NFLPA Appeals Brady Suspension

Tom Brady’s four-game suspension has been appealed by the NFLPA.

The highly expected move comes after Brady’s agent said there would be an appeal. Thursday was the deadline to appeal.

“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.”

On May 6, the Wells Report concluded that it was more likely than not that Brady was aware of an effort by Patriots employees to deflate game day balls. He was suspended for four games and the Patriots were fined $1 million five days later.