http://www.washingtonpost.com/rweb/sports/stephen-a-smith-says-brady-destroyed-his-phone-during-investigation/2015/07/28/e0f3d679419a706bc5ceee0a98fcc802_story.html
“In Spygate in 2007, when [Coach] Bill Belichick and the Patriots were fined – apparently there’s some language in that agreement – in that fine that ultimately handed down to him, that if something like this happened again, you’re talking about Bill Belichick being banned. Which, in some folks’ eyes may have facilitated [owner] Robert Kraft showing a willingness to accept the penance and the penalty Roger Goodell handed down to him.”
Interesting, if true...