Updated at 1 p.m. PT, May 14: The NFL Players Association’s appeal of Tom Brady‘s four-game suspension was officially filed Thursday, reported NFL.com.
“Given the NFL’s history of inconsistency and arbitrary decisions in disciplinary matters, it is only fair that a neutral arbitrator hear this appeal,” the NFLPA said in a statement. “If Ted Wells and the NFL believe, as their public comments stated, that the evidence in their report is ‘direct’ and ‘inculpatory,’ then they should be confident enough to present their case before someone who is truly independent.”
Previously:
The New England Patriots are standing by their MVP quarterback in the midst of the Deflategate scandal, and issued a lengthy statement on Thursday refuting the report commissioned by the NFL.