The NFL on Monday filed its reply brief on its appeal of the Sept. 3 decision by U.S. District Court Judge Richard M. Berman to overturn the league's four-game suspension of Patriots quarterback Tom Brady.
The 38-page brief, filed with the 2nd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, responds to a 73-page response brief filed Dec. 7 by the NFL Players Association on behalf of Brady.
The NFL's brief, the final step before the appeal is heard, says that the NFLPA's defense invoking the NFL's Uniform Policy and its specified fines for first-time offenders "suffers multiple flaws".