then a district judge, richard berman, came out and said, no, no, no, i'm going to throw out that suspensionbrady played the entire season, but now the second reinstated the four-game has - suspension. >> paul cowan is here, cnn legal analyst. paul, what does this mean? it's not over yet, that seems sure, but what does it mean? >> it's close to over because the second circuit is one of the major appeals courts on the federal side, and the only thing higher than that is the u.s. supreme court, and, franksly, i don't know if they're going to get involved in patriots football. i'm not surprised that this decision came down because the courts like to honor the mediation process. it's done privately. it gets these cases out of the court system, and, by the way, brady and the patriots agreed to immediamediation in advance. >> let me read you an excerpt. we do not believe this court made any rulings on what tom brady did, did not do, or knew or did not know. what they did rule on was whether the commissioner had the proper authority to impose a suspension. we hold the commissioner properly examiner