The late Supreme Court Justice and All America football player, Byron 'Wizzard' White once said, "When I wake, I first read the sports page to discover man's successes the previous twelve-hours then I read the front page to see his failures." Unfortunately, that opinion no longer flies in today's social climate. The sport world is as dirty and corrupt as is the corporate and government arenas. Our moral compass is broken while our lust and greed grows.
Major League Baseball records are tarnished with illegal use of performance enhancing drugs. National Football League officials find themselves on a merry-go- round trying to repair the image of players physically abusing women, killing people and breaking rules (cheating) to gain a winning edge. Coaches offer financial 'bounty' money for opponents going to the sidelines injured. Quarterbacks bribe attendants to deflate balls.
Considering the aforementioned, I ask the following question: If Pete Rose has a lifetime ban from baseball for betting, if Alex Rodriguez is banned from MLB for a year and if New Orleans 'Saints' Coach Sean Peyton is banned from the NFL for 'injury-bounty' then pray-tell what is the punishment Tom 'Deflated Balls' Brady?
If you believe the end justifies the means then you cannot refute the same reasoning used by those who orchestrated the most horrific acts against mankind.
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