After spending the better part of a year reluctantly learning the NFL's arcane rules regarding the correct PSI inflation of a football and the nature of game ball inspectors, a grateful nation can now begin to forget that Deflategate ever existed. Hopefully.On Thursday morning, the Roger Goodell-mandated four-game suspension of Tom Brady—which was later upheld on appeal, also by Roger Goodell—was nullified by Judge Richard M. Berman of Federal District Court in Manhattan. While the ruling did not address whether or not Brady tampered with game balls prior to the Patriots' win over the Colts in the AFC Championships, Judge Berman's decision effectively shut down Goodell's authority to carry out the suspension.pic.twitter.com/KEpFUMr5bi
— New England Patriots (@Patriots) September 3, 2015
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SECOND UPDATE:It seems that the NFL will appeal.RT @SNFonNBC: A sign at a @DunkinDonuts in Maine… (via @NHLChantel) pic.twitter.com/eRXfp357Ph
— Michael Rathburn (@FantasyRath) September 3, 2015