The instant takes on Bradygate have been constant, and hot. The NFL was too mean to him, and he wasn’t properly cooperative, and the Patriots were lousy cheaters again, and why did he get twice as many games as Ray Rice and the Spygate Belichick, and Roger Goodell is hearing the appeal, and WHAT THE HELL IS THE DEAL WITH LOSING THE FOURTH ROUND PICK?
But you whittle away the brush and get down to the rotten trunk, you come to the realization that we as a society don’t do well when everyone’s untrustworthy – including the 31 teams that haven’t been caught deflating anything.