NEW YORK (AP) -- NFL union lawyers who want New England quarterback Tom Brady to put ''Deflategate'' behind him for good are ready to make their pitch to three New York federal appeals judges.
NFL lawyers are asking the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan Thursday to reinstate a four-game suspension the league handed Brady. They said a lower-court was wrong to rule in September that the penalty could be lifted because the league bungled a probe of deflated footballs at the AFC Championship game in January 2015.
If the league wins, Brady may have to sit out the start of the upcoming season.