The showdown between the N.F.L. and its star quarterback, Tom Brady of the New England Patriots, is expected to continue Wednesday in federal court as both sides resist pressure from a judge to settle and instead dig their heels in further.
For the past three weeks, Judge Richard M. Berman of Federal District Court in Manhattan has urged the league and the N.F.L. Players Association, which is representing Brady, to settle. For Berman and his court, the world likely has more pressing problems than arguing over an arbitration ruling in a case involving accusations that game balls were deliberately deflated.