09-03-2015, 02:25 PM
(09-03-2015, 01:22 PM)MrRager Wrote: Apparently, he turned down a one game suspension for admitting guilt.
We don't really know what was offered by both sides. We can assume that Tom wants to protect his legacy by not admitting guilt, and I don't see anything wrong with that. The Wells Report never produced any direct evidence linking Tom to the deflating, it just said he was generally aware, which put his integrity into question. Like if you knew a team mate was using steroids but didnt say anything. Is that a punishable offense, because its never been before this. Handing out a 4 game suspension for saying that we knew about something but didnt do anything is really freaking weak.
If you thought that an NFL funded "impartial" investigation was going to clear Brady of this, then youre pretty misguided. Any investigation that didn't result in the blame being placed on Tom or the Patriots was one the NFL isn't interested in. They had Tom pegged from the get go, and needed him to go down to save face after the beatings they took last year with all of the domestic abuse crap. They wanted it to be quick, and thats exactly what they didn't get. If you guys weren't aware this is a HUGE blow to the league.... I mean HUGE.
How they respond to this will be interesting, do they appeal request a stay of the suspension and try to drag it out, potentially resulting in a bigger black mark on the leagues credibility, or just take loss tuck their tails and ride this out for a little while? Goodell seems like a power hungry egotistical prick, and hes a direct representation of the majority of owners, so my guess is that they'll fight this at another level. To get back to the original point I don't fault Tom for sticking to his guns, it worked out for him. People can say all day that hes a cheater, but theres not proof out there that exists, so maybe thats enough for Tom to hang his laurels on. You can scream it all day that Brady cheated, but all he has to say is prove it to shut you up.
We all know he had to have something to do with it... I mean a guy who handles a football for a living should know what a regulation weight is and isn't.
