Keller @ Large: The NFL's Sinful DeflateGate Conduct
BOSTON (CBS) -- Could today be the day when we finally see an end to the interminable saga of the deflated footballs?
Let's hope so. I for one have had enough of its depressing journey through the landscape of human deficiency.
I am a die-hard Pats fan but have made an effort to read through most of the documentation in this case with an open mind, more than some of those with ready opinions on the matter have apparently bothered to do. And I will say this in defense of the NFL brass and the Patriot-haters at other teams who helped fuel this controversy – they have a right to be suspicious.
The Patriots have never been shy about looking for an edge, and they broke the rules on one occasion that we know of.
That said, the NFL's conduct over the past seven months has wallowed in most of the Seven Deadly Sins.
The envy and wrath of loser teams dispatched by the Pats fueled their whistleblowing.
We saw sloth in the lazy journalists who took anti-Patriots handouts, and gluttony in the sham "investigation" by the league's hired guns who pigged out on millions in fees while producing vindictive garbage.
The team's initial refusal to roll over and accept their patently unfair punishment, and Tom Brady's continuing refusal, has been met with blood-lust by the commissioner and his minions.
We'll see if either side can set aside their pride and accept a compromise, but I doubt Brady can find a true partner in compromise. The suits are too greedy for power and vindication to see the judicial hammer bearing down on them.
Envy, wrath, sloth, gluttony, lust, pride and greed. Yep, that's seven.
And my guess is the NFL is about to find out what the wages of sin are all about.
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