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In a short order today, the Second Circuit denied the NFL Players Association and Tom Brady’s petition for a panel rehearing or rehearing en banc in the DeflateGate case. The decision leaves intact Brady’s four game suspension for his role in deflating footballs used during the 2015 AFC Championship Game.
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In a decision today, the Second Circuit, by a 2-1 vote, reversed Judge Berman’s ruling in the DeflateGate case, effectively reinstating Tom Brady’s four-game suspension for his role in deflating footballs used during the 2015 AFC Championship Game.
Tom Brady and the NFL Player’s Association focused their appeal on the fact that, based on the NFL’s written policies, Brady had no prior notice that a first-time violation could result in anything more than a fine, but the Second found that the NFL’s reading of those policies was justifiable, and met the minimal standards for confirming an arbitration award:
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The NFL filed its reply brief in the DeflateGate appeal yesterday. As we previously reported, Tom Brady’s opposition brief focused on the fact that the NFL’s written policies for players state that first-time equipment violations will result in fines, which, he argued, would give no notice that a suspension was possible. The NFL’s reply brief counters that Tom Brady has already conceded the policy is inapplicable:
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