Tom Brady: ‘I did nothing wrong’ in Deflategate

The decision should be reversed as Goodell denied Brady access to evidence and witnesses and deprived him of a fair hearing, the union said.

Brady reasoned that he complied with both the organization and investigators.

Once he destroyed his phone this all went from did he break the rules of the game, to “can he get away with deceiving the commissioner”.

The league said that 10,000 text messages from Brady’s phone could not be retrieved, believing the phone had crucial evidence on it.

After NFL commissioner Roger Goodell rejected Brady’s appeal Tuesday, the quarterback released a statement on Facebook saying he was not required to turn over his cellphone under the NFL-union deal and did not destroy it to hide evidence, with Kraft and Belichick later standing by their man.

Brady said in a Facebook post that he disagreed with the narrative surrounding the destruction of his cell phone, adding that he only destroyed the phone after he was told by his attorneys that the contents in the phone would not be investigated.

He also said he was “embarrassed” for his parents. The NFL doesn’t have subpoena power.

But Brady was a victor again on the field, with fans chanting his name and waving signs in support of the three-time Super Bowl MVP. The Patriots were also fined $1 million and stripped of two draft picks.

The New England Patriots quarterback and the NFL Players Association filed their suit Wednesday in Minnesota. The union is seeking to block the suspension before the regular season begins September 10.

The Deflategate controversy just won’t end, even after New England Patriot Tom Brady’s four-game suspension was upheld.

Goodell mentioned exactly that in the conclusion of his appeal decision.

But Yee argued that Brady’s side was given only four hours to present a defense, and when he asked for documents from Wells, that request was rejected on the basis of privilege. And he said he was never told that failing to do so would result in any discipline.

Goodell’s decision was far stronger than the Wells Report, which found it was “more probable than not” that Brady was “at least generally aware” of the actions by two low-level Patriots employees that led to footballs being deflated below permissible levels in January’s AFC Championship Game rout of the Indianapolis Colts. In its statement, the team said “We can not comprehend the league’s position in this matter”.

As the details of the NFLPA’s lawsuit against the league filter out, it has become clear that Brady’s representatives will spend less time trying to prove his innocence and more time obliterating the process.

His latest article calls Brady and the Patriots – cheaters.

Kraft said he expected Brady’s suspension to be reduced on appeal, and repeated the team’s claim that the league failed to prove its case.

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