I confess that I hate Tom Brady. Ever since the snot nosed kid beat my St. Louis (previously LA) Rams in the 2002 Super Bowl, I’ve despised him. Plus he’s handsome, rich, married to a gorgeous woman, and wins all the time, not that I’m jealous or anything. So I was trying to suppress my glee and schadenfreude this morning when I read headlines such as, “Tom Brady’s image is flattened as Deflategate report is released.” Or one highlighted on Drudge, “PAPER: Tom Brady Suspension ‘Could Span Up To One Season’…”
If you are not an NFL Football fan, or didn’t see the AFC Championship game where New England beat the Indianapolis Colts, Deflategate (the legacy of Richard Nixon will ever be with us) is the controversy that erupted when after the game it was found that the footballs New England and Brady used were just slightly underinflated, which supposedly helps the quarterback better grip the ball when passing. At the time Brady completely denied knowing anything about the suspect footballs, and as I remember it, everyone then thought he was lying. The Patriots, and their coach, Bill Belichik, have a bit of a history of cheating.
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