Lol, funny thread, but anyone who thinks that Brady got a fair shake in this process is not paying attention. Goodell arbitrates his own decision? Seriously? And this is one of the heavier punishments for an offense that demonstrably had no affect on the game (since the Pats then blew out the Colts with properly inflated balls) and there was never any real evidence that showed Brady or anyone else did anything in violation of the rules.
The weather and 30 minutes of play could have lowered the balls PSI all by itself if it was aired up to minimum pressures.
If this is such a big deal, why didn't the ******* refs keep an eye on the footballs instead of signing them over to the home teams equipment guys? Why aren't the refs taking any of the blame if this is such a big deal?
It is all nothing but bullshit.
Brady had a chance to defend himself, he choked.
How did he fail to defend himself? He pointed out that the investigation pointed out it did not have compelling evidence, so why is he being punished? Because someone has to suffer because the Patriots are so damned good?
Please.
Like many americans you are seriously in denial that this is the greatest scandal in sports history since the black sox scandal.
uh check the history of the cheatriots. you know how they won the superbowl against the Lambs in st louis? according to many people in that organization,they spied on them just like they did in deflategate.the panthers said they did the same with them.
the cheats are the spoiled rich brats of the NFL.they are like politicians,they get away with crap that any other team in the NFL gets punished for.a team like cincinatti or cleveland for example.Had
they done this,the owner would have lost ownership of the team with their coach being banned from the NFL and the quarterback an entire year.

the NFL is corrupt,deal with it charlie.
and its pretty obvious from my Rams thread that I WANTED the cheats to win back then since I have always rooted for the team that plays the Rams to win each week the last 20 years. in fact,in every superbowl they played in,in the past,except for this past superbowl,i always rooted for them to win since the chargers are my favorite team and I am an AFC guy.
oh and former NFL players have said Brady is lying,that there is no way he could not have known about it.that the deflated balls give them a huge advantage.
It is all nothing but bullshit.
denial mode hurts I know.

Believe me I know,I went through the same denial mode stages you are in now when the Rams left LA 20 years ago.