Minnesota Judge Orders Tom Brady Lawsuit to Be Transferred to NY
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Al Bello/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — A federal judge in Minnesota has ordered that New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady’s attempt to vacate his suspension be transferred to New York, where the NFL had filed a preemptive strike.
The judge said he “perceives no reason for this action to proceed in Minnesota,” a labor friendly state where the union had previous success earlier this year overturning Adrian Peterson’s punishment. (The Minnesota Vikings running back was suspended without pay from the NFL last November for injuring his 4-year-old son while disciplining him with a switch.)
But the judge said he saw “little reason for this action to have been commenced in Minnesota at all.”
He added, “Brady plays for a team in Massachusetts; the Union is headquartered in Washington, D.C.; the NFL is headquartered in New York; the arbitration proceedings took place in New York; and the award was issued in New York.”
The same day that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell upheld Brady’s four-game suspension in relation to the “Deflategate” scandal, the NFL filed a lawsuit in federal court in New York to uphold the decision, and since the league filed first, the judge said New York is the more appropriate venue.
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