YouSpeak: Has Tom Brady Been Cleared?

Suspension lifted, can Patriots QB put “Deflategate” behind him?

September 10, 2015
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When the defending Super Bowl champion New England Patriots host the Pittsburgh Steelers tonight in the NFL season opener, all eyes will be on star quarterback Tom Brady.

For weeks, it was unclear whether Brady would be allowed to play at Gillette Stadium tonight after an NFL investigation of the incident led to a four-game suspension for his alleged role in conspiring to improperly underinflate footballs during last January’s AFC championship game against the Indiana Colts. The scandal, now famously referred to as “Deflategate,” tarnished Brady’s reputation.

Then last week a federal judge overturned Brady’s suspension, citing legal deficiencies in the case against him, allowing Brady to play tonight in Foxborough.

Still, many feel that Brady’s suspension should have been upheld, and that at the least he had to have known about the plan to deflate balls in a championship game.

This week’s “YouSpeak” asks: “Has Tom Brady been cleared in the NFL Deflategate scandal?”

The NFL season opener between the New England Patriots and the Pittsburgh Steelers will be broadcast live tonight, Thursday, September 10, beginning at 8:30 p.m. on NBC stations.

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Jason Kimball can be reached at jk16@bu.edu.

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    2. No, and she shouldn’t be. From Benghazi to the email server incident, she has shown that she’s incompetent and untrustworthy. So, yes, politics is more important than sports, but I will never trust Hillary to be able to run this country.

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  2. If a player knows that a teammate has taken steroids and they don’t inform the officials…. are they guilty? Come on. Football is just sports entertainment …a lot like professional wrestling… except the outcome is not predetermined.

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    1. Football is nothing like wrestling as football is all but fake period and in this case Brady stole money from fans in the case he rigged a game in his benefit to control an outcome,, that is a crime but yet again people as urself allow scandals like this and all to be made up as hey its just entertainment or business, makes me think u are part of what makes this world wrong

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      1. I don’t think you addressed Logic Rule’s point. As for your point, if you are going make such a statement, you should be able answer the following without speculation – to what degree was Brady’s involvement, what proof is available, and what would the penalty be if proven? By your standard, any action that directly influences the outcome of a game (holding, pass interference, illegal block, etc.) should have the severest penalties; that seems a bit extreme. This whole matter should have been settled with a 15 yard penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct against the “team” and everyone should have moved on (and the league should have updated its policies.)

        Regarding the article question… unfortunately once accused, I don’t one is ever truly vindicated.

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  3. Seems odd that BU Today recently ran a story about Pee Wee football and the risks of concussions but now seems to endorse tackle football, if only for the sake of gaining more hits to their site.

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    1. Seems a pretty big leap to see a short story asking students what they think about something that has been in the news every single day for 5 months as “endorsing tackle football.” If they asked students about Whitey Bulger, are they endorsing organized crime?

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  4. If he was guilty, he is not going to put it in the past; he is going to put it in the future. NFL not smart and strong enough or they don’t want to be? I’m Disappointed.this is what I think.

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