Is this because he didn’t show up at the White House?
Yep! I think so! If he went along they would probably just fine the Pats.
That’s what I think. This story had dropped under the radar until Brady declined to go kiss The Won’s scawney diseased azz.
Likely... the text messages could be talking about practice balls, or inflating balls to the low end of the legal limit. It seems they also do more to confirm my suspicion, that the NFL official habitually marked the balls without really checking them.
He’d be audited for that :)