Patriots NOT appealing Deflategate!!!
The reigning Super Bowl champions, the New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft has come forward to announce that the Patriots NOT appealing Deflategate.
Kraft explained that he will reluctantly accept their punishment from the NFL in the Deflategate investigation, even though, Tom who has been suspended for four games is set to appeal Deflategate.
CelebNMusic247.com has this report via ESPN:
The Patriots were fined $1 million and docked two draft picks — a first-rounder in 2016 and a fourth-rounder in 2017 — by the NFL after an investigation found that star quarterback Tom Brady was “at least generally aware” of a scheme to illegally deflate footballs for the AFC Championship Game.
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New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft has a record over 21 years as an NFL bridge-builder, not an adversary.
Striking a conciliatory tone, Kraft said Tuesday that the Patriots will not appeal the penalties.“Although I might disagree what is decided, I do have respect for [commissioner Roger Goodell] and believe that he’s doing what he perceives to be in the best interests of [all 32 teams],” Kraft said, while speaking to the media at the NFL owners meetings. “So in that spirit, I don’t want to continue the rhetoric that’s gone on for the last four months.
“I’m going to accept, reluctantly, what he has given to us and not continue this dialogue and rhetoric. We won’t appeal.”
Kraft said that he was putting the league before his franchise because “at no time should the agenda of one team outweigh the collective good of the 32.”
The league also suspended Brady for four games, a punishment the he is appealing through the National Football League Players Association.