Disclaimer: Links on this page pointing to Amazon, eBay and other sites may include affiliate code. If you click them and make a purchase, we may earn a small commission.

View RSS Feed

Voice of the 'Fan

In the end, it amounts to nothing

Rate this Entry
In hindsight, the NFL went after the wrong guy, and lost.

Judge Richard Berman, no relation to ESPN's Chris Berman (we think), overturned the 4 game suspension issued to New England Patriots QB Tom "Crybaby" Brady, which means trouble for the rest of the league. Crybaby will play with a bigger chip on his shoulder than usual when it all starts to count in a week's time vs. Pittsburgh.

Ted Wells' report didn't exactly indict Brady for his involvement, such as it is, in "DeflateGate", and the Patriots had already punished their designated sacrificial lambs before things spiraled out of control. The NFL, however, wanted more, in order to appease fans in 30 other cities who felt the Patriots should've been punished. They went after Brady, the face of the franchise, but they went after the wrong guy. If they wanted to punish Brady, it shouldn't have come to this at all, but a retroactive punishment for previously not disciplining him for a post-game temper tantrum that aired live on ESPN after a 2013 loss to Carolina. among other things.

Coach Bill Belichick claimed he had 0 do to with any of this, and it seems he's right about that. You had two low level assistants, looking to give their team an unfair advantage, they got busted, and I believe both were dismissed by the team. Like I said, sacrificial lambs.

So, then, who should the NFL have gone after? Probably owner Bob Kraft, since it's his team that's breaking rules with impunity, and until now, immune from discipline because of Kraft's standing with the league. It ends as yet another black eye for the league, because of the protracted, prolonged botch.

If the league couldn't provide concrete evidence that Crybaby had anything to do with this, they should've dropped the focus on him and turned their attention elsewhere. Since Kraft has to be held accountable for his employees' actions while "on the clock", if you will, and he's already washed his hands of the two clowns, he still has to take the punishment, which, rightfully, should be:

Kraft: Suspended from his committee(s) for 1 year.
Patriots: No draft picks for 2 years. Forfeiture of Super Bowl 49, the AFC East title, and conference title. Reduction of 2015-6 home games to 4 games per year, which this year would mean moving next week's game vs. Pittsburgh to Heinz Field and letting Seattle have the Thursday opener. Home games would be vs. Miami, Buffalo, the Jets, and Jacksonville.

Instead, it's an embarrassment to the entire league. The other shoe will drop when Roger Goodell is forced out after another scandal is botched within the next year or two.

I have made a point the last couple of years of not watching Patriots games because I lost respect for them a long time ago. I'll find something else to do next Thursday. I don't think Crybaby's going back to the Super Bowl next February, anyway. He'll get his on the field. Where it belongs.
Categories
Uncategorized

Comments

Page 2 of 2 FirstFirst 12
  1. rocketman818's Avatar
    Featured News
    Famous Quotes
    What It Takes to be Number One

    What It Takes to be Number One

    "Winning is not a sometime thing; it's an all the time thing. You don't win once in a while; you don't do things right once in a while; you do them right all of the time. Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.

    There is no room for second place. There is only one place in my game, and that's first place. I have finished second twice in my time at Green Bay, and I don't ever want to finish second again. There is a second place bowl game, but it is a game for losers played by losers. It is and always has been an American zeal to be first in anything we do, and to win, and to win, and to win.



