2) The Original Suspension (2 of 5)
2) The Original Suspension (2 of 5)
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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell originally instituted a four-game suspension for Tom Brady in May 2015.
The NFL had asked Brady to see his text messages in the original investigation, but lacked subpoena power to force him to comply.
Ted Wells, the investigator hired by the NFL, said that Brady had answered questions one day, but would not turn over his phone that contained personal text messages and emails, apparently with the two he was involved in the Deflategate scheme with.
In fact, Brady had destroyed his SIM card and phone, stating that it was his practice to do that when getting a new phone.
The investigator thought it was more probable that Brady had tampered with evidence and was involved in the scheme.
He was then suspended, but later appealed that four-game suspension.
Goodell denied Brady’s appeal, stating that the “deliberate destruction of potentially relevant evidence went beyond a mere failure to cooperate in the investigation and supported a finding that he had sought to hide evidence in his own participation in the underlying scheme to alter the footballs.”