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Did you think the Deflategate saga was over? Not by a long shot.
The NFL filed a 38-page brief Monday with the 2nd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ahead of the Deflategate appeal hearing on March 3, 2016. The league's brief comes weeks after the NFL Player's Association filed a 73-page brief for New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, whose four-game suspension for his alleged role in Deflategate was overturned back in September by U.S. District Court Judge Richard M. Berman.
Within the 38 pages, the NFL claims that commissioner Roger Goodell's decision to suspend Brady was "eminently reasonable," among other things.
And, as McCann and Volin point out, the brief contains some harsh language directed at Brady and Berman.
It's almost been a year since the NFL claimed that the footballs used by Brady and the Patriots in the 2014 AFC Championship Game were underinflated. And it appears this story still is far from over.
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