Maybe I didn't follow Deflate Gate closely enough, but it sure seems like the Zeke case has greatly surpassed the Patriot's dealing with the NFL. I would love to see polling data on the way the NFL is handling this current case... It just seems as though the NFL is really losing the PR battle. And, yes, I realize that can change in a heartbeat
Yes, any Patriots fan pointing out to DeflateGate as being an equal to what is happening to EE is a moronic fanboy.
The problem with DeflateGate was it was shoddily done and didn't need to be if they had some sort of competence. In fact, I will argue that because it was so shoddily done, I believe that Goodell and company didn't take it seriously at first. Thus, I don't think they were set to railroad Brady at first. It wasn't until Brady destroyed his phone that they set out to railroad him.
With EE this has been a mission to railroad him from the get-go. I believe they extended this investigation solely to dig up any more possible information and to see if EE screwed up again. Then he did with the St. Paddy's Day incident. But to me the St. Paddy's Day incident is so completely overblown with people claiming that is 'felonious assault' (it's not) and from watching the video you could see that EE and the girl knew each other and she wasn't upset about it and later on she has testified she didn't have a problem with it.
I think the St. Paddy's Day incident was a stupid and silly stunt. But, it's no worse than what Gronkowski has done, in particular making very awkward jokes about a certain sexual position on television to female reporters. That doesn't make the St. Paddy's day incident less stupid and something you shouldn't do...but you wonder where the outrage is over Gronk doing similar things.
And then we have Lisa Friel's place in all of this. She's never interviewed Thompson, yet her recommendation for suspension is heeded while Kia Roberts isn't even asked to give her advisement to Goodell. And the lying doctor who lied about being hospitalized so she wouldn't be deposed and Kessler being smart enough to hire a PI to prove she was lying...it tells me that Kessler knew exactly what was going on.
The thing about DeflateGate is that there were other independent scientists that reached the conclusion that the balls could have been deflated. There was legitimate evidence that pointed to the balls being deflated at Brady's request for money. And the Patriots lied with claiming that McNally was talking about his 'weight loss' when he was talking about being the 'deflator.'
Here we have EE who has never admitted to assaulting Thompson and Joe Lockhart claiming he has despite the transcripts saying otherwise. And we have an accuser who has been caught in lies every step of the way by numerous witnesses, which include law enforcement. And she has claimed that she has a handful of witnesses to back her up and every single one of them (outside of her aunt) has stated the opposite of what she claims and has stated that they don't trust her because they saw her lie and behave as such.
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