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Originally Posted by dyna mo
I truly have no idea. I'm dumbfounded by the entire event. I don't know why Brady would think such a thing would make a difference, especially compared to the opportunity it presented for being caught. deflated balls? come on, they were being bitched about already but Brady kept it up, that's a smart guy doing something very risky for very little reward, which i don't get.
and i don't get the NFL going after him publicly about it either. i mean if this was so obvious that other teams complained, then goodall/the NFL knew too and chose to look the other way until it got to the point they had to prove a point with a probable sting operation.
you're a smart guy, if you were the league/goodell, wouldn't you have dealt with Brady about this a long long time ago, way before it made it to the public? it further proves to me the NFL isn't paying attention.
but now that it's front & center, the league has to punish Brady and honestly since they made such a big fucking deal of it, the punishment should also be a big deal- much more than a 4 game suspension. they publically busted him cheating in a post-season championship game, that's a big deal. they, the NFL, made it a big deal.
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My understanding is that nobody had complained until the week before they were caught so the league wasn't aware this was happening.
As for why he did it, to me that is an easy question. At that level every little thing can make a difference. You can't watch an NFL game without the announcers saying at least a few times things like "It's a game of inches." Or "If he had another half step he would have taken it to the end zone." A quarter of a second can mean the different between a guy catching the ball and getting tackled after a 3 yard gain or a guy running it into the end zone for a touchdown. If those deflated balls allow him to complete just one more pass per game that he otherwise wouldn't have completed, it could have a big outcome.
Personally, I think they should have suspended Brady and Belichick for the entire season and I think they should lose all their draft picks from the next draft. The Patriots have a history of cheating with these two leading the team and they should be punished accordingly. If they want to punish people they should make an example of them that this kind of thing will not be tolerated. As it is, It may not have that much of an effect on the team as a whole.