So, King Roger Goodell still sits on the Iron Throne.
There's no other way to interpret Friday's surrender by Tom Brady, on Day 544 of Deflategate, than as complete victory by Goodell and the NFL. He rules. The United States federal court system says so, and everybody who disagrees has run out of arguments.
Goodell is the Godfather. Today, he settled all family business. Thankfully, Brady isn't Moe Green in this scenario. But right now, it would be hard to find a more definitive victory in Goodell's tenure as commissioner.
Not even the 2011 lockout itself.