By Any Other Name

M.J.

9 years ago

Cheating dressed by any other name (Spy-Gate, Deflate-Gate) still bears the stink of a lack of integrity. Whatever spin the Patriots or their fans would like to deliver on this scandal: Tom Brady has painted himself a cheat. NOW – he is still a great quarterback – one of the greatest. BUT, he chose to enhance his play with a scam that circumvented the rules…and folks, it wasn’t just one game. Whatever quantity you want to add or subtract to his legacy is debatable, it doesn’t dispel the fact that he is a tremendous player.

Let’s be clear though, in front of the nation, again and again, he denied ANY knowledge of the fact. That is the worst of it. He is a liar AND a cheat.

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Even though many greats throughout the sports cannon have sought an edge through dubious means, Brady’s deflating balls to gain an edge is still bad form. Some will defend Brady by saying, ‘if you aren’t cheating you aren’t trying’. Others will say it wasn’t a big edge or he still has the Superbowl ring. I say his word and honor is like the ring around the inside of a toilet bowl.

You see, this goes beyond “the game”. I would have been less apt to denounce him if he was caught and ‘fessed up’. Football is a game. Love it as deeply as you can, but in the end, it’s a game. A person’s word, his honor, his integrity on the other hand isn’t a game – not even in the remotest.

A few months back ESPN ran a documentary on Don Shula. The best pay per head reviews. One segment was on his integrity and how Csonka had found a Raider’s playbook and offered it to Shula for a game day advantage. Shula tossed it into the garbage. How much did he want to win? How much did football mean to him? I dare say as much as anyone ever in the game of football.

Don Shula understood that a man’s reputation and character out weighted any win or loss. To their shame, too many today have forgotten that. Too many condone the worst parts of human nature and what’s more celebrate it. Tom Brady’s greatest failing isn’t that he cheated, but that his character and name will forever be attached to the title of LIAR.

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