By Mark Lamport-Stokes
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(Reuters) - Reaction to the sanctions handed out on Monday by the National Football League to the New England Patriots and their star quarterback Tom Brady varied sharply from "absolutely ridiculous" to "a good thing."
The league fined the Patriots $1 million and said the team would also forfeit their first-round selection in the 2016 draft and a fourth-round pick in 2017 for their role in 'Deflategate' while Brady was suspended four games..
The sanctions followed the release last week of a 243-page report by Ted Wells, an attorney hired by the NFL to probe allegations that the Patriots purposely deflated the balls used in their 45-7 AFC title game win over the Indianapolis Colts.