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I live in Denver, and on Tuesday, after being questioned by many Broncos fans about my reaction to the situation, I gave my true opinion over social media. I have seen enough people pile on Brady around here, wanting more of a suspension/punishment because, as a surprising (or unsurprising) number of them see it, he is the worst thing to ever happen to mankind. My take given on Facebook:
"Multiple people have felt the need to ask me about my thoughts on the Brady situation. I will condense them here so I don't have to waste more time or energy on sports politics:
What doesn't bother me so much is the penalty to him or the team for no evidence of doing anything wrong in a 234 page, 3+ month investigation by a firm that has already reaped millions from the NFL (apparently people think he smiled strangely when he said he didn't do anything). What does bother me is being surrounded by people here in Denver who would rather set fire to a man's character out of their jealousy for winning, and support men who drag women around downtown Denver by their hair (Jack Elway, last year) or another man who has sexually assaulted a female trainer by pulling his pants down and resting his bare *everything* on her face while she is helping him with a physical ailment (Peyton Manning, Tennessee, 1996).
I could get into the whole, 'Your team was proven to have cheated on their only two Super Bowl wins!' or 'When multiple Bronco linemen smeared vaseline all over themselves in the playoffs, they only got a $5k fine for destroying the integrity of the game!' The tit-for-tat cheating references become tedious and exhausting. Quite honestly they don't apply to this situation where someone wasn't even proven guilty of cheating or lying.
What truly bothers me about it all is when people need to take their frustration out on a distant figurehead who has worked hard for everything he has accomplished and praise a man who was, by his own standards, too good to be drafted by certain NFL franchises in 1983 (Elway). When I look at my own life and feel the need to work to be great at something, it only discourages me from trying to get there when I see how easily people will convert their admiration into jealousy, and then their jealousy into hate. It honestly just makes me question the integrity of the everyday people saying these things.
For shame, fickle crowd. For shame."
Several Broncos fans who have previously yelled, "Pats are cheaters," at me have come out of the woodwork with their tails between their legs.
"Multiple people have felt the need to ask me about my thoughts on the Brady situation. I will condense them here so I don't have to waste more time or energy on sports politics:
What doesn't bother me so much is the penalty to him or the team for no evidence of doing anything wrong in a 234 page, 3+ month investigation by a firm that has already reaped millions from the NFL (apparently people think he smiled strangely when he said he didn't do anything). What does bother me is being surrounded by people here in Denver who would rather set fire to a man's character out of their jealousy for winning, and support men who drag women around downtown Denver by their hair (Jack Elway, last year) or another man who has sexually assaulted a female trainer by pulling his pants down and resting his bare *everything* on her face while she is helping him with a physical ailment (Peyton Manning, Tennessee, 1996).
I could get into the whole, 'Your team was proven to have cheated on their only two Super Bowl wins!' or 'When multiple Bronco linemen smeared vaseline all over themselves in the playoffs, they only got a $5k fine for destroying the integrity of the game!' The tit-for-tat cheating references become tedious and exhausting. Quite honestly they don't apply to this situation where someone wasn't even proven guilty of cheating or lying.
What truly bothers me about it all is when people need to take their frustration out on a distant figurehead who has worked hard for everything he has accomplished and praise a man who was, by his own standards, too good to be drafted by certain NFL franchises in 1983 (Elway). When I look at my own life and feel the need to work to be great at something, it only discourages me from trying to get there when I see how easily people will convert their admiration into jealousy, and then their jealousy into hate. It honestly just makes me question the integrity of the everyday people saying these things.
For shame, fickle crowd. For shame."
Several Broncos fans who have previously yelled, "Pats are cheaters," at me have come out of the woodwork with their tails between their legs.
