Deflategate: I Still Don’t Get the Angst

I love this line: “Based on the evidence, it is also our view that it is more probable than not that Tom Brady was at least generally aware of the inappropriate activities of McNally and Jastremski involving the release of air from game balls.

More probably than not? Bwahahahahaha!!!

Tom Brady.

Considering that this statement was made by the Wells Report and the law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison (No kidding?), it makes a little more sense.

That’s not English. That’s Lawyer Talk.

Did New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady know or didn’t he? “Generally aware of the inappropriate activites?” Hell, I’m generally aware of the inappropriate activities of politicians, but it doesn’t mean I have anything to do with the clowns.

Yesterday, the media and fans that love the Pats and Tom Brady screamed he shouldn’t be suspended or even penalized in any way. Those who dislike (OK, let’s say hate) Brady and the Pats are calling for up to a five-game suspension.

That is laughable. First of all, it’s May and we’re still taking about “Deflategate,” (the mainstream media’s word, not mine). Second of all, the NFL’s “investigation” immediately cleared Pats owner Robert Kraft, Goodell’s best pal. And then it cleared Bill Belichick, the guy everybody loves to hate.

Then it pinned the rule-breaking on two locker room guys and said Brady, “Kinda. Sorta, probably maybe knew what was going on.”

That’s so stupid, it just reeks of “NFL Investigation.”

Oh, yeah, and I loved this statement from the league: “The report suggests that the Patriots did not violate any rules in terms of the balls used for kicking.” Really?

I haven’t seen the actual report itself, only read the highlights, but I’m told it was “massive.” Don’t you just love lawyers? Streaming B.S. as a job.

So, after an investigation that took four months, this is what we got: “it is more probable than not that Tom Brady was at least generally aware of the inappropriate activities of McNally and Jastremski.” Those are the only three implicated in the report.

The report said investigators do not believe “any other Patriots personnel participated in or had knowledge of the violation of the Playing Rules or the deliberate effort to circumvent the rules.” Yeah, right.

Here’s my favorite part: During the game, a game that ended 45-7, the winning team cheated because it “under-inflated” the footballs.

45-7. Not 21-20. Not 14-13. 45-7.

Super Bowl marketing done right (Thanks Kane Neal)

Apparently 11 of the 12 footballs used by the Patriots were under-inflated by as much as two pounds per square inch and nobody had a clue until Colts linebacker D’Qwell Jackson picked off a Tom Brady pass in the second quarter and mentioned something to an official.

The officials handle the balls on every single play and they had no idea that the balls were soft. And, hey, it must have been the correctly inflated balls that resulted in the Colts Andrew Luck completing 12-of-33 passes. Yeah, that’s it. It was the footballs. His balls were properly inflated so that means he couldn’t throw them straight.

What a crock.

Let me make one thing perfectly clear: I don’t give a crap about the New England Patriots in any way, shape or form. But if Tom Brady is suspended for this, the NFL is a bigger joke than I thought.

And let me tell ya, the Roger Goodell-run NFL is a complete joke.

Posted by: Scott Taylor for RiverCitySports.com