Tag: deflategate

Let the DeflateHate Come in Full Force Because Tom Brady is FREE… For Now

by cmschellin, posted in NFL, Sports
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Photo: Patriots Twitter

Let the DeflateHate come in full force because Tom Brady is headed back to the football field. Oh yeah.

Thursday morning it was announced that the judge (who we now all know his name- Richard Berman) has nullified the judging of Tom Brady’s four game suspension to start the 2015 season. Naturally this stirred up everyone and had the internet going on a rampage of hate or happiness.

ESPN Insider, Adam Schefter, said this was an embarrassment to the NFL…

Cough, cough- They should.

SportsCenter anchor, Steve Levy said he even heard an announcement over the loud speaker in a Boston hospital that “Tom Brady is free.”

HAHA.

Upon hearing the news the Patriots, who were fined $1 million and docked two draft picks as part of the league’s initial punishment, tweeted…

https://twitter.com/Patriots/status/639445470230614018/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

And of course Gronk tweeted about it…

https://twitter.com/RobGronkowski/status/639447047129694208/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

And Trump…

And Barry Bonds.. Wait- Uh, awkward? Wonder what they have in common…

Not to mention Dunkin’ Donuts all along the East Coast rejoice…

https://twitter.com/pachecostacey/status/639487034856468480/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

But, were we too quick to jump to the conclusion that Brady’s suspension would actually pull through? I mean, there is the fact that there really was no hard evidence against Brady that was brought forth in court… Even though we all know he def deflated some balls. What? Who said that?

But don’t worry the drama continues- NFL Commish Roger Goodell announced later Thursday that they will be appealing the judge’s decision.

OMG. How many times is this going to happen? For real though.

Goodell said in a statement Thursday:

“We are grateful to Judge Berman for hearing this matter, but respectfully disagree with today’s decision,” Goodell said in a statement. “We will appeal today’s ruling in order to uphold the collectively bargained responsibility to protect the integrity of the game. The commissioner’s responsibility to secure the competitive fairness of our game is a paramount principle, and the league and our 32 clubs will continue to pursue a path to that end.”

Despite the appeal, Brady will see the field for his Thursday debut against the Steelers only because the league didn’t seek an emergency stay, freeing Brady to play while an appeals court considers the case, which likely will take months.

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Photo: ESPN

If I were a Steelers fan man would I be pissssssed…

Or how about if you already drafted for fantasy? Brady moved from 24th among quarterbacks to 6th. Thank the heavens our TCD draft is tonight. MUAHAHA

So after seven months of declarations and appeals, is this it? Is Deflategate over? Not quite.

Hell, at this point I wouldn’t be surprised if Obama felt the need to hold a press conference on this matter even though eight police officers have been killed in the past nine days and nobody seems to care about that…

Our world is pretty messed up man.

 

Stay posted and we will fill you in as details continue to come to us on all this Tom Brady drama…

-Courtney

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Let’s Talk Balls, Deflated Balls That is..

by cmschellin, posted in NFL, Sports

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In reference to the Deflategate scandal that the New England Patriots and QB/Playboy Tom Brady are now knee deep in, Forbes hit the nail on the head in their article about why deflategate matters and is still mattering when they discussed the integrity of the game.

Yes, the Patriots have a dynasty that, love it or hate it, isn’t going anywhere (unfortunately.) But, the scandal doesn’t just affect the Patriots. This is a matter of the National Football League as a whole. America loves football and once again as told by Leigh Steinberg for Forbes, “The public was outraged that America’s favorite pastime could involve a form of cheating.”

So where do we go from here? Here’s a bit of a timeline summary to refresh your deflategate memory:

January 18th: Patriots defeated the Colts 45-7.
January 19th: Tom Brady says accusations are false.
January 21st: Reports surface of 11 out of 12 balls were under inflated.
January 22nd: Belichick’s super weird interview?

And for fun, here is our favorite scientist Bill Nye calling BS on Belichick.

Brady adds “this isn’t ISIS, no ones dying.” in a press conference like a typical douche would say.

February 1st: Patriots win Super Bowl.

Everything after that is absolutely pointing fingers.

The Wells Report on Deflategate issued last week found it “more probable than not” that Jastremski and McNally, the equipment managers for the Patriots at the time, tampered with footballs and that Brady was “at least generally aware” of their actions.” McNally and Jastremski are now indefinitely suspended (aka suspended longer than Brady himself.)

Since the tricky New Englanders including Mr. Pretty Boy Brady himself refused to hand over theirTom_Brady_2011 cell phone text messages, Roger Goodell, the NFL commissioner, took a stand for the integrity of the league itself and took two draft picks from Robert Kraft and the Patriots while fining them one million dollars. (Chump change for the tainted dynasty.)

Goodell also suspended Brady for the first four games of the season while making sure the public knew part of the disciplinary action against Brady was because of his lack of cooperation. (F-yeah.)

Since then, Brady has of course appealed his suspension, but the positive about Brady going through with this appeal is that hopefully more information will come out and provide us with more understanding of who, how, and what the hell else the Patriots have been up to behind closed locker doors.

Oh, and there’s always this lovely video clip to end on.

Until next time!

– Carly

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