Keith Olbermann wants Tom Brady suspended for stupidity (Video)
Tom Brady is feeling the wrath around the NFL world after it was determined that it is “more probable than not” he played a role in Deflategate and now Keith Olbermann is getting his punches in.
Everyone is getting their shots in at the Golden Boy as Tom Brady is dealing with the adversity of the fallout of Deflategate after Ted Wells determined the New England Patriots quarterback probably was aware of the deflated footballs used in the AFC Championship Game win against the Indianapolis Colts.
NFL fans chimed in with their hot takes about the controversy and whether they thought it was a big deal or not and whether Brady should be suspended or given a slap on the wrist. Then media members like Jon Stewart chimed in who ripped him apart on The Daily Show.
Now it’s ESPN’s Keith Olbermann joining in on the fun and thinks he should be suspended one year — for stupidity.
"“They should suspend Tom Brady for a year. Suspend him 24 hours for screwing around with the ball inflation. And then suspend him 364 days for stupidity and for sending daddy out to beat everybody up when a simple apology … then happy Patriots fans and us adults, we’d all join hands and then knock down Paul Revere’s old North Church in Boston and replace it with a 20-story tall statue of Tom Brady squeezing his balls. Because the real inflategate tragedy here is Tom Brady blowing this thing up from comparative trivia to the needless destruction of his own reputation.”“They should suspend Tom Brady for a year. Suspend him 24 hours for screwing around with the ball inflation. And then suspend him 364 days for stupidity and for sending daddy out to beat everybody up when a simple apology … then happy Patriots fans and us adults, we’d all join hands and then knock down Paul Revere’s old North Church in Boston and replace it with a 20-story tall statue of Tom Brady squeezing his balls. Because the real inflategate tragedy here is Tom Brady blowing this thing up from comparative trivia to the needless destruction of his own reputation.”"
Obviously the NFL isn’t going to suspend Brady for a year and I don’t know if stupidity falls under the NFL’s personal conduct policy, but he reportedly will face a suspension, although the length of the suspension is to be determined.
In this case it’s the cover up that is the worst offense here and not the real thing he’s in trouble over. No, I don’t think Brady’s legacy is tainted or this means his four Super Bowls should have an asterisk next to them or anything ridiculous like that, but he will have to fall on the sword here so the NFL doesn’t suffer any more public relations disasters.
So do you think Brady will be suspended as long as Ray Rice’s initial two-game suspension for assaulting his fiancée or a similar suspension for someone who was arrested for a DUI or failing a drug test? Let us know how Brady should be punished in the comments section below.
You can watch the entire clip from Olbermann chastising Brady in the clip below, courtesy of his YouTube channel.
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