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My, oh my, how the mighty have fallen. It seems like Deflategate and all of the hullabaloo surrounding it happened ten years ago from the amount of coverage that I’ve had to endure from SportsCenter. The self-righteous Patriots fanbase and their Lord and savior, Mr. Tom Brady, have finally been brought to justice, as it was recently announced that Brady will officially serve a four-game suspension. In all honesty, I thought this was going to get overturned because owner Tom Kraft and the entire Patriots organization is the golden goose of the league. They get privileges that other teams don’t. You know it. I know it. They know it.
Listen, I really don’t give a shit one way or another if those guys deflated a couple footballs. They beat the tar out of the Colts that day in the AFC Championship. They probably could have thrown Drew Bledsoe’s old ass behind center and still won that game. But this suspension is about principles.
The Pats organization has flown way too close to the sun too many times for them not to get caught with their hand in the cookie jar. They just always seem to luck out, so as a diehard Lions fan who doesn’t really get to root about much, this is a nice day for me. Let me have this one. Once the season starts, all I really have to look forward to is another lackluster 7-9 season.
Tom Brady is too nice. He’s too good looking. He’s just too perfect. I have to hate him. I have no choice in the matter. So enjoy that four-game suspension, Tom. Hopefully Jimmy G. can go 2-2 for y’all in the first four and not ruin the season..
[via ESPN]
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jduda@grandex.co
As a dirty despicable Pats fan, this pisses me off but doesn’t surprise me. From my (VERY) limited understanding of the legal processes involved, the NFL had basically no case against Brady from an evidence point of view, however Goodell has God-like powers to hand down whatever punishment he wants. Brady’s appeal was not about his case, it was appealing Goodell does not/should not have that power, and it was (rightfully) shot down because he can and does.
Now, what pisses me off is that all the knuckle-draggers don’t understand that nuance, and this is proof to them that Brady cheated, which there is basically no evidence of.
Agreed. The appeal was more a less a dick measuring, nothing to do with the footballs.
Justice
Long live Brady
http://yourteamcheats.com/CHI#Deflategate-2005
Yeah, because your team (I assume you’re a Bears fan since you lived in Chicago) never did anything like this. #CheckYourPrivilege
Ok but he literally refers to himself as a diehard Lions fan…
Sometimes the rage hinders my reading abilities
Happens to us all.
4 weeks is a long time to plan the disappearance of someone. You think letting a little bit of air out of footballs was Tom’s only plan? Goodell should look over his shoulder and sleep with one eye open a little more often now because Brady has his own terror watch list and has probably hired a maid in Goodell’s house to consciously stab him to establish a coup and overthrow this corporate dictatorship we call the NFL. Anyway, I’m excited to see that Jimmy G can do
I hate all the dense motherfuckers that don’t see the comedy in your conspiracy theories.
Jesus, typos.
Robert Kraft*
Well now we get to see what (if anything) we have in Garoppolo. Still feasible to start 3-1 with our opening schedule.
Goodell would be so salty if the Pats go 4-0, or even 3-1. I’ll be so happy in week 4 that this bullshit is finally in the past.