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I wish any of the options were possible (other than Kraft diplomatically stating there should be apologies to BB and Brady). Wells said "no more leaks." Right. That lasted about 2 weeks.
These side issues offer the appearance of action by the NFL. In the end, if the officials lie and say all of the balls were within limits when checked (and no records were kept), and later the balls were not within limits, then the answer from this debacle will be "we find no evidence," which leaves the insinuation of foul play but isn't a conviction. Barring proof of the Dolts tampering with the football (which would be awesome, exonerating and entertaining, but highly unlikely), we get to hear more of this for the indefinite future. I look on the bright side - we could be fans of teams like the Falcons or Browns, teams with admissions of violations for which no one cares because they suck. The Pats are discussed constantly because they rock and won yet another title. And I take pleasure at the fact this scandal has produced multiple other scandals involving some of the self-righteous holy rollers talking on NFL fair play.
I would love to see the NFL can Goodie, because what is clear is Tags or Rozelle, when presented with complaints, called the teams and addressed the complaints offline rather than through Goodie's "reality television" approach with stings and scandals. That is why blatant cheating was punished (see Donkeys and salary cap), but more mundane issues were not front page news.
These side issues offer the appearance of action by the NFL. In the end, if the officials lie and say all of the balls were within limits when checked (and no records were kept), and later the balls were not within limits, then the answer from this debacle will be "we find no evidence," which leaves the insinuation of foul play but isn't a conviction. Barring proof of the Dolts tampering with the football (which would be awesome, exonerating and entertaining, but highly unlikely), we get to hear more of this for the indefinite future. I look on the bright side - we could be fans of teams like the Falcons or Browns, teams with admissions of violations for which no one cares because they suck. The Pats are discussed constantly because they rock and won yet another title. And I take pleasure at the fact this scandal has produced multiple other scandals involving some of the self-righteous holy rollers talking on NFL fair play.
I would love to see the NFL can Goodie, because what is clear is Tags or Rozelle, when presented with complaints, called the teams and addressed the complaints offline rather than through Goodie's "reality television" approach with stings and scandals. That is why blatant cheating was punished (see Donkeys and salary cap), but more mundane issues were not front page news.