Tom Brady Can’t Get Rehearing Bid Across Goal Line

By Tom Taylor, Bloomberg BNA

Tom Brady’s case challenging his “deflategate” suspension won’t be reheard by a federal appeals court.

Today’s order by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit—denying both a panel rehearing and rehearing en banc—means that Brady’s four-game suspension for using underinflated footballs in a 2015 playoff game will stand.

A three-judge panel reinstated the suspension April 25, after a district court originally ruled against the NFL.

The district court reasoned that Brady lacked notice that his conduct was prohibited and punishable by suspension, and that the arbitration which ultimately confirmed the disciplinary action —with ...