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Robert Kraft Releases Statement on Tom Brady Not Continuing Deflategate Appeal

July 15, 2016   ·     ·   Jump to comments

It looks like Deflategate has come to an end after 544 days, as New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady announced Friday via Facebook that he will "no longer proceed with the legal process" and accept the league's four-game suspension. 
Shortly after Brady's decision went public, Patriots owner Robert Kraft released a statement, via the team's official website:
While I was disappointed with the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' decision not to rehear Tom Brady's case, I am most frustrated that Tom was denied his right to a fair and impartial process. The League's investigation into a football pressure matter was flawed and biased from the start, and has been discredited nearly unanimously by accredited academics and scientists.
This all began in January 2015 when it was revealed that the league was looking into the Patriots allegedly using deflated footballs during the AFC Championship Game against the Indianapolis Colts. 
In May of the same ...

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