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Careful What You Wish For

The NFL preemptively filed in New York to prevent the NFLPA from taking Tom Brady’s appeal to player-friendly Minnesota. But a New York judge has brought transparency to the case. Even though it will have little effect on the appeal, last night’s release of the transcript from Brady’s NFL appeal hearing—the one presided over by Roger Goodell—aired some of the league’s dirty laundry

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The NFL and its lawyers preemptively filed for confirmation of the decision to uphold Tom Brady’s four-game suspension in a New York district court, strategically removing the NFLPA’s presumed filing in Minnesota.