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_Published 2015-05-11. The NFL announced Monday that New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady has been suspended four games for his role in the Deflategate controversy. Additionally, the Patriots were docked first and fourth-round picks and fined $1 million._


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[ MUSIC ] And now the hammer has finally come down on Deflategate. The NFL announced Monday, Tom Brady has been suspended for the first four games of the season for his role in the ball deflating scandal that arose after the AFC Championship game. And that's not all. The Patriots are also being docked their first round pick in 2016 plus the fourth rounder the next year. And will also be fined 1 million dollars. That's a pretty big punishment. For some reference, the fine is four times higher than the fine the Pats received as a result of this Spygate controversy. And they only had to hand over one draft pick then as well.

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