Professional sport being a gentlemanly pursuit in which participants would surely step forward at the slightest possibility that even the most minor of rules had been bent, let alone broken, its difficult to imagine anyone associated with the New England Patriots had a hand in deflating the footballs used in the AFC Championship game against the Indianapolis Colts last weekend. Nah, just joking. Seriously, there isnt a football fan outside the Connecticut-Maine-Vermont triangle who believes that Coach Bill Belichick and/or quarterback Tom Brady didnt have a hand in what is now known as Deflategate, despite their denials. The most successful coach-quarterback tandem in the history of the sport — and one known for detailed preparation before games — lost the benefit of the doubt in an infamous spying incident ago. But so what? The Super Bowl will be played, and depending on what the National Football Leagues investigation can actually prove — and you can bet it wont pin the blame on anyone in authority — some modest punishment might be meted out. In the playground, such behavior would get you banned (or worse depending on the venue), but in professional sports, it probably gets you higher TV ratings, which is, after all, the point of it all. -The Raven Chronicles
Posted on: Sat, 24 Jan 2015 06:33:24 +0000
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