The beauty of the deflate-gate story, in which the NFL has suspended Tom Brady in connection with deflated footballs, is that it's a tale that contains multitudes. You can tie absolutely any take you have on the NFL to this particular saga. Did the NFL completely botch this investigation and punishment? Should Brady retire just to spite the NFL? Has Roger Goodell cut the puppet strings held by his owners? See? It all can fit!
You can also tie in the NFL's woeful record on domestic violence or concussion awareness or any of a dozen other issues without a whole lot of trouble.