A federal judge has ruled in favor of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and the NFL Players Association in the Deflategate case, effectively vacating the Super Bowl MVP's four-game suspension.<br />Judge Richard M. Berman vacated the arbitration by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell in his opinion filed Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.<br />Berman cited three grounds in making his decision.<br />Brady is eligible to return to team activities immediately and to play in the season opening kickoff game against the Pittsburgh Steelers Sept. 10.<br />"Because there was no notice of a four-game suspension in the circumstances presented here," Berman wrote, "Commissioner Goodell may be said to have 'dispense(d) his own brand of industrial justice.' "
