Minty Car Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 If you haven't heard already, Tom Brady of the New England Patriots was suspended today by the NFL for his role in the "Deflategate" scandal. He'll be suspended for the first 4 games of the regular season in 2015, with the Patriots being docked their first round draft pick in 2016 and fifth round pick in 2017, and fined 1 million dollars. Have any thoughts on this? Discuss below. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMM Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 So, I take it that deflated footballs are bad? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terminoob Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Who, uh, cares? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terminoob Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Who, uh, cares? Okay so apparently a lot of people care. Can someone more NFL-minded tell me why this is a ridiculous punishment? Four games doesn't seem like anything, the draft picks don't seem important, and it's not like that fine is going to put them in any financial trouble. It seems perfectly reasonable to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katniss Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Consider that Ray Rice was initially suspended for only two games for hitting his wife and this 4 game suspension for deflated footballs seems disproportionate by comparison. (I know that Rice's suspension is longer now, but still.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clappy Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 The NFL is a league of ridiculous suspensions. Roger Goodell constantly does this shit where he over penalizes or under penalizes. But this is the New England Patriots, who have a history of cheating in the Bill Belichick era. So Brady getting suspended four games is not surprising. Especially since a federal investigation (lol really) goes into report saying that Brady knew what was going on with the footballs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metal Snake Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Who, uh, cares? Okay so apparently a lot of people care. Can someone more NFL-minded tell me why this is a ridiculous punishment? Four games doesn't seem like anything, the draft picks don't seem important, and it's not like that fine is going to put them in any financial trouble. It seems perfectly reasonable to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpongeBob's #1 Fan Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 (edited) I think that he is a cheater and a liar! Edited May 19, 2015 by SpongeBob's #1 Fan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minty Car Posted September 3, 2015 Author Share Posted September 3, 2015 UPDATE: Tom Brady's suspension was just wiped out by the U.S. court, meaning no suspension at all this season. Huge hit to the NFL power heads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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