JFC. One would think that the NFL wouldn’t want to go out of its way to attempt to brand its product as tainted. That they would do everything they could to not say that the dominant team for literally an entire generation, whose coach they’ve finally and begrudgingly decided to embrace as an ambassador for the game, did so by cheating. It’s as bad as a PR take as one could have, saying an entire generation grew up seeing its product damaged by fraud. In a sane world, the league would only begrudgingly come to such a conclusion, and share its conclusions and punishments with heavy hearts.
Instead you have this clown show of a league getting pissed off that they haven’t been able to prove the Patriots story wrong. They should be looking at where the evidence leads them, but instead they know the conclusion they want and are digging for it.
I thought this time the NFL had come to its senses and would do the right thing; no Roger Goodell screw up to need distraction from and no Spygate “light punishment” that needed correcting. Boy was I ever naive.
I now fully expect a Wells-like tenuous link to be found to justify a ridiculous penalty. Once Belichick is done with the league, so am I. The NFL doesn’t deserve my fandom; life is far too short, they have clearly shown there are better things on which to spend to these precious breaths.
Thank goodness he isn't monitoring the stadium or coordinating his staff.
