F*** You Goodell.

The regular season starts tomorrow morning and I can’t wait to fully
commit my energy and emotion to focus on the challenges of the 2015
NFL season. I want to thank my family, my friends, all of the fans, past
and current players and my teammates for the support they have given
me throughout this challenging experience. I also want to thank Judge
Berman and his staff for their efforts to resolve this matter over the past
five weeks. I am very grateful. My thanks also to the union's legal team
who has fought so hard right along with me. While I am pleased to be
eligible to play, I am sorry our league had to endure this. I don’t think
it has been good for our sport - to a large degree, we have all lost. I am
also sorry to anyone whose feelings I may have hurt as I have tried to
work to resolve this situation. I love the NFL. It is a privilege to be a
member of the NFL community and I will always try to do my best in
representing my team and the league in a way that would make all
members of this community proud. I look forward to the competition
on the playing field and I hope the attention of NFL fans can return to
where it belongs - on the many great players and coaches who work so
hard every week, and sacrifice so much, to make this game great. Most
importantly, I look forward to representing the New England Patriots on
Thursday night in our season opener. I hope to make all of our fans proud
this year … and beyond!

Roger Goodell, NFL Blasted For Bias, Dishonesty,
Fraud In N.Y. Law Professor’s DeflateGate Court Filing

For many Patriots fans who spent much of 2015 vehemently defending their quarterback
and their organization, New York law professor Robert Blecker provided a major boost
when he sat down with Armen Keteyain on “60 Minutes Sports” and provided an unbiased
evisceration of the NFL’s case.

Now, Blecker is providing a solid not just for the fans but also for Tom Brady himself, as
the law professor filed an amicus curiae brief with the United States Court of Appeals for
the Second Circuit in New York, the court that is considering the ongoing case between
Brady and the NFL.

“The record as a whole clearly reveals an NFL investigation purportedly ‘thorough’ and
‘independent’ but actually biased, dishonest and fundamentally unfair,” Blecker wrote.

The purpose of the brief was to provide an outside perspective to the judges, one that
comes from neither party and theoretically sets out to provide honest, uncompromised
information. And while biases and/or influences can never fully be accounted for, Blecker
left no doubt that Roger Goodell and the NFL ran an inherently unfair investigation and
subsequently issued an unjust penalty to Brady.

“Naturally, the NFL summarily characterizes its own investigation as full and fair, emphasizing
a Commissioner’s unfettered discretion to define and punish conduct detrimental to the
integrity of the sport,” Blecker wrote. “However from the start, the NFL’s investigation,
adjudication, and punishment of Tom Brady for actively participating in a scheme to illegally
tamper with ball pressure has been infected with bias, unfairness, evident partiality and
occasional fraud.”

There is not any question the Pats were cheating. They've admitted it.