If you stopped following the Deflategate saga long ago, here’s where it stands now: No longer is the drama about the inflation levels of some footballs, but about the power NFL Commissioner Goodell has to suspend players under the negotiated collective bargaining agreement (CBA), and the next possible stop for this scandal is the United States Supreme Court.
On Wednesday, the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals denied Brady’s request to have the full federal appeals court hold a hearing regarding Goodell’s four-game suspension, which the players’ union has argued did not have precedent in the CBA.
Earlier this year, a three-judge panel from that appeals court ruled that Goodell was in fact, acting within the power allowed to him in the CBA, overturning a previous ruling in a federal district court in New York that sided with Brady and the NFLPA, vacating the four-game suspension.