Tom Brady Accepts Deflategate Suspension, Won’t Appeal to Supreme Court

July 15, 2016   ·   Joseph Zucker   ·   Jump to comments

After the Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied Tom Brady's request for a rehearing of his Deflategate case, the New England Patriots quarterback decided against using his last legal option available.
Brady took to Facebook to announce he won't take his case to the U.S. Supreme Court:
The NFLPA released a statement on the decision, per Ian Rapoport of NFL Network: 
Patriots chairman and CEO Robert Kraft also released a statement on the decision:
While I was disappointed with the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' decision not to rehear Tom Brady's case, I am most frustrated that Tom was denied his right to a fair and impartial process. The League's investigation into a football pressure matter was flawed and biased from the start, and has been discredited nearly unanimously by accredited academics and scientists.
The penalty imposed by the NFL was unprecedented, unjust and unreasonable, especially given that no empirical or direct evidence of any kin...

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