--- title: Tom Brady on Deflategate: 'We Have All Lost' description: "I don’t think it has been good for our sport - to a large degree, we have all lost." canonical: https://time.com/4023686/tom-brady-deflategate-we-have-all-lost/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-09-05T12:56:09.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T10:43:10.056Z article:section: Sports og:title: Tom Brady Says 'We Have All Lost' in Deflategate Scandal og:description: "I am also sorry to anyone whose feelings I may have hurt" og:url: https://time.com/4023686/tom-brady-deflategate-we-have-all-lost/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt411a0e1a78630a53/6988626aab6d772cab6a60a9/tom-brady1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Tom Brady And Roger Goodell Fail To Reach Settlement Over 4-Game Suspension og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Tom Brady Says 'We Have All Lost' in Deflategate Scandal twitter:description: "I am also sorry to anyone whose feelings I may have hurt" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt411a0e1a78630a53/6988626aab6d772cab6a60a9/tom-brady1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Tom Brady Says 'We Have All Lost' in Deflategate Scandal by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Sep 5, 2015 12:56 PM UTC  Tom Brady leaves federal court in New York City on Aug. 31, 2015. Tom Brady leaves federal court in New York City on Aug. 31, 2015.Spencer Platt—Getty Images by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Sep 5, 2015 12:56 PM UTC New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady broke his silence after the deflategate ruling, writing a lengthy [Facebook post](https://www.facebook.com/TomBrady/posts/976820022359148) that was both a thank you note and an apology. Brady wrote the post just days after a [judge ruled](http://time.com/4021458/tom-brady-decision/) he would not serve the NFL’s prescribed four-game suspension resulting from the deflated football scandal known as deflategate. In the post, he first thanked fans, Judge Richard Berman, who ruled against the NFL, and his team, but went on to say there is no real winner in the affair. “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,” Brady wrote. “I am also sorry to anyone whose feelings I may have hurt as I have tried to work to resolve this situation.” Brady and the Patriots will play their season opener against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Thursday. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4023686/tom-brady-deflategate-we-have-all-lost/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4023686/tom-brady-deflategate-we-have-all-lost/"},"headline":"Tom Brady Says 'We Have All Lost' in Deflategate Scandal","datePublished":"2015-09-05T12:56:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T10:43:10.056Z","description":"\"I am also sorry to anyone whose feelings I may have hurt\"","url":"https://time.com/4023686/tom-brady-deflategate-we-have-all-lost/","keywords":["Football","New England Patriots","Tom Brady","patriots","deflategate"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt411a0e1a78630a53/6988626aab6d772cab6a60a9/tom-brady1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"Sports","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt411a0e1a78630a53/6988626aab6d772cab6a60a9/tom-brady1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Tom Brady And Roger Goodell Fail To Reach Settlement Over 4-Game Suspension","caption":"Tom Brady And Roger Goodell Fail To Reach Settlement Over 4-Game Suspension","creditText":"Spencer Platt—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/sports/","name":"Sports"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/football/","name":"Football"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4023686/tom-brady-deflategate-we-have-all-lost/","name":"Tom Brady Says 'We Have All Lost' in Deflategate Scandal"}}]}] ```