Brady suspended 4 games; NE loses a 1st, 4th, and $1M

[dolphins4life]

The purpose behind taking PEDs is to gain an illicit advantage in the competition.
The purpose behind tampering with the equipment is... to gain an illicit advantage in the competition.

Yes, but are they to the same extent?

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[bsmooth]

It is interesting that so many QB's have come out about this...oh wait they have remained silent on the issue about doctoring balls.

[MikeO]

These ball boys the Patriots are defending they did already fire. Kind of funny they are defending them on one hand saying they are innocent but fired them on the other hand. If they were innocent why did they fire them?

[CF DolFan]

Goodell will over see the appeal. I wonder if he is blatantly going to appease his buddy Kraft and the Patriots.

[MikeO]

Goodell will over see the appeal. I wonder if he is blatantly going to appease his buddy Kraft and the Patriots.

If he does there will be a national uproar.  Pats have no leverage. The Pats don't want this in court. They don't want Brady or the 2 ball boys under oath, that opens up a can of worms they aren't prepared for. If he up holds the suspension, Pats will do nothing. If he overturns the suspension then Goodell looks like he has no control of this league and all of the attention turns towards him.

[MikeO]

Rumor going around the owners meeting is a back-room deal was cut. Kraft won't appeal. Brady gets NO games or 2 games at most.

Don't be shocked to see Brady under center Week 1 vs Pitt.

[EDGECRUSHER]

Yeah, the whole thing stinks, but at most it's down to 2 games. Too much of an uproar over just the organization getting punished and Brady walks away.

[MikeO]

I know not the same case, but Greg Hardy just had his suspension reduced from 10 games to 4

Gotta figure we will get some Brady news soon

[Dave Gray]

I think that this is already decided and Kraft and Goodell made an agreement.  It'll be 1 or 2 games and done.

[EDGECRUSHER]

Hardy's girlfriend or whoever no showed her court appearance so the charges were dropped, that was huge in dropping the suspension. Plus, Goodell didn't personally oversee it.

I'm starting to think the ban stays at 4 games and only gets dropped down to 3 if at all.

[MikeO]

NFL showed some guts and upheld the suspension. Brady to miss the first 4 games!!!

Report is Brady instructed his assistant to destroy his cell phone the day this all began with the investigation

[Phishfan]

Screw Tom Brady. Expand his suspension to six games if he doesn't shut up.

[EDGECRUSHER]

Sad truth is, he will almost surely appeal it and hope the courts file an injunction, allowing him to play while this gets sorted out. That could take years and by then he is already retired.

The fact that he destroyed his cellphone the day of the Ted Wells hearing and didn't tell the NFL until 4 months later gives them a chance. Because holy shit are those the actions of a guilty man.

[MikeO]

The fact that he destroyed his cellphone the day of the Ted Wells hearing and didn't tell the NFL until 4 months later gives them a chance. Because holy shit are those the actions of a guilty man.

Tampering with evidence of a league investigation....that's low!! Shows he cheated. He lied. And that possibly who knows what else is on that phone (other cheating tactics he was texting about?!) he is trying to hide.

And Robert Kraft better STFU about all of this. No more press conferences from him crying and whining. He cheated. He got caught. Take the medicine and just go away for a while.  Be lucky they didn't strip them of their super bowl championship last year.

[Phishfan]

Not only did he destroy his cell phone, he lied about the practice of destroying his cellphone. Tom Brady destroyed the one he used during the AFC Championship and for weeks afterward. His excuse is it is common practice for him to do so. If that is Brady's common practice, how did he make available his previous phone that he used from spring to November 2014?

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/theres-hole-tom-bradys-excuse-200246103.html