The Ridiculousness of Deflategate

Amidst growing racial tension due to never-ending discrimination in the country, terrorism in the Middle East, a mega-step in the right direction for gay rights, and an up-coming presidential election (among literally thousands of other more important things happening), we find ourselves talking about a few PSI in some footballs. By "we," I don't simply mean sports broadcasters and football fans. I mean, the national news and even people who don't know what "1st and goal" means.

Yes, PSI. No one tell me you knew what "PSI" was before "Deflategate" happened. If someone asked me what PSI stood for.... Please Sit Inwards? I don't know... honestly. I looked up "What does PSI stand for?" on Google and it turns out "psi" is the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet. So that's great. What it really stands for, since I bet you still don't know, is pounds per square inch. Now, those are all words I know so I guess it isn't that difficult. Maybe I'm just an idiot.

Whether you know what PSI is or not, I bet you would agree with me that discussing that for months is pretty pathetic, right? We can't honestly say that some pounds per square inch in a football would be the reason someone would win four Super Bowls, two league MVP awards, and have arguably the best career a QB has ever had. You would have to be a huge moron to think that would even have the slightest impact on that. You would have to be some angry, biased, and bitter writer for ESPN named Ian O'Connor or something. If it would give someone that kind of career, someone should start deflating Joe Flacco's footballs because ever since he signed that contract... yikes! Or maybe we should deflate Peyton Manning's so that he can throw a spiral further than 10 yards.

That was unfair to those quarterbacks. Manning had the best regular season of all time throwing those ducks and as much as Joe Flacco sucks, it wasn't him bitching about the Patriots, it was his whiny head coach. Maybe I should instead target Tony Romo as the butt of my jokes. He took some digs at the Patriots for deflategate which is funny because what the hell has that guy ever won?

Hey, I'm not saying Tom Brady is innocent here. How the hell would I know? If anyone actually knew other than the hunted witch himself, there wouldn't be this ridiculous controversy. We may never know.

I also think Patriots fans need to take a step back and understand the hate here. If this same controversy surrounded one of the Mannings, the majority of Patriots fans would be up in arms. We are no different. Sports fans are sports fans. The harsh reality is that the majority of us are imbeciles. That's enough name-calling, I really am not a bully.

All I want people to do is to look at this for what it is. The majority of the league is probably taking something they shouldn't. No HGH testing, remember? You think these characters are all clean whistles? That saint Jerry Rice that everyone wants to claim is the best NFL player of all time used stickum on his gloves. Maybe I'm just biased, but I find those way worse than some PSI in a football. And mind you, the HGH could be proven with testing and some NFL players have already been dealt with for various other PEDs. Rice using stickum is a fact. Tom Brady deflating some footballs? Not proven.

We are free to draw the conclusions we want. But man... I hope you never reach the top of your field just to have millions try and tear you down over something you may or may not have done and that had minimal impact on what you were doing. Wouldn't that suck? "Oh please. He's worth in the hundreds of millions and has a gorgeous model wife!" So that means we should tear him down to make ourselves feel better? Stop being so pathetic.

The truth is, unless you're a Giants fan, your team has probably been stomped all over the place by Brady. Come football season, he haunts your dreams. He has probably even kicked your ass in fantasy football. He has made your life, whether a sad or happy life, miserable at times. So now is your chance! Take him down! GET HIM!

I admire the tenaciousness, but stop wasting your time on this. Boo him when he throws an interception, pray the suspension gets upheld in court, paint an image of Rob Gronkowski wearing your team's jersey. Do whatever it is you need to do to make yourself feel better. But please, stop being pathetic. If this in anyway taints your image of Tom Brady the player, not the person, then you just don't get it do you? Troll away on the message boards and call him a cheater all you want. The fact is, Brady has earned four Super Bowl rings through hard-work, immense talent, and clutch play. Your team's QB has not.