Tom Brady hearing in New York

Tom Brady and Roger Goodell are due in federal district court in New York Monday for a hearing regarding Brady's Deflategate punishment. The Globe's Ben Volin provides updates.

Story: No settlement between Brady and NFL. Decision coming in the next day or two bostonglobe.com/sports/2015/08…

by Ben Volin via twitter edited by Rachel G Bowers, Producer 8/31/2015 4:12:08 PM

3rd & 7 37yd

Usually attorneys can walk thru the courthouse around 8am, but security has cleared out the courthouse until the public is allowed in at 930

by Ben Volin via twitter 8/12/2015 12:48:38 PM
Column: At least the #Patriots provided answers, even if you don’t believe them. Goodell? He just talks in circles bostonglobe.com/sports/2015/08…

by Ben Volin via twitter 8/12/2015 12:57:53 PM
Column: Roger Goodell is more evasive than Julian Edelman on a punt return bostonglobe.com/sports/2015/08…

by Ben Volin via twitter 8/12/2015 1:00:17 PM
And when I asked about Monday settlement talks, one source said "if you'd call them that". So that should explain where things are.

by Albert Breer via twitter 8/12/2015 1:01:31 PM
News story on @ESPNBoston : NFL won't settle with Tom Brady if he won't accept findings of Ted Wells report. es.pn/1IYR6Wq #Patriots

by Mike Reiss via twitter 8/12/2015 1:47:22 PM
by Ben Volin via twitter 8/12/2015 1:59:19 PM
LIVE on #Periscope periscope.tv/w/aJstBjI3NDEy…

by Ben Volin via twitter 8/12/2015 1:59:21 PM
And we’re in...

by Ben Volin via twitter 8/12/2015 1:59:34 PM
How far we've come in just seven months ... twitter.com/NYDNSportsITea…

by Albert Breer via twitter 8/12/2015 2:04:31 PM
Roger Goodell arrived to the courthouse to a chorus of boos. Tom Brady has also arrived for the hearing.

Rachel G Bowers, Producer 8/12/2015 2:10:22 PM
by 7News via twitter 8/12/2015 2:11:12 PM
by NYDN Sports I-Team via twitter 8/12/2015 2:19:31 PM
NFL now saying there will be no settlement unless Tom Brady accepts findings of the Wells report, sources tell ESPN's @mortreport.

by Adam Schefter via twitter 8/12/2015 2:19:50 PM
by HuffPostSports via twitter 8/12/2015 2:22:08 PM
by STEVE BURTON via twitter 8/12/2015 2:23:38 PM
by STEVE BURTON via twitter 8/12/2015 2:23:40 PM
Both Brady and Goodell kind of smiling awkwardly as they walk into the courthouse?

(Associated Press)

(Associated Press)

Rachel G Bowers, Producer 8/12/2015 2:27:41 PM
Goodell was greeted by a smattering of boos as he walked in. Four minutes later, Brady arrived flanked by four security guards. Both men went through a security sweep like everyone else going to court.

Dozens of fans and journalists waited for two of the NFL’s most famous faces at the front entrance of the courthouse, including some wearing deflated football hats they were hoping to sell.

— The Associated Press

Rachel G Bowers, Producer 8/12/2015 2:36:47 PM
US District Judge Richard Berman is meeting individually in his robing room with both sides.

Goodell and the league’s lawyers met with Berman on Wednesday morning for about 15 minutes before the start of a scheduled court hearing in Manhattan. Brady sat and waited with five lawyers at a long table, then went in to meet with Berman after Goodell was finished.

Berman had urged the sides to try to reach a settlement before the hearing, a message he reiterated Tuesday when he pressured the sides for 11th-hour talks.

— The Associated Press

Rachel G Bowers, Producer 8/12/2015 3:13:53 PM
An initial hearing has begun.

Berman started the hearing after meeting separately with Goodell and Brady with their lawyers.

Brady and Goodell each stood up and introduced themselves to the judge in open court, while their lawyers also introduced themselves.

— The Associated Press

Rachel G Bowers, Producer 8/12/2015 3:32:09 PM
Judge Berman says he thinks there are varying strengths to both sides in the argument. He said at the start of a hearing in federal court that he has not determined in his own mind who will prevail between Brady and the players’ union or the league and Goodell.

