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Once again, it takes a New York writer to hit the nail on the head regarding Deflategate. Makes us realize that with the CHB and MCI, we truly have the Junior Varsity writing in Boston.
(Mike Lupica writes a long and rambling column on a half dozen topics every Sunday in the NY Daily News, so I'm excerpting the relevant portion and including a link to the entire article below, which I hope is enough to satisfy the Forum's copyright rules. I've highlighted a few points that caught my attention in particular.)
QUOTE
-Once and for all you tell me what Roger Goodell really wins, after spending $20 million prosecuting a misdemeanor in Deflategate, if two out of three appeals court judges come down on his side in this holy war against Tom Brady.
Tell me how he wins and his sport wins.
You tell me how he has actually honored that NFL shield he is always talking about.
I once thought Goodell had the high ground on Deflategate, but that was before the whole thing turned into low farce.
That was before we realized how flawed the science was in Ted Wells’ flawed investigation.
Think about the penalties again, penalties about air:
Draft choices and a million dollar fine and four games for Tom Brady.
Over air.
Or was it more about obstruction of Goodell’s view of NFL justice, nobody really knows anymore?
Here’s what I know, now that this thing might actually be staggering to the finish line:
If I’m Tom Brady, and the NFL commissioner wants me to turn over my cell phone, I tell him what he can do with it, right before I grind it into dust.
You always have to go back to the movie “All About Eve,” one of the best-written movies in the history of the movies:
Roger Goodell isn’t the first guy in sports to think he’s the piano that wrote the concerto.
He’s just the latest.
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Link:
Lupica: Time to decide on future of Phil Jackson era
(Mike Lupica writes a long and rambling column on a half dozen topics every Sunday in the NY Daily News, so I'm excerpting the relevant portion and including a link to the entire article below, which I hope is enough to satisfy the Forum's copyright rules. I've highlighted a few points that caught my attention in particular.)
QUOTE
-Once and for all you tell me what Roger Goodell really wins, after spending $20 million prosecuting a misdemeanor in Deflategate, if two out of three appeals court judges come down on his side in this holy war against Tom Brady.
Tell me how he wins and his sport wins.
You tell me how he has actually honored that NFL shield he is always talking about.
I once thought Goodell had the high ground on Deflategate, but that was before the whole thing turned into low farce.
That was before we realized how flawed the science was in Ted Wells’ flawed investigation.
Think about the penalties again, penalties about air:
Draft choices and a million dollar fine and four games for Tom Brady.
Over air.
Or was it more about obstruction of Goodell’s view of NFL justice, nobody really knows anymore?
Here’s what I know, now that this thing might actually be staggering to the finish line:
If I’m Tom Brady, and the NFL commissioner wants me to turn over my cell phone, I tell him what he can do with it, right before I grind it into dust.
You always have to go back to the movie “All About Eve,” one of the best-written movies in the history of the movies:
Roger Goodell isn’t the first guy in sports to think he’s the piano that wrote the concerto.
He’s just the latest.
UNQUOTE
Link:
Lupica: Time to decide on future of Phil Jackson era
