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Tom Brady will fight his four-game NFL suspension for his role in the "Deflategate" scandal, the NFL Players Association said Thursday filing an appeal on behalf of the New England Patriots' superstar quarterback. In confirming it had filed an appeal, the players' union called for an independent arbitrator to hear the case, rather than National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell. "Given the NFL's history of inconsistency and arbitrary decisions in disciplinary matters, it is only fair that a neutral arbitrator hear this appeal," the union said in a statement. Brady, a four-time Super Bowl champion, was suspended for the first four games of the upcoming season after investigator Ted Wells found it was likely that Brady was "at least generally aware" that team equipment personnel deliberately deflated footballs below league minimums before the AFC Championship Game against the Indianapolis Colts in January.
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