— The Associated Press

Rachel G Bowers, Producer 8/12/2015 3:52:31 PM
Berman clarifies meetings with both sides were confidential because they were part of settlement talks.

by Stephen Brown via twitter 8/12/2015 4:06:00 PM
Berman says this is the type of civil case following arbitration that is familiar to all district judges.

by Stephen Brown via twitter 8/12/2015 4:06:01 PM
Berman recounting background of #DeflateGate, says these type of cases don't go to trial. Are settled or a judge rules.

by Stephen Brown via twitter 8/12/2015 4:06:04 PM
Berman says civil cases of this nature typically last 2 years. "I think it’s safe to say nobody here wants to wait that long." #DeflateGate

by Stephen Brown via twitter 8/12/2015 4:06:05 PM
Berman: "I think there are strengths and weaknesses to both sides here" while listing many reasons to settle #DeflateGate case.

by Stephen Brown via twitter 8/12/2015 4:06:06 PM
Berman continues emphasizing hope for #DeflateGate settlement. "Everyone is of a view that this case can be resolved expeditiously."

by Stephen Brown via twitter 8/12/2015 4:06:08 PM
Brady and Goodell will participate in another settlement talk overseen by Berman after the hearing, Berman says.

by Stephen Brown via twitter 8/12/2015 4:06:11 PM
Daniel Nash for NFL now going to answer questions from Berman.

by Stephen Brown via twitter 8/12/2015 4:06:13 PM
Nash explains NFL is seeking enforcement of collective bargaining agreement with NFLPA.

by Stephen Brown via twitter 8/12/2015 4:06:15 PM
Nash says fact that Goodell hears appeals of his own rulings may be unusual in collective bargaining agreements, but not in sports

by Stephen Brown via twitter 8/12/2015 4:06:16 PM
Nash: "There cannot be a dispute that Mr. Brady was afforded every right he has" under NFL CBA.

by Stephen Brown via twitter 8/12/2015 4:06:17 PM
Berman now turning to supposed "independence" of Wells Report commissioned by Goodell. #DeflateGate

by Stephen Brown via twitter 8/12/2015 4:06:19 PM
Nash says Wells was retained "just to get the facts." Berman skeptical of Wells' dual role as investigator and attorney hired by NFL.

by Stephen Brown via twitter 8/12/2015 4:06:20 PM
Berman grilling Nash on why some evidence used in Wells report wasn't shared with Brady team. Nash says it was privileged.

by Stephen Brown via twitter 8/12/2015 4:06:21 PM
Nash: So-called independence of Mr Wells, is...a complete red herring.
Under the CBA it is not an argument that has any legal significance

by Stephen Brown via twitter 8/12/2015 4:06:22 PM
Berman now turns to findings of Wells Report. Continues grilling Nash. #DeflateGate

by Stephen Brown via twitter 8/12/2015 4:06:23 PM
Berman now turns to findings of Wells Report. Continues grilling Nash. #DeflateGate

by Stephen Brown via twitter 8/12/2015 4:06:27 PM
Berman: "Is there any direct evidence linking Mr. Brady to tampering?"

by Stephen Brown via twitter 8/12/2015 4:06:28 PM
Berman: Turns out Mr. Brady did better with higher inflated balls than underinflated balls. You might say he got no competitive advantage

by Stephen Brown via twitter 8/12/2015 4:06:29 PM
Berman: I’m trying to figure out what is the direct evidence that implicates Mr. Brady in that deflation…in that bathroom…on Jan. 18

by Stephen Brown via twitter 8/12/2015 4:06:31 PM
Berman then adds: "Would be hard to imagine a QB…(not knowing a ball is deflated). He’s the one who throws the ball."

by Stephen Brown via twitter 8/12/2015 4:06:33 PM
Berman continues pressing for direct evidence.

by Stephen Brown via twitter 8/12/2015 4:06:34 PM
Nash: "Is there a text in which Mr. Brady instructs someone to put a needle in a football? No there is not such direct evidence."

by Stephen Brown via twitter 8/12/2015 4:06:36 PM