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The NFL suspended Super Bowl MVP Tom Brady for the first four games of the season, fined the New England Patriots $1 million and took away two draft picks Monday as punishment for deflating footballs used in the AFC title game. Brady has three days to appeal the suspension to Commissioner Roger Goodell or his designee. Troy Vincent, the NFL's executive vice president of football operations, wrote letters to the team and Brady saying a league-sponsored investigative report established ''substantial and credible evidence'' that the quarterback knew the employees were deflating footballs and failed to cooperate with investigators. The investigation by attorney Ted Wells found that Brady ''was at least generally aware'' of plans by two Patriots employees to prepare the balls to his liking, below the league-mandated minimum of 12.5 pounds per square inch.
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