UPDATED 4 p.m. ET:
Patriots owner Robert Kraft released a statement (that's kind of long) excoriating the league for the punishment they've been pushing for the past 18 months, saying:
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Early Friday afternoon, Tom Brady posted a message to his Facebook page stating that he'd give in, drop his appeal, and finally just serve that stupid four-game Deflategate suspension that's been lingering over his head for the past year-and-a-half.
His actual words were:
The move follows Wednesday's news that an appeals court denied Brady's appeal to overturn the suspension. His only remaining option was to have it decided by Clarence Thomas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and the other six justices by taking the case to the Supreme Court. The odds alone of them just hearing it were a freaking long shot, though (according to Adam Schefter) the NFLPA still has plans to pursue that route:
The move will also cost him a series of game checks, though he reportedly saved over $2 million dollars by restructuring his contract:
Ultimately Brady's Facebook update ends one of the dumber more drawn out NFL controversies in recent memory. He'll eventually get to return to the field on October 9 where he'll be greeted with a welcome back gift in the form of the Cleveland Browns.
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