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Two Views of the Brady Deflategate Ruling

The reinstatement of Tom Brady’s four-game Deflategate suspension affirms Goodell’s power, says Andrew Brandt, but hardly confirms the case against the Patriots QB, according to Peter King. Now, will Brady take the case further, and will the league relent on the degree of punishment?

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King: The Punishment Does Not Fit the Offense—If There Was an Offense

Here’s what bothers me about the clearly legal and by-the-book 2-1 ruling by the three-judge U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit panel, which reinstates the four-game suspension of Patriots quarterback Tom Brady stemming from the Deflategate scandal:

Four respected American jurists have now ruled on NFL commissioner Roger Goodell’s discipline of Brady and the Patriots.