Forget about PSI and procedures and destroyed SIM cards. The Deflategate Scandal, now nearing its seventh month, is about one thing and one thing only: NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell’s pride.
Seriously. How has deflated footballs, something none of us even knew was a thing before the AFC Championship Game, become the center of the biggest scandal of the past year? Because Goodell and Brady are stubborn, and they both refuse to back down, and Goodell would never, ever let a player tell him who’s boss. Brady’s guilt or innocence is totally irrelevant at this point.