Roger Goodell Comments on Reinstatement of Tom Brady’s Deflategate Suspension

April 28, 2016   ·   Mike Chiari   ·   Jump to comments

On the heels of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady's Deflategate suspension getting reinstated by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell commented on the matter Thursday.
According to CBS Boston, Goodell said on CBS This Morning that the reinstatement was due largely to the fact that the CBA gives him full disciplinary power: "Well, this wasn't about the actual violation. This was about the rights we had negotiated in our collective bargaining agreement, that we had in our collective bargaining agreement, and that we wanted to make sure we retained."
Brady was originally suspended for the first four games of the 2015 season due to his alleged role in the illegal deflating of footballs in the AFC Championship Game against the Indianapolis Colts, but it was overturned by the District Court upon appeal. A panel of three judges reinstated the ban Monday, however, per CNN.com's Jill Martin.
In the CBS interview,...

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