Tom Brady removed the nfl* decal from his helmet (update: Brady says he was unaware of it)

[Love The Drake]

Brady could he suspended a 5th game?!

According to some sports media outlets Brady ripping off his NFL shield on his helmet in back to back preseason games could act as a repeat offense.
Which the penalty is a one game suspension.

God I hope not come on Tom!

 

[Gronkowski123]

nothing shocks me with the current league office.

 

[SVN]

Prove it that he ripped it off...whoever is spewing his nonsense has nothing to do. Plus the violaiton requires him to not be allowed on the field which refs didnt do anything about. Contrary to popular opinion i think it was just a coincidence that the sticker wasnt there

 

[The Boston Patriot]

Cue Ted Wells and Tom better not destroy his phone this time. Labelgate is coming. Seriously, how the f can they prove he took it off? I figure the team would be fined for that vs Tom. The real question is : how many (and what round) draft picks will it cost the team?

 

[Love The Drake]

Its awful to think he could of been making a silent protest and get suspended a frickin game for something so passive it be ridiculous

 

[Deflatemyballs]

According to some sports media outlets Brady ripping off his NFL shield on his helmet in back to back preseason games could act as a repeat offense.
Which the penalty is a one game suspension.

God I hope not come on Tom!

What outlets are these?

 

[Love The Drake]

Robert Kraft will say he wants wants best for the other 31

 

[Hammer of Thor]

We already have two threads on this, one of which has already been locked. Do we really need a third unless there is an actual development to the story?

 

[Bonzo]

Prove it that he ripped it off...

Eh, not really the league's style...

 

[Love The Drake]

I didnt know
I saw the article on 12 up sports on my facebook feed sorry didnt know was shared.
This is the first I read he could be punished.

 

[jmt57]

For those that missed it, Ian had a nice take on this yesterday:

Brady Committed An Equipment Violation During the Preseason, and It's Brilliant - PatsFans.com

 

[BennyBledsoe]

Then again, those helmet stickers do have to be applied more often than you might think. Maybe the equipment guy did it on his own on Brady's behalf.

Maybe he just screwed up.

Either way, it's funny.

 

[Dr Pain]

Guys, I know we want to paint football deflation as a mere "equipment violation" like a sticker. But we all know that if it happened (which 99% of us believe did NOT, but work with me), it's not like a sticker at all. It would have been in an attempt to manipulate the footballs to gain a competitive advantage outside the rules.

It would be like a running back greasing himself up with vaseline, so that defenders couldn't grab hold of him. It's a very different thing than having eye black that says "John 3:16", or your name written on your shoes, or the NFL sticker removed from your helmet.

You mean like stickum? which is an equipment violation?

 

[RelocatedPatFan]

Its awful to think he could of been making a silent protest and get suspended a frickin game for something so passive it be ridiculous

No matter how ridiculous TB could get the NFL* front office can always out-ridiculousness him. it's what happens when pettiness has the agreement of the mob out for blood.

 

[Pat the Pats Fan]

was the equipment guy alone with brady's helmet for 45 seconds again.....

 

[ForThoseAboutToRock]

I'm going to destroy every NFL logo at Gillette Stadium in Tom's honor

You'll have to go up into the owner's box to get at many of them, I imagine. It's what they care most about, after all.

 

[anditsgood]

Prove it that he ripped it off...whoever is spewing his nonsense has nothing to do. Plus the violaiton requires him to not be allowed on the field which refs didnt do anything about. Contrary to popular opinion i think it was just a coincidence that the sticker wasnt there

Like this league needs evidence

 

[1960Pats]

OK now the truth comes out about scissor/cut-gate. I'm sure those stickers are on there pretty tight. He probably cut his hand trying to use scissors to get the sticker off the helmet.

I hear that he cut his hand while polishing one of his four LomBrady trophies.

 

[Triumph]

I just recently watched Cool Hand Luke for the first time and see a lot of the Captain in Goodell. Hopefully this will end better for Tom than it did for Luke...

You found a gem, that movie is a classic. May have been Paul Newmans best movie. George Kennedy was great too.

 

[Triumph]

Pats fans should protest and not buy any clothing with the NFL logo until Brady is back.

Patriot Nation is in virtually every state of the country. Tom "GOAT" Brady has already set the precedent of his disgust regarding the NFL shield of integrity.

Show your support for Brady by not purchasing any new NFL merchandise for the next 4 weeks of Bradys suspension. Nothing, no hats, jerseys, etc. That means nothing from Patriots Place too. Also, try to wear Brady jerseys and shirts for the length of the suspension. Block out the NFL logo with tape or something until Brady comes back.

Whats your opinion? Isnt this the least we can do for Brady as fans?