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Deflategate judge tells NFL, players: Don't argue. Settle

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Jul 30, 2015; Foxborough, MA, USA; New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) throws during training …

(Reuters) - A New York federal judge will hear American football star Tom Brady's appeal of his NFL four-game suspension over the "Deflategate" scandal, after a judge on Thursday transferred the case from Minnesota.

The National Football League players union filed the petition in the midwestern state on Wednesday on behalf of Brady, the New England Patriots quarterback and four-time Super Bowl champion.

The union wanted the case to be heard in Minnesota, where U.