Goodell: No settlement talks with Brady, up to courts to decide

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell doesn't sound like a man willing to budge even one inch when it comes to Tom Brady's suspension.

Though some have speculated the NFL and Brady could put their enduring "Deflategate" dispute behind them by reaching a settlement to decrease Brady's four-game suspension, Goodell shot that notion down Monday.

The two parties have exhausted settlement options and there are no ongoing talks, Goodell told reporters, adding it's now up to the courts to decide Brady's fate.

"We're not going to hand off the integrity of the game to someone else," Goodell responded when asked about potentially settling with Brady.

Brady's four-game suspension was reinstated by an appeals court in late April. Unless Brady succeeds in having the case re-heard and the suspension overturned again, he will have to sit out the first four regular-season games.