After nearly 11 hours, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady’s appeal hearing has concluded. The hearing began a little after 9:00 a.m ET and wrapped up about 8:30 p.m.
It is now up to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to decide the fate of Brady’s existing four-game suspension. It is reported that much of the time was used to dissect the Wells Report and that over 40 people were present at the quarterback’s hearing.
According to Jeffrey Kessler, outside council for the union, Brady stayed until the end of the hearing. Kessler released this statement upon conclusion of the hearing:
https://twitter.com/BartHubbuch/status/613508151049109504
Here is a picture someone snapped of the major crowd waiting outside the NFL’s New York City headquarters where Brady’s hearing was held.
The crowd outside #NFL HQ waiting for a Tom Brady decision. pic.twitter.com/4Uo61bWnsm
— Donald Burns (@DCB03) June 23, 2015
Apparently some folks were not shy about trying to squeeze an autograph out of Brady.
Tom Brady used the entire 5 hours allowed to fight his Deflategate charges/crowd so big they had to meet in basement pic.twitter.com/YadxFibTw5
— Michael W Sanders (@SandmanBoston) June 23, 2015
Brady should be hearing back at some point in the not-so-distant future. After all, New England’s training camp starts in a little over a month.
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