We should have known something was wrong with society when it took 18 months and a zillion court orders and judges' decisions to figure out if someone deflated a football.ĭeflategate damaged the concept that smart, influential people could hammer out a compromise that served both their mutual interest and the public good. We just want it to go away so we can watch something good.ĭeflategate wasn’t just a sports scandal. When a bad television show gets canceled, no one demands a last episode. There’s another segment of the population who would enjoy the spectacle of Brady grimacing in defeat as he leaves the field.ĭeflategate doesn’t deserve closure. For segments of New England, "closure" might mean Brady purposely dropping the trophy on Goodell’s foot, grabbing the microphone and delivering a 10-minute Braveheart speech about freedom and justice, or whatever. Some fans may be seeking "closure" from Deflategate. And anyway, what’s a schoolyard drama without an angry dad shaking his fist at the bully?
That’s how Super Bowl week goes: Everyone from Lady Gaga to Donald Trump will probably be enlisted to pour some fuel on this spat. Goodell is already being stirred up as the biggest drama of Super Bowl week, as if the Falcons are just some minor obstacle for the Patriots to leap over on the way to the level boss.īrady’s father kicked off the melodrama by blasting Goodell in a KRON TV interview this past weekend.
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That series of events won’t be satisfactory to the hordes of rubberneckers who circled the Goodell-Brady Deflategate feud like middle schoolers at a shoving match. Then they go about their business like the fabulously wealthy, powerful and successful individuals that they are.
They pose side-by-side with the Lombardi Trophy.If the Patriots win the Super Bowl and Roger Goodell finds himself beside Tom Brady for the postgame ceremony, here is what I hope happens:
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