Deflategate: Tom Brady And Roger Goodell In The Spotlight

Rosenberg sketched New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady in Manhattan federal court at a hearing dealing with his NFL suspension.

As we reported Wednesday, both Brady and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell were in federal court to update a judge on whether progress had been made resolving the dispute over the four-time Super Bowl champion’s suspension.

Goodell, playing judge and jury for the NFL in their handling of Deflategate, upheld Brady’s four-game suspension in July.

“I don’t know what to make” of the report that concluded Brady was “at least generally aware of the inappropriate activities” of Patriots’ employees involved in letting the air out of the footballs, Berman said.

USA Today’s Chris Chase joined the Dennis & Callahan Show on Thursday to talk about his article saying Tom Brady has “ruined what’s left of his Golden Boy image”.

Berman noted that Brady’s statistics were better in the second half of the Patriots’ 45-7 defeat of the Indianapolis Colts in the January 18 AFC championship game than in the first half, when the footballs were found to have been underinflated.

The NFL had said it abided by the collective bargaining agreement, which sets out the disciplinary process and lets Goodell, or someone designated by him, hear appeals.

A judge is pressuring Tom Brady and the NFL to reach a settlement and squash the controversy over Deflategate once and for all.

The hand-drawn portraits portray Brady looking pensive and, some said, not like himself.

Jeffrey Kessler, an attorney for Brady through the National Football League Player’s Association, bristled at this allegation.

She also told Vice, “Tell Tom Brady, I’m sorry”.

The Patriots play the first game of the 2015 season September 10 against the Steelers. While Nash stood his ground, pointing to conversations Brady had with the locker room attendants who are said to have deflated the footballs, he did indicate there was no “smoking gun” implicating Brady himself.

Both sides are scheduled to return to court next week. He says similar cases are usually resolved by a judge if they are not settled.

Patra says both sides could meet again on August. 19 to continue the hearing.

Meanwhile, Mike Ditka said Brady should not budge on his position of innocence. Without excusing what Enemkpali did, Ryan called the player “a good teammate” and said he believes the linebacker can learn from the mistake that prompted the Jets to immediately release him.