‘Disappointed’ Brady to fight NFL suspension in federal court

Kessler called it “offensive” that the league accused Brady of destroying his cellphone to obstruct the inquiry by investigator Ted Wells, a claim Goodell made in upholding the suspension Tuesday.

In the wake of NFL commissioner Roger Goodell’s decision to uphold a four-game suspension of New England Patriots star Tom Brady, the league has asked police to watch Goodell’s home in the region.

“I am very disappointed by the NFL’s decision to uphold the four-game suspension against me”, Brady said.

“It is incomprehensible as to why the league is attempting to destroy the reputation of one of its greatest players and representatives”, the team said in a statement.

Brady was suspended four games and the team was docked $1 million and two draft picks after a league investigation found it provided improperly inflated footballs in the AFC championship game.

The Patriots went on to win the Super Bowl, the fourth such title during Brady’s career as quarterback of the team.

Kraft said he now regrets not going to court to fight league penalties against the team, saying he thought the move would make it easier for the NFL to avoid banning Brady.

On Wednesday, the NFL Players Association filed a lawsuit against the league in Minnesota – a place where players have had success in court against the NFL in the past. “Six months removed from the AFC championship game, the league still has no hard evidence of anybody doing anything to tamper with the PSI levels of footballs.”.

So now the NFLPA has gone to court to protest Goodell’s ruling on Brady’s appeal.

“To try and reconcile the record and fully cooperate with the investigation after I was disciplined in May, we turned over detailed pages of cell phone records and all of the emails that Mr. Wells requested”.

Patriots owner Robert Kraft did not appeal the punishment and said on Wednesday he was wrong for putting his faith in the NFL. Those are the same fans who will believe Brady when he said he destroyed his phone because he wasn’t told that investigators wanted to see it or didn’t want to set a precedent for his fellow players that the NFL can look at their phones (which to me, a non-fan, is the strongest argument.).

Today Brady took to Facebook to proclaim his innocence, vent his frustrations, and announce his intention to bring the issue to federal court.

The union asked Doty to throw out the suspension before September 4; that would allow Brady to participate in all practices before the Patriots’ September 10 season opener against the Steelers. “Unfortunately I was wrong,”.

“There is no ‘smoking gun, ‘ and this controversy is manufactured to distract from the fact they have zero evidence of wrongdoing”, Brady said in his post.

Brady’s wilful obstruction was more evidence in support of the investigation’s finding that he participated in a scheme, the NFL chief said, adding that the episode had compromised public confidence in professional football.

“It’s going to be a lot of give and take and a lot of stuff getting exposed and a lot of people getting on each other’s nerves, but that’s what it’s for”, Foster said.