Tom Brady is that you? Courtroom sketch will haunt your dreams

In court documents, the union’s lawyers said the suspension was unfair and violates the labor contract and complained that it would cause irreparable harm to Brady by forcing him to miss games. An NFL lawyer did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Two hours of morning meetings occurred a day after Judge Richard M. Berman in Manhattan oversaw more than four hours of discussions aimed at moving both sides toward a settlement of a dispute over deflated footballs that threatens to taint next month’s start of a new season.

NFL lawyer Daniel Nash says the collective bargaining agreement with the players gives the NFL commissioner authority and the responsibility to protect the integrity of the game, including imposing suspensions.

Brady, 38, sat stone-faced throughout the proceeding, even when a few light remarks from Berman drew laughs from the rest of the courtroom.

The Patriots play the first game of the 2015 season September 10 against the Steelers.

If ever a resolution haven’t reached, both parties are slated to appear before Berman again on Wednesday an arguments on whether he should uphold or vacate the four-game suspension on Tom Brady.

Berman noted that Brady’s statistics were better in the second half of the Patriots’ 45-7 defeat of the Indianapolis Colts in the January 18 AFC championship game than in the first half, when the balls were found to have been underinflated. That said, Patriots’ win in that matchup allows the team to secure a ticket to the Super Bowl, where they defeated the defending champion Seattle Seahawks, 28-24.

“Tom Brady’s face melted at the DeflateGate hearing, according to this courtroom sketch”, SB Nation surmised.

The judge also questioned why Brady destroyed his cellphone in the midst of the inquiry – a move that the league argues was further proof of his deception.

In a telephone interview, Rosenberg said drawing celebrities is her most hard task, as people already have an image of how the person is supposed to look. Goodell was greeted by a smattering of boos as he walked inside. Tell Tom Brady, I’m sorry.

“It was a big composition and Tom Brady was a tiny little head in that composition”.

And a bunch of other things…but Tom will always be a victor. That’s why the franchise has to cough up two draft picks and pay a $1 million fine. The litigation in New York only concerns Brady’s suspension.