Brady's appeals petition denied; remains suspended

[Eugene]

Source: NFL.com

Brady's appeals petition denied; remains suspended

By Austin Knoblauch NFL.com
Published: July 13, 2016 at 09:47 a.m. Updated: July 13, 2016 at 09:54 a.m

The U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals denied petition by Brady and the NFL Players Association on Wednesday to rehear his suspension case, meaning the New England Patriots quarterback's last opportunity to dissolve the NFL-issued punishment would have to come in a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court. It remains to be seen if Brady's legal team will appeal to country's highest court and, more importantly, if the court will hear the case.

If Brady petitions the Supreme Court, his legal team could first ask the Second Circuit court for a stay of it's decision. If the Second Circuit doesn't grant a stay, Brady's lawyers could then request for a stay from the Supreme Court, which would be decided by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg. If Ginsberg granted a stay or the court decided to hear the case, Brady almost certainly would be eligible to play the entire 2016 season due the Supreme Court's schedule. Brady would be forced to serve his suspension if the Supreme Court chose not to hear the appeal.

Gabe Feldman, director of the Tulane Sports Law Program, said the chances of the Supreme Court deciding to hear the case would be very slim.

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[Iggo]

1. Hey, Brady. You cheated at football. You got caught. Take your lumps, fucker.

[KMOD]

2. Do you think he'll actually take it to the Supreme Court?

[hughee99]

3. The NFLPA has certainly has an interest in taking this issue to the SC,

though I doubt the SC will agree to hear it.

The arbitration rule will be gone in the next CBA one way or the other. The union leadership looks like idiots for allowing this to be in there in the first place and can't let it stay. If the court rules in the NFL's favor, they'll be able to get something in return from the union in exchange for removing it. If the court rules in the NFLPA's favor, they won't get anything for giving it up.

What I suspect will happen (just a wild guess) is that the NFL will ask for an 18 game season in the next CBA.

In exchange, the NFL will offer to give up this rule and create an "impartial" arbitration system in it's place. They'll reduce the number of preseason games by 2 to offset this, but expand rosters a little and bump the salary cap up a good bit to compensate for it.

[El Supremo]

4. Just think. If he was friends with Hillary and not Trump then...

Ginsburg could maybe convince the SCOTUS to hear his case.

[bluedigger]

5. On to Arizona.