it is about $$$$ now rather than what may be said tomorrow about both Brady and the NFL.