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"The four-game suspension to Tom Brady has been reinstated by the three-judge panel of the Second Circuit.
Brady was initially issued a four-game suspension by the NFL for his alleged role in a ball-deflation scheme prior to the AFC Championship Game in January 2014. He appealed the suspension, first to Roger Goodell, and later to a federal court in New York, where it was vacated.
However, the NFL appealed Judge Richard Berman’s decision to the Second Circuit in New York, where a three-judge panel of Robert Katzmann, Denny Chin and Barrington Parker Jr. That trio has elected to reinstate the suspension.
“We hold that the Commissioner properly exercised his broad discretion under the collective bargaining agreement and that his procedural rulings were properly grounded in that agreement and did not deprive Brady of fundamental fairness,” the ruling read. “Accordingly, we REVERSE the judgment of the district court and REMAND with instructions to confirm the award.”
Tom Brady's Suspension Reinstated By Second Circuit
How sweet the cheater gets his due!
Brady was initially issued a four-game suspension by the NFL for his alleged role in a ball-deflation scheme prior to the AFC Championship Game in January 2014. He appealed the suspension, first to Roger Goodell, and later to a federal court in New York, where it was vacated.
However, the NFL appealed Judge Richard Berman’s decision to the Second Circuit in New York, where a three-judge panel of Robert Katzmann, Denny Chin and Barrington Parker Jr. That trio has elected to reinstate the suspension.
“We hold that the Commissioner properly exercised his broad discretion under the collective bargaining agreement and that his procedural rulings were properly grounded in that agreement and did not deprive Brady of fundamental fairness,” the ruling read. “Accordingly, we REVERSE the judgment of the district court and REMAND with instructions to confirm the award.”
Tom Brady's Suspension Reinstated By Second Circuit
How sweet the cheater gets his due!