Round 2 – unlike the first – goes to the NFL – and Tom Brady’s four-game suspension has been reinstated. 

A panel of three judges in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit has ruled in favor of the league in the ongoing Deflategate case against the Patriots quarterback and the NFL Players Association.

The court announced the decision on its website Monday to reverse the decision by a U.S. District Judge, and reinstate Brady’s four-game suspension.

This comes as a drastic momentum swin

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady arrives for his appeal hearing at NFL headquarters in New York, Tuesday, June 23, 2015. Brady and representatives from the players’ union are meeting with Commissioner Roger Goodell as the New England quarterback appeals his four-game suspension. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

The NFL Players Association extended a settlement offer to the NFL last week regarding Tom Brady‘s suspension for his alleged role in Deflategate, a source told ESPN.com’s Dan Grazia

Ray Rice, then of the Baltimore Ravens, sits on the bench against the Dallas Cowboys in the first half of a preseason game at AT&T Stadium Aug. 16, 2014, in Arlington, Texas.
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The video of Ray Rice punching his fiancee inside a casino elevator was sent to NFL headquarters to the attention of league security chief Jeffrey Miller in April, a law enforcement official says.

“Since the NFLPA and NFL have launched separate investigations into the league and the Ravens’