Tom Brady's Role In Deflategate

Some call Tom Brady the greatest quarterback of all-time while others see him as a villain, and a cheater. Tom Brady is considered one of the greatest quarterbacks due to his accomplishments, one of the biggest being his five Super Bowl championship rings. However forever staining his resume, he was proven guilty by The United States Second Court of Appeals for his part in “Deflategate”. Deflategate was comprised of an attempt to lower the P.S.I in the footballs the Patriots used in the AFC championship game against the Colts in 2015, and the cover-up that followed. Lowering the P.S.I in the Patriots footballs “made it easier for Tom Brady to throw the football”, and also “easier for his receivers to catch it”(Deflategate). Tom Brady addressed the media following the allegations claiming he had no knowledge of the deflated footballs, yet many were skeptical that a seasoned NFL veteran quarterback

Therefore D’Qwell handed the ball to one of the Colts equipment managers who measured the P.S.I and documented the ball was at 11.3 P.S.I, while the NFL minimum was 12.5 P.S.I subsequently the equipment manager notified the Colts head coach. Following the game all twelve footballs the Patriots used were investigated and “eleven out of the twelve were underinflated per the NFL’s football inflation requirements”(Deflategate). Consequently, footage was released of a “Patriots equipment manager taking the bag of twelve balls into the bathroom and exiting the bathroom ninety seconds later”(Deflategate). Tom Brady was suspended by the NFL for four games, and the Patriots head coach was fined five hundred thousand dollars, while the Patriots organization was fined 1 million dollars as well as forfeiting their 1st round selection in the 2016 NFL