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Fuck you goodell
I hope he gets a nut tumor
Lovely...
It'd be great if people got this upset over actual issues that mean something.
Deflating footballs is a far
Deflating footballs is a far greater sin to the NFL than beating women and children. The NFL leadership is a disgrace.
One concerns the game, the
One concerns the game, the other does not.
One concerns violating a niggling rule
that apparently had NO EFFECT on the outcome of the game (as demonstrated by the second half), whereas the other involves violating a person's basic rights to be able to breath and walk without getting beat up.
But of course, Goddell considers the violation of the nitpicking rule far more important than the fact a person got slapped around by one of the NFL's "finest".
And, I said this the first day this manufactured "scandal" emerged in the media - If they honestly and truly believed that an underinflated football so dramatically affected the outcome of the game, then the solution should have been to just REPLAY the game.
Gooddell needs to bash the Patriots...
... if he wants to keep his job. There is intense resistance to giving the Pats a "break" on the part of some of the other most powerful team owners. Handing out an over-the-top punishment squares him with these other owners -- and if a court wants to throw the punishment out as excessive, at least the heat is off him.
Deflategate apropos name after all
Because in Watergate the worst part was the cover-up. Here Brady is being convicted for scrubbing his phone.
Any "journalist"
who fees the need to refer to things like this as "-gate" needs to be immediately fired and stripped of their credentials.
It's lazy and idiotic. Then again, the time and attention that has been wasted focusing on - OMG- an UNDERINFLATED FOOTBALL is pretty stupid as well.
Stolen from Twitter
Brady didn't destroy his phone.
He gave it to Russell Wilson after the Super Bowl. Instead of handing it off to the league, Russell threw it away.
He's going to make sure they
He's going to make sure they go 16-0 again just to give him a chance of using the NFL rule book against Harbaugh again.
Really looking forward to
Really looking forward to another FU season. That game against Indy in week 6 is going to be a bloodbath.
Wonder
What excuse theyll use when we beat them
the real Tom Brady
what's missing from the posted comments are these simple facts: Brady cheated; Brady lied about it; Brady destroyed evidence to cover it up. the four game suspension is nothing compared to the fact that his reputation is tarnished forever (no different than Barry Bonds)
If I'm Tom Brady
I destroy the phone - knowing it will piss off Goodell. Then I let the PA sue for me - in which case the messages can probably be subpoenaed (they exist on some server somewhere - if not Brady's new phone as well). When the messages come back with nothing - the league and Goodell look like idiots. Perfect revenge - much ado about nothing and makes Goodell look like an idiot.
Nope
The service provider has stated that the texts cannot be recovered.
Wonder
If they'll continue to pump in fake crowd noise when the Colts get down by 50 and the fans head for the exits
No kidding
I might miss some games, but that is one game that I WILL NOT MISS. I feel sorry for Andrew Luck. They're gonna open the industrial sized can of whoop ass.
If I was the Belly
I'd put Garoppolo in and try to hang 100 points on them as a "We don't need Brady to spank your ass" gesture.
And after every touchdown
the receiver should bring the football over to the Indy sideline and offer it to the coach to see if he wants to make sure it feels legal.
Brady testified that it is
Brady testified that it is his practice to destroy...his cellphone and SIM cards when he gets a new cellphone" Brady does not have to show his cell phone to no one.
That's nice. Is anyone
That's nice. Is anyone required to believe that?
Some people get a new cell
Some people get a new cell phone every six months or so, and it's good practice to destroy an old cell phone when you get a new one, unless you are sure you can erase everything. It's just like a laptop: unless you are sure you can remove all the old data, you are better off destroying the old hard drive. Some companies require the old hard drive be destroyed when you replace a computer.
The timing for the destruction of the old phone was bad, but I can believe that he routinely gets a new cell phone and destroys the old one. Some one with his income would be foolish to try to save an old cell phone.
Pictures of his wife
Not those kind of pictures - even stupid little happy snaps of her wiping the baby's mouth would sell for big bucks. It might not be about footballs at all, and more about terms and conditions in his wife's exclusive contracts.
I'm boycotting the NFL
Not going to any games. Not buying any official merchandise.
Well, never mind that I've not ever done those things. I'm sure not going to start now!
Consider a
Boycott on commenting
Really Markk - Even if I told you that
NFL policy is to oppose the construction of new bike lanes. After all, when's the last time you saw bike lanes at a professional football stadium.
Long-time investigative reporter thinks....
.... Brady has been railroaded by the NFL. Robert Parry on Deflategate:
https://consortiumnews.com/2015/07/29/the-tom-brady-railroad/