There is no question whatsoever that a real judge would throw Brady's suspension out in a heartbeat.
However, what hiring Kessler signals to me is that Brady has taken off the gloves. They won't be going to court to challenge the suspension, they will be going to court to challenge the authority of Roger Goodell, the entire personal conduct policy, the concept that Goodell can decide that the standard in an employer/employee dispute can be 'more likely than not' and any number of other things that Kessler is smarter than me and adds to it. It will also include a defamation lawsuit for multi-millions of dollars and no doubt would be the end of Goodell. Of course, if Goodell is not a moron it will never get that far, and what we will see is some version of Brady's appeal turning into the NFL revisiting the wells report, finding inconsistencies, inaccuracies and poor quality of investigation and announcing that it cannot stand behind the Wells report, voiding all punishment and apologizing to Brady and the Patriots.
If the league is not that smart, they will lose on the Brady discipline, and many other issues in court.
