Patriots fans rally to protest Tom Brady suspension (Photos)
By Josh Hill
Tom Brady has been suspended four games for his role in DeflateGate and not going belly up to the league, and he has the full support of Patriots fans everywhere.
When Tom Brady was suspended for four games over his role in the DeflateGate scandal, fans in New England were up in arms about how unfair the punishment was. It’s not an issue that has died with time, as Boston is full of folks that have historically taken grudges to extremes.
Just ask the British how they feel about Bostonians.
Roger Goodell is in full King George mode and Patriots fans aren’t going to roll over and let him have his way. Proof this was seen when fans rallied outside of Gillette Stadium in Foxborough to protest the suspension of Brady and give their support to their quarterback.
It wasn’t just a normal protest either, as Patriots fans got very creative in their support:
That’s not a lame number of protestors like what we saw last year when the Jaguars protested something. That’s how bad that particular protest was, and if there’s a legion of people who know how to protest something, it’s people in Boston.
The NFL is unlikely to reduce a suspension for Brady, unless Goodell and Robert Kraft have some sort of wink-wink agreement we’re not privy to. Even then, Roger Goodell doesn’t do things because he’s a nice guy, he does them because he’s running a business with an iron fist and letting guys off the hook isn’t a way to keep the minions in line.
Even if they’re minions with creative fans.
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