    And lastly hobbyfan you comment that losing's a sin. Tell vince Lombardi it is just a game. This is not little league where we are all winners for playing. If that is the case I guess you really don't care who wins or loses right? " buy into the propaganda & rhetoric from Patriot Nation, you'd think losing's a sin." is what you said.. Haha. What a loser mentality? Just like Eli.
  2. hobbyfan's Avatar
    Yeah, but who gets the calls in their favor at home more often? The Patriots, more so than the Giants. Do the math on that one.
  3. rocketman818's Avatar
    And how exactly do you figure that number out..LOL. So because in your opinion the pats get more breaks at home than the Giants they are favored? Hahaha. The Giants stink. Seriously no amount of calls going their way can save them. They are pathetic. Your comebacks and arguments have no merit. As I stated in defending Brady that Eli is an even more of a pathetic entitled baby. Just the mere fact that you could say you don't want to go to a team that drafts you. There is no saving argument for that. Cry your way to New York. Now that is a friggin baby. And that was even before playing one damn game in the NFL. I'm Eli Manning. I can dictate where I want to play and now I should be paid like the best quarterbacks in the league even though I am a moron and I stink. Hobbyfan stick to complaining about your own team because it is obvious how bad they are instead of being so jealous of other teams great quarterbacks. They hate us because they ain't us. LOL. Your giving NY fans a bad name but It makes me smile. :-)
  4. hobbyfan's Avatar
    No, Patriot Nation is blind to reality. The Giants, to my knowledge, may have only had 1 perfect home season, which might've been 1986, the first of their Super Bowl runs. Can't really be sure, but how many 8-0 home seasons have the Pats had in the Brady-Belichick-Kraft era? Hmmm? At least a dozen by my count.
  5. rocketman818's Avatar
    A dozen by your count? Hope someone else does your taxes because your either blind or just an idiot. LOL. Unlike you I base my arguments on facts. In the 14 yrs brady has been the starting QB for the pats they went perfect at home 6 times. Not even half the time. See how I am helping you with the math. :-) And you will say well they probably went 7-1 or something at home all the other years. Wrong again. They had 2 yrs were they were even on the road and home and 2 more years where they were BETTER on the road. Did patriots play in one of the weaker divisions in football? Yah you could say that and I am sure that helps the home record but face it they had great teams. 6 trips to the superbowl and double digit division titles. And you want to compare them to the giants? Hahahahahahahahaha. I have already shot down the pathetic Eli and his loser mentality. Perfect at home for the giants..LOL He can't even get them into the playoffs. I can see how jealous you are when you have to compare brady to that piece of trash in NY. LOL. But he cried his way there and he is your guy. Hmm what is dumber? Eli for asking for all that money or NY giving it to him. Hahaha. Hobbyfan down for the count....Knockout. I need to stop this. Feels like I am picking on a little kid here with your arguments but realize your older than I am. LOL Stick with the mets. you still have that 86 world series win!!! LOL I'm over that. Have 3 world series wins since. Titletown Baby!!!!
  6. hobbyfan's Avatar
    I was trying to remember off the top, and that doesn't always work. So I gave them more credit than they really needed. Whee.
  7. rocketman818's Avatar
    And that is my point. Perception is not reality. I know at some point Brady will retire and whoever replaces him will not be as great and the patriots will need to rebuild but until then I will relish in the fact that I am witnessing one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time. I can appreciate those who say Aaron Rodgers is a better quarterback than Brady today or maybe those who feel Peyton is better. Obviously Peyton has the individual stats on his side(although I don't put as much stock in that). With the salary cap era that Brady plays in I never understand those who can't understand all he has done. Those who believe he gets all the breaks. LOL Too bad you can't see it. Too hung up on the perception of who Brady and the Patriots are and not the reality.
  8. hobbyfan's Avatar
    Brady is not the greatest of all time. That would be Joe Cool himself, Joe Montana. End of story.
  9. rocketman818's Avatar
    End of story. LOL. Joe Montana didn't play in the salary cap era. He went to Kansas City and did nothing. He had a monster team in SF filled with great players and some would argue the greatest WR is history . He left and Steve Young took over and won superbowls. Was Joe a great player? Yes. Hall of Fame player? Yes. Better than Brady who played in the salary cap era with nothing resembling the team Montana had. Absolutely not. Brady did much more with much less. That is End of story. Nice try though.
  10. hobbyfan's Avatar
    There is dumb, and then, there is you.

    My list of the all-time great QB's that I've seen doesn't include Brady or Eli Manning. However it does have.....

    1. Joe Montana.
    2. Terry Bradshaw.
    3. Roger Staubach.
    4. Peyton Manning.
    5. Steve Young.
    6. Troy Aikman.
    7. Phil Simms.
    8. Dan Marino.
    9. Randall Cunningham.
    10. Ben Roethlisberger.

    Brady's somewhere near the bottom. Credibility is an issue.
  11. rocketman818's Avatar
    Again more idiotic comments from hobbyfan. NY Giant fans you should be mortified to have someone like this speaking as one of you. LOL. Someone stop this guy!! I will address your pathetic list. Your own sentence contradicts itself. "My list of the all-time great QB's that I've seen doesn't include Brady or Eli Manning. However it does have....." So is it YOUR list or one that you have seen published someplace? LOL. If it is published someplace then BACK IT UP WITH A LINK. I know you cannot since no list exists unless it comes from the NY giant hobbyfan hater website. LOL. Would want to argue where he ranks on the list at least I can understand that but to say he is not in the top 10 is absolutely positively moronic at best. You show yourself time and time again to be nothing more than a hater. LOL. As curt shilling said. Nothing better than to see the fans of NY shut up. He was talking about you!
  12. hobbyfan's Avatar
    Years of watching football on television help make up the list. In case you haven't figured it out yet, I'm way older than the average poster on SCF. I developed that list myself, right off the top of the ol' cranium.
  13. rocketman818's Avatar
    And that just proves another point. Age doesn't always equal increased knowledge. LOL. I think your developing some mental issues with your old age. LOL. Did someone not give the old guy his meds? I love the Randall Cunningham in the top 10 too. LOL Phil Simms is another one. I give you one thing hobbyfan. You sure are funny. Sad part is I think you honestly believe what you write. Poor Poor man. I should leave you alone. I am really starting to feel bad now. Today is Wednesday. LOL
Page 2 of 2 FirstFirst 12
SCF Sponsors


About SCF

    Sports Card Forum provides sports and non-sports card collectors a safe place to discuss, buy, sell and trade.

    SCF maintains tools that will allow collectors to manage their collections online, information about what is happening with the hobby, as well as providing robust data to send out for Autographs through the mail.

Follow SCF on