Earlier today Tom Brady’s 4-game suspension for his role in DeflateGate was overturned by a federal judge.
Judge Berman found that the NFL’s report cited “no direct evidence that Brady knew about or authorized” the footballs being deflated.
As expected, Roger Goodell and the NFL have issued a statement announcing that they will be appealing Judge Berman’s decision.
We are grateful to Judge Berman for hearing this matter, but respectfully disagree with today’s decision. We will appeal today’s ruling in order to uphold the collectively bargained responsibility to protect the integrity of the game. The commissioner’s responsibility to secure the competitive fairness of our game is a paramount principle, and the league and our 32 clubs will continue to pursue a path to that end. While the legal phase of this process continues, we look forward to focusing on football and the opening of the regular season. (via)
In other news…
Somewhere, in a parallel universe, there is a bizarro Roger Goodell who never loses at anything.
— Joe Posnanski (@JPosnanski) September 3, 2015
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