Tom Brady Slams NFL After Deflategate Decision: "I Did Nothing Wrong"
Posted on Wed Jul 29th, 2015 11:20am PDT By X17 Staff
Both the owner of the New England Patriots, Robert Kraft, and Tom Brady slammed the NFL for upholding the quarterback's four-game suspension after the "Deflategate" scandal. The superstar athlete maintains that he did nothing wrong.
On Tuesday, the NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell upheld Brady's suspension that was decreed in May, and added that new information had arisen proving that Brady tried to hide evidence by breaking his cell phone.
But Brady isn't taking the statement lying down. In addition to denying deflating footballs during games, Brady also says he did nothing incorrectly when he broke his cell phone which was key evidence in the investigation.
In a Facebook post, Brady wrote, "To suggest that I destroyed a phone to avoid giving the NFL information it requested is completely wrong." The quarterback wrote a lengthy post on his social media page, saying:
Deflategate came about after the Patriots won January's AFC championship game over the Indianapolis Colts, before eventually winning the Super Bowl. Accusers claim that that Brady and the team knowingly used under-inflated footballs to help win. Despite the suspension. Brady has denied vehemently any involvement.
On Tuesday, the NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell upheld Brady's suspension that was decreed in May, and added that new information had arisen proving that Brady tried to hide evidence by breaking his cell phone.
But Brady isn't taking the statement lying down. In addition to denying deflating footballs during games, Brady also says he did nothing incorrectly when he broke his cell phone which was key evidence in the investigation.
In a Facebook post, Brady wrote, "To suggest that I destroyed a phone to avoid giving the NFL information it requested is completely wrong." The quarterback wrote a lengthy post on his social media page, saying:
- I am very disappointed by the NFL’s decision to uphold the 4 game suspension against me. I did nothing wrong, and no one in the Patriots organization did either.
Despite submitting to hours of testimony over the past 6 months, it is disappointing that the Commissioner upheld my suspension based upon a standard that it was “probable†that I was “generally aware†of misconduct. The fact is that neither I, nor any equipment person, did anything of which we have been accused. He dismissed my hours of testimony and it is disappointing that he found it unreliable.
I also disagree with yesterdays narrative surrounding my cellphone. I replaced my broken Samsung phone with a new iPhone 6 AFTER my attorneys made it clear to the NFL that my actual phone device would not be subjected to investigation under ANY circumstances. As a member of a union, I was under no obligation to set a new precedent going forward, nor was I made aware at any time during Mr. Wells investigation, that failing to subject my cell phone to investigation would result in ANY discipline.
Most importantly, I have never written, texted, emailed to anybody at anytime, anything related to football air pressure before this issue was raised at the AFC Championship game in January. To suggest that I destroyed a phone to avoid giving the NFL information it requested is completely wrong …
Deflategate came about after the Patriots won January's AFC championship game over the Indianapolis Colts, before eventually winning the Super Bowl. Accusers claim that that Brady and the team knowingly used under-inflated footballs to help win. Despite the suspension. Brady has denied vehemently any involvement.