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Tom Brady will drop his appeal and serve his four-game suspension
'I have made the difficult decision to no longer proceed with the legal process,' he said on Facebook
Brady will miss the games against the Arizona Cardinals, Miami Dolphins, Houston Texans and the Buffalo Bills
He is eligible to return for the Patriots game at the Cleveland Browns on October 9

By ASSOCIATED PRESS

Published: 14:13 EDT, 15 July 2016 | Updated: 14:13 EDT, 15 July 2016

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Tom Brady will drop his appeal and serve his four-game suspension for the Deflategate scandal.

The New England Patriots quarterback said in a Facebook post Friday that 'I have made the difficult decision to no longer proceed with the legal process.'

Brady's latest appeal was rejected Wednesday by the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals.

Tom Brady will miss the Patriots' games against the Cardinals, Dolphins, Texans and Bills

He would have had to convince the US Supreme Court to take his case, and only about 1 percent of the appeals submitted to the nation's highest court are accepted.

Brady was originally suspended before last season when the Patriots were found to have used underinflated footballs in the previous AFC title game.

A judge overturned the suspension Sept. 3 and Brady played the entire 2015 season, but on April 25 a three-judge panel of the 2nd Circuit ruled 2-1 to reinstate the suspension.