day, which means you get a different perspective, Neeld

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Tom Brady is down to his last chance, and its not a very good one.If the New England Patriots quarterback is to avoid a four-game suspension in the scandal known as Deflategate, he will have to convince the U.S. Supreme Court to take his case. Only about 1 percent of the appeals submitted to the nations highest court are accepted, and they tend to be about grand constitutional issues.Not, you know, deflated footballs.Bradys latest appeal was rejected on Wednesday by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which turned away his request with a one-paragraph ruling. The NFL Players Association said it was disappointed but declined to say whether it planned to appeal.Here are some things to look for as Deflategate mercifully, winds down:APPEALShould Brady choose to appeal, he would ask the 2nd Circuit for a stay of the ruling and, if unsuccessful there, make the same request of the Supreme Court. (Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg is in charge of such requests from the 2nd Circuit.) A stay would allow him to play this season while the high court decides whether to take the appeal and, if so, hears the case.The Supreme Court accepts around 80 cases from about 7,000 requests each year.NO CONTACTThe Patriots report for training camp in two weeks, and a suspended player is allowed to practice with the team during camp and participate in preseason games. Bradys suspension would not take effect until 4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 3, the time rosters are trimmed to 53 players.Brady would not be allowed to have any contact with the team during the suspension. He would return to the active roster on Monday, Oct. 3, a day after Game 4 against the Buffalo Bills.SUBSTITUTESWithout Brady, the Patriots are expected to start Jimmy Garoppolo for the first four games. Even in their unwavering support of Brady, many Patriots fans consider this to be a benefit for the team.Brady is going to turn 39 next month, and could use the rest. Also, New England hasnt been seriously challenged in the AFC East since 2010, so an extra loss or two could be inconsequential to the teams playoff chances.Garoppolo has been Bradys backup since he was picked in the second round of the 2014 draft, and the Patriots certainly want to see what he can do.This would give them a chance.THE NEXT CONFLICTWhile several judges have doubted the quality of the evidence against Brady and the Patriots, the 2nd Circuit panel that upheld the suspension ruled that the leagues collective bargaining agreement gave Commissioner Roger Goodell wide latitude in player discipline.So if the NFLPA wants to protect players from a process it has called biased, agenda-driven and capricious, it will have to bring it up in labor negotiations. The current CBA is due to expire in 2021.The track record of this league office when it comes to matters of player discipline is bad for our business and bad for our game, the NFLPA said in a statement on Wednesday. We have a broken system that must be fixed.---Jimmy Golen covers sports and the law for The Associated Press. Follow him at: http://www.twitter.com/jgolen.---AP NFL websites: http://pro32.ap.org and http://twitter.com/AP-NFL San Diego Padres Gear .Y. -- Canadas Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse have another World Cup gold medal after winning the two-women bobsled race on Saturday in Lake Placid, N. San Diego Padres Shirts . World champions Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov of Russia won the gold medal with 237.71 points, Moore-Towers and Moscovitch followed at 208.45 and Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov of Russia were third at 187. https://www.cheappadresjerseys.us/ . Listen to the game live on TSN Radio 1050 at 7pm et. The Raptors traded Rudy Gay, Quincy Acy and Aaron Gray to the Sacramento Kings on Monday, in exchange for Greivis Vasquez, John Salmons, Patrick Patterson and Chuck Hayes. Fake Padres Jerseys . -- The Missouri Tigers might not have a roster full of superstars. Padres Jerseys China . "I dont know that were close," said general manager Alex Anthopoulos. "I just think, right now, the acquisition cost just doesnt work for us right now. I dont know if I can quantify how far off or things like that that they might be but I would say we continue to have dialogue. ESSENDON game performance manager Mark Neeld has confirmed he wont ever consider another tilt at a senior coaching gig.Neeld endured a rocky ride as coach of Melbourne when he joined the Demons for the 2012 season; he was sacked midway through the following year with a 5-28 win-loss record.The former Geelong and Richmond player then walked away from the AFL scene in 2014, joining TAC Cup club Eastern Ranges as talent manager, before stepping back into AFL clubland under former Dons coach James Hird as head of player development.Dons will blossom after struggles, says NeeldNow in his second season at the club, Neeld is enjoying a wide-ranging new role under first-year Bombers coach John Worsfold.Worsfold, the 2006 West Coast premiership coach, created Neelds new position at Essendon after benefiting from a similar role during his time at the Eagles.The role sees Neeld working across all areas of the football department - he helps plan what to focus on at training in the short-term as well as developing a long-term vision of how the Bombers want to play. Neeld also spends a lot of time with the sports science department making sure coaches are interpreting the data in the correct way.Neeld told ESPN the position suited his strengths, and stated he would not be interested in ever considering a senior coaching position in the future.No, he said definitively when asked if the fire still burned within him to become a senior coach again.Im really enjoying my role for a whole heap of reasons - one is, its a new role here, and with that, theres a lot of learning for me and the club as to how it works.Part of the role is making sure the footy department operates as one - footy clubs and footy departments in particular have evolved so quickly, so this is a horizontal role to make sure everyones connected.ddddddddddddMy goal is to make a huge success of this role - thats my absolute priority and Im very much enjoying it.Neeld -- who said the step up from being an assistant to a senior coach was enormous, absolutely enormous -- said he had never worked closely with Worsfold, but said the ex-Eagle had implemented a heavy emphasis on education.I hadnt worked with him before and [now] I see him every day, which means you get a different perspective, Neeld said. [He is] really clear, very concise with how he wants things done - [he is] very much a visionary person with how the game should be played and how players and coaches should conduct themselves.Worsfolds intense workload was also a key focus for Neeld and the clubs experienced assistant coaching panel.Theres a few of us [former senior coaches] here - Bluey [Guy] McKenna, Mark Harvey, Matthew Egan, Neeld said. Having sat in that chair, part of this role is to prevent things that dont need to get to John from getting to him: the requests on his time from sponsors, the board, the leadership group, particularly this year - its significant and enormously time-consuming, so Im able to shield him from some of that, which I do enjoy.[We need] to ensure John [sticks to] the core of being a senior coach and develop relationships with the 43 players - plus the 12 [suspended players] that we hope come back - and part of having an experienced broad coaching group is to make sure he can do that. ' ' '