Yesterday as you know, a judge overturned Tom Brady’s four game suspension for his alleged role in “Deflate Gate”. While it’s not completely over due to further appeals, nonetheless it’s still a victory for the 4-time Super Bowl champ. He spoke for the first time since the ruling via a post on his Facebook page.
@IamJoeSports
The regular season starts tomorrow morning and I can’t wait to fully commit my energy and emotion to focus on the challenges of the 2015 NFL season. I want to thank my family, my friends, all of the fans, past and current players and my teammates for the support they have given me throughout this challenging experience. I also want to thank Judge Berman and his staff for their efforts to resolve this matter over the past five weeks. I am very grateful. My thanks also to the union’s legal team who has fought so hard right along with me. While I am pleased to be eligible to play, I am sorry our league had to endure this. I don’t think it has been good for our sport – to a large degree, we have all lost. I am also sorry to anyone whose feelings I may have hurt as I have tried to work to resolve this situation. I love the NFL. It is a privilege to be a member of the NFL community and I will always try to do my best in representing my team and the league in a way that would make all members of this community proud. I look forward to the competition on the playing field and I hope the attention of NFL fans can return to where it belongs – on the many great players and coaches who work so hard every week, and sacrifice so much, to make this game great. Most importantly, I look forward to representing the New England Patriots on Thursday night in our season opener. I hope to make all of our fans proud this year … and beyond!
Brady may still very well face suspension either later this season or perhaps next year. He embarrassed the NFL and Commissioner Goodell and their ego’s won’t be able to handle that. At least for now everyone can focus on football and this waste of a topic can finally be shoved to the back burner.
