@Robert Nowall:Aaron Hernandez is a punk; a gang-banger who had a road out of the hood paved in gold and laid out before him, but decided instead to stay put in Loserville. His missteps had nothing to do with football, let alone the Patriots.
I am at a loss to understand the virulent hatred of the Patriots as anything other than jealousy of a franchise that, for only the past 15 years or so, has been run and has played better than any other in their sport. Before that, they were an ordinary team like most of the rest; occasionally very good, occasionally dreadful, mostly mediocre.So many players and coaches, with so many other teams, have done far worse things than illegally videotaping an opponent’s signals. How about some outrage over the Saints bonuses for injuring other teams star players, for example? Or Richie (I should have remained) Incognito and his racist abuse of a teammate? Some teams, Aaron Hernandez notwithstanding, have made a practice of bringing in psychopaths and criminals (Raiders, Ravens, Cowboys; who have I forgotten?). Rather than outrage, those teams are celebrated for their machismo. Where is the sense in this?
Look at the bright side. Goodell used Deflategate to game a lot of people: The NFL got a ton of free publicity leading up to the Super Bowl, which had record Nielsens (which means the ad rates will go way up next February). Roger is the P.T. Barnum of the 21st Century.
I never understood the outrage, especially when Brady did better in the half with the properly inflated balls. Since the ref handles the ball to spot it, any real difference would’ve been pretty obvious. (Then again, with the lousy weather, maybe they all just wanted to get out of there…..)
@Guilty Bystander, Yep, deflategate was just what Dr. Goodell and the owners ordered. It took the focus away from his bungling of the Ray Rice situation. Other missteps as well. His throwing pasta wall to see if it sticks approach to discipline was incongruous at best. Mystifying/stupefying/you name it.
archipelago Premium Member over 9 years ago
Much Ado About Nothing. Although perhaps the Shakespearean version is better.
Polsixe over 9 years ago
Keep it alive, a good conspiracy story never dies.
biz.gocomics over 9 years ago
Yeah, because otherwise, Indianapolis might have had a chance in that playoff game, and not lost to New England 45-7…
d-slicker over 9 years ago
Yeah, just because Belichik got caught cheating twice, I’m sure he never cheated and didn’t get caught.
Robert Nowall Premium Member over 9 years ago
Can’t he just concentrate on the Aaron Hernandez trial? People [formerly] with the Patriots have done much worse things than deflate balls…
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member over 9 years ago
@Robert Nowall:Aaron Hernandez is a punk; a gang-banger who had a road out of the hood paved in gold and laid out before him, but decided instead to stay put in Loserville. His missteps had nothing to do with football, let alone the Patriots.
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member over 9 years ago
I am at a loss to understand the virulent hatred of the Patriots as anything other than jealousy of a franchise that, for only the past 15 years or so, has been run and has played better than any other in their sport. Before that, they were an ordinary team like most of the rest; occasionally very good, occasionally dreadful, mostly mediocre.So many players and coaches, with so many other teams, have done far worse things than illegally videotaping an opponent’s signals. How about some outrage over the Saints bonuses for injuring other teams star players, for example? Or Richie (I should have remained) Incognito and his racist abuse of a teammate? Some teams, Aaron Hernandez notwithstanding, have made a practice of bringing in psychopaths and criminals (Raiders, Ravens, Cowboys; who have I forgotten?). Rather than outrage, those teams are celebrated for their machismo. Where is the sense in this?
Guilty Bystander over 9 years ago
Look at the bright side. Goodell used Deflategate to game a lot of people: The NFL got a ton of free publicity leading up to the Super Bowl, which had record Nielsens (which means the ad rates will go way up next February). Roger is the P.T. Barnum of the 21st Century.
Godfreydaniel over 9 years ago
I never understood the outrage, especially when Brady did better in the half with the properly inflated balls. Since the ref handles the ball to spot it, any real difference would’ve been pretty obvious. (Then again, with the lousy weather, maybe they all just wanted to get out of there…..)
sarah413 Premium Member over 9 years ago
@Guilty Bystander, Yep, deflategate was just what Dr. Goodell and the owners ordered. It took the focus away from his bungling of the Ray Rice situation. Other missteps as well. His throwing pasta wall to see if it sticks approach to discipline was incongruous at best. Mystifying/stupefying/you name it.