Jets’ decision entirely based on owner Woody Johnson and that civil service job in London he’s got his eyes on.

The review of the district court’s decision in this case is de novo. No deference to the district court here.

It’s not really all that important. The fact that the public is sports obssessed doesn’t make this more than a labor arbitration dispute from the Court’s perspective.

The Second Circuit almost never goes en banc. Review by the Supreme Court might be more likely.

That’s what the NFLPA expressly agreed to in the CBA, and is not really part of the appeal.

It won’t happen. The Supreme Court does not do error correction, and there’s little broader principles of law at stake, particularly if the NFL wins before the 2nd Circuit.

For reasons explained above, the Supreme Court is irrelevant in this case.

The only place to appeal now would be to the US Supreme Court. Such an appeal, known as a petition for certiorari, is not as a matter of right. And, given the absence of a serious federal question, and the fact that the case turns on facts unique to the case and to the CBA at issue, the odds that the Supreme Court…