NFL Upholds Tom Brady's Four-Game Suspension

Tom Brady’s appeal of his four-game suspension over the Deflategate scandal has been upheld, and the Super Bowl champions New England Patriots will be without their best player for a quarter of the regular season. The NFL’s report into the Deflategate scandal found “it is more probable than not” that at least two New England Patriots employees improperly deflated footballs in the team’s AFC Championship win over the Indianapolis Colts and that Brady was “at least generally aware” of the wrongdoing. That led to a four-game suspension for Brady and a $1 million fine for the Patriots. The team was also stripped of two draft picks. While the Patriots accepted their punishment, Brady chose to contest his suspension with the backing of the NFL Players Association.