Reaction to Deflate Gate

This is just ridiculous. I'm not saying what Tom Brady and the Patriots did is ridiculous, its the punishment that is ridiculous. Tom Brady altered a part of the game that gave him an edge in the game to win. I don't care what the score was, I don't care the fact that they would have probably have won the game, there was no reason to do this. The Patriots are clearly a better team than the Colts. That part isn't the ridiculous part of it. The punishment Tom Brady got is just not enough. If a player like Greg Hardy or Ray Rice get the axe for doing something stupid off the field like domestic violence, then why shouldn't Brady get the same. He at least had to know what was going on. There was no way he could not have known the balls were deflated. He was the one holding them! Brady should have been suspended for the year and the Patriots get the fine and loss of draft picks. With this Brady is now known as a cheater throughout the NFL. Deflate Gate should also prevent Brady from going to the Hall of Fame. This incident is just the steroid problems in the MLB. There are still debates going around whether Sammy Sosa or Barry Bonds should be in the Hall of Fame. Same thing should happen to Brady. I'll leave it at this, if Josh Gordon gets the axe just for drinking alcoholic beverages, then why does Brady get only 4 games for cheating and giving an edge in the game?

Corruption in Hockey

Corruption is probably one of the worst crimes in the world. Hockey has had corruption issues, but none were bigger what John Spano did in the 1990s. The NY Islanders around this time were the laughing stock of the NHL. They also had horrendous financial troubles. If things got worse, they would be forced to relocate the team. The team's owner, John Picket then agreed to sell the team to Spano for $165 million and $80 million for a 90% stake of the team. Spano was seen as a hero throughout Long Island. The people of Long Island were partying in the streets after they heard their "savior" came from the heavens. At the home opener in 1992, the fans cheered his name nonstop during his inauguration speech before the game. However, it was all too good to be true. After missing multiple deadlines to give Pickett his money, the NHL found out that Spano had forged documents about his wealth. It was also found out that he took out multiple bank loans during his "regime" as owner of the Islanders. On January 21, 2000, after multiple investigations and a long court battle, Spano was sentenced to 71 months behind bars and was forced to pay back all the money he owed to all the lenders. This was one of the biggest scandals in NHL history. Something like this will probably never happen again, but you never know. Lets just hope it stays like that.     

Reaction to League of Denial

The Concussion Crisis is an ongoing crisis in sports that probably won't be stopping any time soon. The NFL has known for years that there is an ongoing issue that concussions might cause long-term brain defects, such as CTE or dementia. I understand why they deny it, they don't want to destroy the sport of football. Its ok to have that line of reasoning, but that does not mean retired players or current players have to suffer. The NFL should not be having their own doctors running the show on this crisis. If they run the show, how do we know that they are running the proper tests/experiments? How do we know that they haven't rigged the tests in any way? How do we know that they are doing any tests at all? There are too many questions and too many suspicions that they probably will not answer. Testing should be run by brain specialists that are not biased and can be trusted by their colleagues and the general public. The NHL on the other hand has their own concussion issues, but its not as much of a problem as it is with the NFL. The NHL has taken action by creating rules and suspending and/or fining players with the intent to injure someone. The NHL is dealing with a concussion lawsuit, but the players involved have played at least 75 NHL games or less. The players involved with the suit are players that no one has heard off. The NHL will probably win because of the small sample size of games played by the players.