The NFL Players Association has been given a 14-day extension until May 23 to decide whether to file written arguments in an appeal to overturn Tom Brady's four-game "Deflategate" suspension imposed by the NFL.
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted the extension Tuesday after it refused the NFL's request to deny the motion from the NFLPA.
Under the new schedule, the players' union will have until May 23 instead of May 9 to formally ask for an en banc rehearing. After that, if the 2nd Court takes the unusual step to rehear the case, then Brady and the NFLPA can begin the steep and time-consuming climb of endeavoring to have the federal appeals court ruling that sides with the league overturned.