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It's all much ado over nothing. Pro athletes will look to gain every edge they can get. That's how they get to be pro athletes. Of course, when they get caught pushing the envelope to the point where they are deemed to be unsportsmanlike, they have to pay the fine and whatever penalty applies. Just like the rest of us have to pay our speeding tickets when we push the envelope out on the highways. Breaking the speed limit doesn't make us bad people but it does make us lawbreakers, scofflaws and cheaters (because we are getting an unfair advantage over the law-abiding motorists who are stuck at 55mph).

I still don't understand how deflating footballs gives you an edge, when I played football out in the sandlot, I preferred to throw and catch a fully inflated ball, but evidently it does. That being the case, was it worth six Super Bowl appearances and hundreds of millions of dollars in salary and endorsements?

You bet it was. Tom Brady is living a lifestyle that most men can only dream of. Just last Saturday, he was at the Kentucky Derby and then took a private jet to Las Vegas to see the Holyfield fight. No doubt surrounded by beautiful women, top shelf liquor and a posse of flunkies to make sure his every need was catered to.

So Brady will pay his fine, serve out his suspension and go on living his perfect life.

It is only because of the altered footballs that NE won. The lower pressure balls were why LaGarette Blount left cleat marks all over the chests of Colt defenders and enabled him to run for 166 yards and four touchdowns.

Maybe the Indy defenders had deflated balls.

Really, I don’t want to see effing Kraft ever win another title but this is ridiculous.

BTW, did not Brady throw the goal line Int in the first half? Wasn’t he near perfect in the second half with “officially correct” inflation?

Agreed. Did outfielders tell umpires when they trapped a catch? Did receivers tell referees when they trapped a catch? Do lineman tell the refs when they are chop blocking or holding? Do batters object to a strike being called a ball? Do basketball players object when a charge is called blocking or visa versa? Games with umpire/referees are saying those people determine what is right or wrong. If a pitcher in baseball should receive from the umpire a ball that was slit in a location in which he could take advantage would he be remiss in telling the umpire? Referees handle the ball after every play. Where were they? I’m a Chiefs not a Patriot fan.