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What about the people with the perspective to see how stupid all the butthurt about deflated footballs really is?

“Its immoral wah wah wah!”. Its deflated footballs, seriously, dry your eyes.

Whats funny is now anyone who thinks that description might apply to them is going to let us know how wrong you are, because the mere idea of having an opinion on professional sports is beneath them.

(Shhh!)

How weird, then, that it very much didn’t happen 3 posts above yours.

So, you’re saying you’ve met Elvis.

I really didn’t read your post, but anyone who goes on about how much they loved The Phantom Menace in the middle of a football pit thread better be able to justify Jar Jar Binks.

I like pizza.

I knew it!

That’s not Jar Jar Binks! That’s Sebulba!

Fuck this Tom Brady bullshit, this is the real scandal!

This has gotten nutty. It appears those texts pretty much damn Brady into a fine situation. Pun intended.

Do I think it helped them win the AFC Championship? Maybe… Did it help them win period? No.

But it is about integrity. Brady lied, should be fined, and should apologize.

At the end of the day, Brady led the greatest 4th-quarter comeback in Super Bowl history against the greatest defense of his generation…AFTER everyone knew about Deflategate.

So, keep this in perspective. A couple psi here and there does not a great quarterback make…and I wouldn’t be surprised in the least if Manning liked his balls a bit deflated and Rodgers liked his a bit over-inflated.

Except Mr. Kraft is now saying the report is pure rubbish,
but he and his team will accept the NFL’s punishment and fine over their incorrect and inaccurate findings.
It’s probably because he’s a great (read: rich) guy, and just wants to put an end to all this diversion from playing great football.

During the off-season.

You obviously give enough of a fuck to inform everyone of this.

So what? Lance Armstrong probably won a Tour de France before he started doping, too. Maybe Ben Johnson would still have won Olympic gold without steroids. I doubt anyone thinks the difference between Brady and Jay Cutler is just ball pressure, but the whole point of a bright-line rule is to avoid the sort of subjective “what if?” you want to get into.

Emphasis added. Probably not true, even if your larger point is valid. You just picked a bad example. :wink:

I wonder how many times in your life you have written something to that effect?

And yet, here you still are.

As I recall, the evidence in the SCA trial indicated that he began doping in 1999, which (theoretically) means his 1998 win was “clean”.

That doesn’t even mean anything. But hey, have a cookie.

Doesnt care so much that he has posted three times and brought snacks… seems legit.