While Judge Richard M. Berman hasn’t been exactly friendly to the NFL’s position in the case the NFL filed to uphold the suspension of Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, it could have been worse for the league.
If the NFL hadn’t won the race to the courthouse (thanks to the head start that Arbitrator Roger Goodell provided to Commissioner Roger Goodell), the NFL Players Association may have filed the first lawsuit in Minnesota. And lawsuit could have landed on the docket of Judge David Doty. And whatever the outcome in New York before Judge Berman, it could have been worse before Judge Doty.