NFL: Everything Is on the Table As to Tom Brady's Lies and Cheating, Including the Possibility of a One-Year Suspension

So the DeflateGate report came out yesterday, and found that the balls were deliberately deflated, and that texts between various equipment managers proved they were being so deflated, and that Tom Brady knew of this (as they were doing it for Brady), and that Prince Brady suspiciously started talking to these lowly equipment handlers a lot following the revelations about the deflated ball.

Hey buddy...? You doin' okay buddy? Anything I can do for you, buddy?

The report also noted that Brady, who claimed to have nothing to hide, lawyered up and refused to assist the investigation.

So: He knew, he lied, he cheated, and he covered up.

Sounds like a Democratic presidential candidate to me!

The Miami Herald now reports the NFL is taking this seriously, or at least wishes to be seen as taking this seriously.

The small tidbit of news I can offer is that the NFL is weighing a suspension of New England quarterback Tom Brady that could span up to one season. "Everything is being studied, everything is being considered," an NFL source with knowledge of the disciplinary procedure told me Wednesday night.

The source said it would be wrong to think a season-long suspension will absolutely be the punishment doled out because that decision had not been finalized at the time of our conversation. But he also said it would be wrong to dismiss such an extended and seemingly improbable length of time as the ceiling for discipline.

The source declined to give a discipline floor, or the most lenient discipline Brady is facing. Interestingly, the source did not mention possible discipline for New England coach Bill Belichick or owner Robert Kraft.

It is clear the NFL is expecting to hand down some sort of discipline on #deflategate following the unveiling of the Ted Wells report at 1 p.m. Wednesday.

posted by Ace at 03:02 PM

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