According to the recently released book, "12: The Inside Story of Tom Brady's Fight For Redemption" by Casey Sherman and Dave Wedge, Tom Brady could have avoided his four-game suspension for Deflategate.
All he had to do was publicly blame the Patriots equipment staffers -- John Jastremski and Jim McNally -- for altering the footballs and pay the $1 million fine.
"He demanded that Brady state publicly that former Patriots equipment guys [John] Jastremski and [Jim] McNally had purposely tampered with footballs, even without his knowledge," the book reads. "Tom said no."
Brady could have got off with just a $1 million fine if he did that, but he stayed loyal to them.
“There’s no way I’m gonna ruin these guys for something I believe they didn’t do,” Brady told NFL Players Association head DeMaurice Smith.
For more on the book, Sherman joined the Not Sunday podcast this week to discuss.