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That's all well and good and might, in the end, have the benefit of "being the Truth," but it's not what Brady said.My guess is that Brady means he's "no longer proceeding with the legal process" to overturn the suspension, which, really, is the only part that would really matter to him (the $230K he could recover is pocket lint). So even if the suit goes on in his name, I imagine he's mentally checked out of it (though of course would be happy if he ultimately won).
IANAL, but, since the Patriots were not party to the suit, the only "damages" at stake would be Brady's loss of playing time in four games and the $200k+/-. If Brady is no longer Party to the suit and since the only "damages" were related to his suspension, how can the suit proceed? He'll have served the suspension and he wouldn't be claiming that he wants his two hundred grand back, if he isn't party to the suit.
If I'm the NFL, since Brady would have served his suspension and my right to impose that suspension has therefore, de facto, been upheld, I'd file a one page Brief saying that we no longer have a stake in this matter and regard it as a waste of the time of the Court to pursue this matter (of course, they'll need ten pages to say that, but that's how it would boil down).
In other words, I don't get it. But I'm not sure that matters.