Tom Brady has been suspended the first 4 games of the 2015 NFL season for his role in Deflategate.
The NFL issued a statement saying, “Tom Brady will be suspended without pay for the first four games of the 2015 regular season for conduct detrimental to the integrity of the NFL.”
“Brady may participate in all off-season, training camp and pre-season activities, including pre-season games.”
The league also dropped the hammer on the New England Patriots — hitting the team with a $1 MILLION fine … and taking away their 1st round pick in the 2016 Draft and their 4th round pick in 2017.
The two locker room attendants who are believed to have deflated the balls have also been suspended indefinitely without pay.
In a letter to Brady, NFL Executive Vice President of Football Operations Troy Vincent explained the league found “substantial and credible evidence to conclude you were at least generally aware of the actions of the Patriots’ 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.”
