Not only that: Brady then claimed that he does that frequently, and then gave the NFL some old phones (which he hadn't destroyed, paradoxically.)
Brady looks like an evidence-hiding fool in this instance, who clearly tried to obstruct the investigation.
Furthermore, we all know that the Patriots now have a well-documented history of, shall we say, "bending the rules"?
What it all adds up to is unrepentant "conduct detrimental to the integrity of game".
I'm glad the NFL isn't rolling over for the Patriots. Go ahead and let Brady get an injuction on his game suspensions. That way, they'll occur later in the season, when it will really matter.
Brady clearly tried to obstruct the investigation by destroying evidence on the very day he was supposed to surrender the phone, and it's no wonder that the hard evidence is rather thin.
Also, this investigation is not a criminal investigation, and does not by any means require that standard of proof. I would think that the standard of proof would more likely resemble that which occurs in a civil proceeding, which is a preponderance of evidence, not "beyond a reasonable doubt".
It's you who wants to believe this BS, you who can't answer how he gained an advantage with all this, can't even hint at how it's possible he played so well without his so called advantage.
The Patriots bent the rules during spy gate, fully acknowledged. For you to bring this to "a well documented history" says one thing: You simply hate them and WANT to believe the worst. Nothing will dissuade you from your hatred for them, not evidence, nor lack of evidence. You just KNOW they're guilty, because spy gate.
They got the phones of the ball guys. Where's the evidence? There. Is. None.
Yet you persist in your silly and petty belief.