Why the Brady win IS about Politics
It might seem that to talk about Brady's win over the NFL is like fiddling while Rome Burns. However, I will offer that he Brady win is an example of what is wrong with this culture, and that it bleeds right into sexism, race relations, and yes, Politics.
Let's not forget the two decisions that weakened Goddell beforehand, The Ray Rice loss and the Adrian Peterson loss. Where we had Ray Rice, beat his wife on Tape where she looked like she was dead. People were Horrified, they even got this on tape! Well Goddell wanted to lower the boom on him, and lo and behold, the fans and the people who made money off those fans said no, so the suspension was overturned. Never mind that the video tape just said "you can beat your wife within an inch of her life and get away with it if you can get a crowd to support you, backed by lawyers." Then comes Adrian Peterson, whipping his toddler with an electrical cord. True enough, fans supported him, and there was money to be made off him. This brought out the nadir, as some of his defenders said "you have to understand, black parents often have to discipline their kids harder because they know white people will hit them harder if they screw up." Now, while there is truth that black people are punished much more harshly than white people, that does NOT excuse the idea that somehow, AA child abusers, or for that matter ANY, can get excused. If some white pundit said "You know black people hit their kids hard" said person would justly be ridden out of town on a rail, but people were willing to use this to defend Peterson.
Now of course, after Goddell gets neaten in these two cases, along come the Patriots, who still brag about getting caught cheating one time, get caught cheating AGAIN. Now, for those who say the punishment was too harsh, I will say that any court in the land tends to give a harsher punishment if someone was a second time offender. But lo and behold, here is this guy, who just happens to be an all-american blue eyed man, gets hauled in. Now, Goddell gets smacked again, and there is much rejoicing.
What does this mean for politics:
1) Money Money Money. Money will gladly run over principles, and people who polish their halos will bend and melt them to serve it. Money buys Bullshit, and our culture loves Bullshit, or as Bill Clinton said it: "it's better to be strong and wrong than light and right." Even the sort of bullshit that should make the strongest stomachs vomit (really Peterson, you excuse your child beating on your race, and reinforce the sort of ugly racial stereotype many AA's are SICK of?)
2) Government: what is making people cheer is that Goddell has no authority to reign in the Millionaire players and Billionaire owners. When you have a situation where any attempt to curb millionaire or Billionaire behavior is punished, you will have a mess. Remember that Baseball used to be "the national pastime" until Billionaires wanting stadiums and players using steroids soured people. Football should not be surprised if they find they are next.
3) the common fan: Simply put, as much as we common folk may think our words mean nothing, they mean everything. If we did not give these folk our coins, they would not have our dollars, dollars they use to buy weapons to steal more of our dollars. Yeah, if you are a Pats fan, I can hear you booing, but if you being a fan means you will scream to the rich : "I can and will sell out my integrity so I can be distracted from the misery you put us through for a few hours any given sunday" then congrats, you won. Enjoy your victory, but keep in mind the rest of us will be laughing about how you cheap your soul was, not even enough to buy beer for a tailgate party. That's ok, the NFL will just steal some Tax cash so that you can pay for it with the schools, roads, medical care, and other things you will not get.
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