American Football - NFL upholds Brady's four-game suspension for role in 'Deflategate'
<b>NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has upheld the four-game suspension given to quarterback Tom Brady for his role in a scheme to deflate the footballs in the AFC championship game that put the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl.</b>
Brady, one of the National Football League's most popular players and in many ways the face of the sport, could take the case to federal court in a bid to overturn to the suspension.
NFL-hired investigator Ted Wills determined, in a 243-page report, that Brady was complicit in a plan to deflate the footballs below league standards, a move that can make the ball easier to grip.
Attorneys for Brady, 37, a four-time Super Bowl champion, had previously indicated that if the quarterback is suspended at all they would take the case to federal court.
The Patriots beat the Indianapolis Colts 45-7 in January's AFC title game, a game played in raw conditions in which the ball might have been difficult for a quarterback to grip.
Brady has denied any knowledge of a plan to deflate the footballs, a program Wells said was carried out by two Patriots employees, officials' locker room attendant Jim McNally and equipment assistant John Jastremski.
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