After eight months of what might be the silliest sports controversy ever taken seriously, an absurd amount of energy and brain power and billable hours devoted to an unnecessary and misrepresented investigation that never proved a thing, finally, like a glass of fresh spring water in the desert, we have a respite of common sense.
No, a human federal judge actually had to say, you cannot suspend a football player for a quarter of the season after failing to prove he broke a rule punishable by a $25,000 fine.
So New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady can play in the season opener.