First off, I think it's at least fair to complain about an unfair punishment until the punishment has been completed. QB missed 4 games this season, and Pats are still losing another draft pick in the NEXT draft because the NFL didn't understand why the low pressure sensor in your car goes off in the winter sometimes. And then as part of their lawsuit, they forced the judge into a position where if they lost, it basically blew up the CBA and meant the Commish lost all power to punish anyone, so then they had to go all out or else they were screwed.
Of course, it's happened several times since (the ball thing, for example in that Giants game THIS YEAR) and NFL didn't even care enough to put out much of a comment. Rushed down to check balls at halftime, 5 minutes after the complaint in the Pats game, but they weren't sure if the Giants had complained, or submitted formal complaint paperwork in that instance, so weren't worried about it. NFL took measurements of balls the following year, but then shredded the numbers when done, so wonder if they backed up the NFL's argument
So yeah, when you get 5 years in jail for driving 2 mph over the speed limit while cars blow by you without a ticket, can imagine it's annoying.
And there's TONS of reasons Goodell is a boob, but you're the one that was focused on Brady's balls there. I focused on Roger's balls, or lack thereof. Making excuse after excuse for why he can't come to Foxboro to face the music, and how it just becomes more obvious he's afraid to come here over time. Heck, you're the Mensa mind here that's suggesting it's probably because the weather in Atlanta is nicer than New England. Yep, probably the weather, again despite him going to the freezing rain game in KC that was postponed due to dangerous ice. If he just showed up, got booed from his private box, and went home, it would sorta be over. By making excuses and dodging it over and over, he's dragging it out and making it more embarrassing for himself. If he thinks he didn't do anything wrong, and was in the right, what's the issue? Not like he's going to be tailgating or sitting in the nosebleeds and get roughed up or something, so safety concerns is a non-starter.
Weather, and not being a chickenshit, is probably the reason he didn't attend the 2015 NFL Season Opener game, or the 2015 AFC Divisional game or AFC Championship game, and why he missed the 2016 AFC Divisional game and now the AFC Championship game as well. The more games he dodges, the more obvious the reason.
His current excuse is that he wants to be at the last game at the Georgia Dome (despite being there last week). Even he wasn't dumb enough to say that the extra 15 degrees was a factor.
