The only way deflategate can backfire, and I pray that it does, is if it is the reason the players grow a backbone and strike. And by strike I do not mean over the summer posturing or the first 2 preseason games. I want there to be no football in 2019 unless gotohell is gone and a fair/reasonable 3rd party arbitration method is set up. If I was the NFLPA I would refuse to even sit down at the table until Rodger was gone. Until that happens, no deflategate was a total success and the league has won. They got our draft picks, they got our money, they got TB12 slandered hated and suspended, and most importantly to them IMO their power confirmed with precident to take all future disputes to NY instead of Minn. It makes me sick to my stomach the abomination of justice this whole saga has been but right now until there is a massive strike that hits the league in the wallet, they've won. Sad thing is except for a few players like Sherman who see the bigger picture I do not expect the players to have the fortitude to hold a long term strike.