What is the cost of a little national publicity? For the folks running the website Barstool Sports, it appears to be their freedom.
Clad in gear supporting New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, members of the website's staff invaded the NFL's Manhattan office and handcuffed themselves together in a form of protest before being arrested Tuesday. Writer Lisa Kraus Edwards captured a photograph of the NYPD leading the protestors out of the building:
#Patriots "Free Brady" guys led out by police in front of #NFL offices pic.twitter.com/cxp9gGNJLh
— Lisa Kraus Edwards (@LAKEdwards) May 12, 2015
The protest—obviously in part tongue-in-cheek—came a day after the NFL suspended Brady for four games, docked the Patriots two draft pick and fined the club $1 million for its part in the Deflategate controversy.