{"id":28537,"date":"2015-05-11T20:52:25","date_gmt":"2015-05-12T00:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jetnation.com\/?p=28537"},"modified":"2015-05-11T20:52:25","modified_gmt":"2015-05-12T00:52:25","slug":"tom-brady-suspended-4-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/2015\/05\/11\/tom-brady-suspended-4-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Brady Suspended 4 Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The NFL handed down the punishment for deflategate. Tom Brady is going to be suspended for the first four games of the year and the Patriots lose two draft picks; including their first round pick next year. The Patriots were fined one million dollars. According to Adam Schefter that is the largest fine in league history.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Filed to ESPN: Tom Brady suspended four games, Pats lose 1st round pick in 2016 and a 4th in 2017, and team fined $1 million, per source:<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/597877080894918658?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 11, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Though Tom Brady wasn&#39;t fined, he is scheduled to make $8 million this season. Being suspended 4 games costs Brady about $2 million.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/597884248771731456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 11, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">From Troy Vincent\u2019s ( NFL Executive Vice President)\u00a0letter to Tom Brady:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>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\u2019 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.<\/p>\n<p>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\u2019s confidence in the game is called into question.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Statement from Tom Brady&#8217;s agent, Don Yee:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe discipline is ridiculous and has no legitimate basis. In my opinion, this outcome was pre-determined; there was no fairness in the Wells investigation whatsoever. There is no evidence that Tom directed footballs be set at pressures below the allowable limits. In fact, the evidence shows Tom clearly emphasized that footballs be set at pressures within the rules. Tom also cooperated with the investigation and answered every question presented to him. The Wells Report presents significant evidence, however, that the NFL lacks standards or protocols with respect to its handling of footballs prior to games; this is not the fault of Tom or the Patriots. The report also presents significant evidence the NFL participated with the Colts in some type of pre-AFC Championship Game planning regarding the footballs.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The full version of the <a href=\"http:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/pdf\/2015\/0506\/PatriotsWellsReport.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Wells Report is on ESPN<\/a>. You can read more about <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/forums.jetnation.com\/forum\/5-new-york-jets-message-board\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tom Brady&#8217;s suspension<\/a><\/strong> in our forums.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NFL handed down the punishment for deflategate. Tom Brady is going to be suspended for the first four games of the year and the Patriots lose two draft picks; including their first round pick next year. The Patriots were fined one million dollars. 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