Oh I am still supporting the team 100%. I hope they kick AZ's asses up and down the desert. It will be a bummer not to watch the game live (except missing out on the 1,000+ references to Brady's suspension as Deuce pointed out) but I will watch the highlights as long as I don't have to watch them on an NFL sponsored channel or site. I want to hit the NFL the only way I know how - by lowering their ratings a bit. If enough people join me, then maybe the money-driven NFL owners will think about replacing their corrupt commissioner. Otherwise I am supporting the way they have punched me in the face and laughed about it. It was a story when the draft got a putrid rating around here a few weeks ago. It will be a bigger one if the Patriots opening game gets a similar putrid rating. I am not kidding myself though - it probably won't.
But more than hurting the NFL I want to make myself feel better. My blood pressure actually goes up when I read about Brady's suspension. The NFL has taken one of my best escapes from the pressures and frustrations of life and turned it into another stress and frustration, made worse because it is based on a sham and lies. I need to distance myself from that. I pay thousands of dollars each year for Pats season tickets. It used to be a no-brainer even though it costs a lot. This year I hesitated, but renewed anyway because I love watching Tom Brady play. If I had known the suspension was going to be back on, I would not have renewed. I don't know what to do with my tickets to the first two games at Gillette if Brady isn't there. What I really want to do is leave my seats empty, but I have already paid for those seats and it pisses me off that Kraft and the NFL already have my money. I will probably sell the tickets. Never done that before.
