Tom Brady’s legal fight headed for New York
Tom Brady’s legal appeal of his four-game Deflategate suspension will be heard in New York, not Minnesota, according to a report from the NFL Network’s Albert Breer.
The NFL Player’s Association filed suit against the league on the New England Patriots quarterback’s behalf Wednesday, in U.S. District Court in Minnesota. Minnesota’s court has been seen as friendly to the NFLPA in the past.
The league had pre-empted the NFLPA’s suit Tuesday by asking a U.S. court in New York to uphold its decision on Brady.
A Minnesota judge Thursday essentially said there was no reason for the legal battle not to take place in New York, where the NFL had already picked the fight and which, the judge said, has a more logical claim to jurisdiction.
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Past NFL punishments under Commissioner Roger Goodell
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