this statement is so ridiculously pathetic
Actually, with all due respect, I get that statement. I really do. I go back to the 70's with this team, through plenty of heartache but never anything like this. The NFL has not only alienated one of its greatest players of all time and one of its top franchises of all time. It has done so over Deflategate. I repeat, over Deflategate!
We could lose to the Giants in another Super Bowl this year and I'm not sure that could be worse than how the NFL/Goodell has handled Deflategate, our team and our Tom Brady! (well, maybe not but you get the point). They literally divided an entire fan base permanently from the the fanbases of the rest of the league's teams.....hell, I even have good friends that I cannot even discuss this issue with in a civil manner. That infuriates me!
As we see the NFL leadership/ownership handle the concussions issue like the Tobacco industry handled the links to cancer...... their laughable talk of 18 game seasons, changing/crapping on the rules of the game, moving shamelessly into the gambling industry, and money grabbing foreign markets that we could care less about....is it really that inconceivable that some of us might begin to re-evaluate our priorities as fans and consumers when it comes to the NFL. I think it's totally fair.
I would even say, what better time to do that than when Bill and Tom retire?! It doesn't mean that we won't keep the Pats forever in our hearts, but there's literally not a better way way to say FU to Goodell and the 32 greedy as hell NFL owners than with our pocketbooks and time.
Going for 5, baby!! Our ultimate FU!!
Peace