Ben Volin puts some blame on the NFL and the Pats this morning. The headline suggests he's going after the NFL exclusively but that is not the case.
http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2015/08/03/nfl-has-been-out-bounds-its-dealings-with-patriots/HHtWxFIPm8hSa8RVAAtToL/story.html
What's interesting to me is that
- Now, after a trend is starting to build along the lines that the NFL rail roaded Tom, do we first get any hint of objectivity from Volin.
- All of the Globe writers seem more concerned with avoiding looking like a Pats toadie than being bold enough to put out an article like Sally Jenkins' series on this story.
- Volin tells us he assumes the Pats did something wrong and that Brady indeed was generally aware of the same without giving us the basis for his opinion.
- Volin argues that the Pats should have pinned it on the two stooges based, it seems, on some bad texts. Again, he gives us precious little basis for doing that and doesn't entertain the notion that they thought the two were innocent of trying to go below the legal limit.
Edit: Shoot, I looked and simply missed that Bankshot1 had already linked the article. I will leave the link and let a mod delete it as necessary.