Tom Brady’s Deflategate 4-Game Suspension Reinstated by US Court of Appeals

April 25, 2016   ·   Timothy Rapp   ·   Jump to comments

A United States appeals court reinstated New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady's four-game suspension Monday, according to Reuters (via CNBC Now), which the NFL originally levied in the wake of the Deflategate scandal. 
The decision overturns U.S. District Court Judge Richard Berman's decision to throw out that suspension and forces that court to confirm it, per Andrew Brandt of ESPN.
Will Brinson of CBS Sports shared the key excerpt from the appeals court's ruling:
While the NFL Players Association has maintained that Brady should simply be fined for an equipment infraction, per Mike Garafolo of Fox Sports, the court upheld NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell's right to levy additional punishments against the quarterback.
However, the court did acknowledge that the commissioner's power was particularly broad, per Rand Getlin of NFL Network:
The dissenting judge in the ruling had strong words for Goodell, per Sean Leahy of the...

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