>> peter alexanderer, thanks. bob costas is here from nbc sports. why this punishment? >> it's a product of the behavior and brady's unwillingness to cooperate with the nfl which they resented but the time frame in which it took place. the nfl has been under a lot of heat for player misbehavior, team misbehavior, unrelated to this type of defense. it creates an atmosphere and there's been heaten on rogerer goodell goodell. in that sense the patriots and are brady are victims of the atmosphere around the league and their own status. if the league appeared to be soft on brady there would be h ell to pay. >> peter alexanderer mentioned an 'peel. how does that work and what's the likelihood of it being reduced? >> goodell, according to the by laws can hear the appeal himself. he could refer it to an independent ash traitor. he could be in effect saying see, look let spn else verify for you that i have been thorough and fair. that's up to goodell. the four-game suspension gives them a little bit of a pad. say under whatever process the appeal results in some reduction of the