AFL-CIO Backs Tom Brady in Deflategate Suspension Appeal

FOXBOROUGH, MA - One of the biggest unions in the country is backing Tom Brady's efforts to appeal his four-game suspension.

On Monday, the AFL-CIO filed a friend of the court brief asking the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider a 2-1 decision to reinstate Brady's suspension.

“While the NFL and NFLPA bargained to allow the Commissioner to hear appeals of disciplinary decisions, they did not agree to let the Commissioner, sitting as an appellate arbitrator, to act in a manner that is arbitrary and capricious,” AFL-CIO attorney James Coppess wrote according to the Boston Herald. “Regardless of who hears appeals, labor arbitration always must be fundamentally fair.”

Brady faces a four-game ban for allegedly taking part in a scheme to deflate footballs prior to the 2014 AFC Championship game.

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