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Negative, Ghost Rider. Tom Brady is in fact an actual Princess, in addition to having the world's largest My Little Pony collection.

Ok, how about a 4 game suspension just for being a princess?

The other issue here is the track record. You commit a crime, you might get a light sentence. Once you are a repeat offender, you get the hammer, and that is how it should be. The Patriots have the most disgraced legacy in the history of US professional sports. It is perfectly appropriate for them to receive grave punishment for their behavior.

Easy on the mayo, sweetie.

Oh it's plenty simple. Cheat, get caught, get punished. End of story. God Bless Roger Goodell and somebody make me a sammich.

So you're on both sides of the issue and still want to debate with everybody else. Sounds like you should run for office. The bottom line is quite simple. Brady and the Pats have been established cheaters for about as long as I can remember. Deflategate is just more of the same, and I am glad to see that they got punished. The courts are completely screwed up but we've known that for a long time too, so however arbitrary they are at least, for now, they got this one right.

If you are capable of convincing yourself that Brady didn't do anything wrong, good for you. While we are at it, all dogs go to heaven, Santa Claus is real, and you really are just as handsome and smart as your mommy says you are.

Contract disputes end up in court, and courts are never perfect. This case isn't particularly special other than the level of public interest involved. Welcome to life. One thing that isn't so subjective is that people who destroy evidence almost always have something to hide.

In theory, the appeal decision is not about whether the Patriots did anything wrong, the appeal decision is only about whether the NFL violated the contract by arbitrarily imposing discipline. However, the key takeaway from the appeal decision is that the NFL's decision was not arbitrary precisely because the evidence supports the fact that Brady did in fact cheat. So you can tell yourself all you want this is just about the CBA, but the court clearly recognizes that Brady was involved in cheating and hiding evidence.

Can I pick a cheerleader? I'll let you guess what we'd talk about ...

My recommendation for punishing both Brady and Belichick is death by firing squad. Perhaps as the halftime show. What say you?