Ball deflation already has mandated penalties, that’s not new. The commissioner has the right under the rules to impose the penalties he chose.
The fact that the game was not close is meaningless. Just like the fact that a speeder on the road didn’t injure anyone is meaningless.
There are always more serious things going on than football.
That’s why football takes care of itself.
The Patriots are repeat offenders at cheating and probably took the deal to keep more things from coming out.
Brady can appeal and the Patriots’ ownership has decided to take their medicine.
Now you can go worry about all those more important things you mentioned, so you should be happy.
Kraft said, “So in that spirit I don’t want to continue the rhetoric that’s gone on for the last four months.”
In my mind, the key word here is “rhetoric”. Kraft wants us to stop talking about the Patriots being cheaters, and if he can get people to stop talking about their cheating just a little sooner, he’ll accept the NFL’s punishment.
However, his acquiescing won’t get that asterisk to disappear. This is the second asterisk the Patriots have next to their name, and neither one will disappear any time soon.
What do you mean “repeat offenders at cheating”?
That azzhat Rodger Goodall is a butthurt NY jets hack who’s been grinding an axe because Belichick left the jets the day after being named their head coach.
Half the colts’ balls were under inflated. As far as “spygate” goes, the Patriots were doing something that is COMMON PRACTICE throughout the NFL. All of the teams bend or skirt the rules to gain any advantage they can.
The top three proven cheaters in the NFL are:
1.) Broncos
2.) Steelers
3.) Jets
“There are always more serious things going on than football.”
I totally agree but I know some who would argue strongly against that statement and at least one who seems to think that football is the most important thing going on on the planet.