Talking Deflategate to kids
1. Tom Brady went to Michigan and Michigan players don’ cheat.
2. Brady will have played in 8 Super Bowls and will have won 6, more than any other player.
3. Temperature was the likely cause http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/ot-deflategate-thought-experiment-could-bal…
4. Their little friend Dylan is a douche bag and should shut the hell up.
What do tell your children about Tom Brady?
February 4th, 2018 at 10:18 AM ^
February 4th, 2018 at 10:31 AM ^
Dylan must come from a Sparty family. Tell your son to ask Dylan if anyone in his family has talked to him about Larry Nassar.
February 4th, 2018 at 2:13 PM ^
+1000
February 4th, 2018 at 2:26 PM ^
February 4th, 2018 at 10:47 AM ^
February 4th, 2018 at 12:25 PM ^
you can talk about Gisele and other kids of ball deflation
February 4th, 2018 at 3:32 PM ^
and that's wrong too.
February 4th, 2018 at 10:21 AM ^
February 4th, 2018 at 2:40 PM ^
With the obvious exception of Dylan McCaffrey, of course.
February 4th, 2018 at 3:00 PM ^
February 4th, 2018 at 10:22 AM ^
February 4th, 2018 at 10:23 AM ^
Dylan can go to hell
February 4th, 2018 at 10:23 AM ^
February 4th, 2018 at 10:29 AM ^
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February 4th, 2018 at 10:43 AM ^
February 4th, 2018 at 10:47 AM ^
that he didn't want them to see.
February 4th, 2018 at 11:19 AM ^
February 4th, 2018 at 11:48 AM ^
... and your jaw will drop!
February 4th, 2018 at 12:22 PM ^
February 4th, 2018 at 10:25 AM ^
February 4th, 2018 at 10:28 AM ^
I'd say son. This is Tom Brady's wife
Son...this is Tom Brady's house
Son....here are Tom Brady's Super Bowl rings
Tell your little friend Dylan he's a fucking idiot.
February 4th, 2018 at 10:40 AM ^
February 4th, 2018 at 11:24 AM ^
you can also show him a picture of Kurt Warner's wife, and show him this is what you get if it appears you will be bagging groceries for a living. Which I would guess Dylan will be doing following after he gets his MSU degree.
February 4th, 2018 at 12:11 PM ^
February 4th, 2018 at 3:06 PM ^
February 4th, 2018 at 12:25 PM ^
like this on the board if they are willing to also reveal what studly specimens they themselves are, and how beautiful their partners or spouses are as well.
February 4th, 2018 at 12:52 PM ^
w Debbie Harry. Good enough?
I miss the 80's, where one was celebrated for being a sexist butthead on a sports blog. Goddamn millenials...
February 4th, 2018 at 1:12 PM ^
of your real selfs or nothing. Some may accuse me of ulterior motives, but I deny it.
February 4th, 2018 at 12:51 PM ^
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February 4th, 2018 at 2:07 PM ^
February 4th, 2018 at 2:28 PM ^
What he or his wife are paid isn't really up to them. If the Pats or endorsement companies want to pay him, how is that a bad thing? Living in a mansion is acceptable when you're worth a combined 300 mill something
You could make a judgment based on what he chooses to do with his riches after football. He could try to make a difference in the world by helping the less fortunate and/or just have fun. For how competitive and ambitious he is, I think he will do something good. But for now it's all about them rings
February 4th, 2018 at 2:53 PM ^
February 4th, 2018 at 3:12 PM ^
February 4th, 2018 at 3:20 PM ^
If it happened all at once, I would probably be running in the streets naked with joy. After I had a few days/weeks for it to sink in, I would probably set aside enough to have a safe and secure life, then start giving away the rest to those who would truly need it and/or where it would do the most good. Crazy idea, I know.
February 4th, 2018 at 3:28 PM ^
Well the sad truth is he's already contributed more to the welfare of others through his taxes, which are alone worth more than what most people make in a lifetime.
It's fine to believe that wealthy people should lend a hand to the poor people, but let's not forget that a lot of poor people are lazy and aren't willing to help themselves. This is America, not communist China
I personally would do something to help others, but it wouldn't necessarily be giving away money to poor people as you suggested. I'm more into helping people help themselves and if that's not possible, then get people off the streets and in functioning homeless shelters
February 4th, 2018 at 3:35 PM ^
True, his taxes are probably doing more good that what most others conciously try to do. The other side is, of course, think of how much good he could do if he made it his top priority.
People suffer (here and abroad) for a number of reasons; in some cases it is their own fault, but in many others it is not. My wife is a teacher at an inner city charter school and comes home sometimes with stories that break my heart. Last fall (2016) she learned that, 2-3 days before Thanksgiving, a young single mother (24-ish with 4 kids, oldest was 7-ish, and had a problem with drugs) blew her brains out in front of the youngest child while the others were in school. The teachers ended up taking in some of the kids as a temporary foster arrangement, but those kids had practically nothing at home anyway. Did the mother make several poor choices? Absolutely. Did it matter who's fault it was to the kids (multple fathers, all either in jail or skipped town from what I could tell)? Probably not. Are the people with $1M+ net worths to blame? No, but how much money would it have actually taken to make this woman's life more bearable and maybe keep her from ending it? Probably not enough for anyone with that kind of net worth to even notice.
February 4th, 2018 at 3:38 PM ^
You keep editing your comment, so here is an addendum to my response:
I'm not saying that directly giving it to the needy is the way to go, especially if they do not have the self control to manage it. Butt in many cases it is not needed, there are already organizations and mechanisms in place to help people - they just need the support.
February 4th, 2018 at 3:52 PM ^
I agree with your sentiment that there are opporunities to help people out there and that not all poor people are lazy lotus eaters. Also, kids are without a doubt the most vulnerable and innocent and get my sympathy
In your example that mother probably suffered from extreme mental health issues due to various factors...god knows what. Our society as it is offers Medicaid to help poor people get access to healthcare. For some reason that system didn't work in her favor...but at the end of the day would money have helped her not kill herself? It's always easy to say money fixes things but I don't think you can look at that situation and say money was the only reason she did it. What if she got money and used it to take opiod prescriptions like rich white people?
February 4th, 2018 at 4:13 PM ^
February 4th, 2018 at 4:21 PM ^
What those teachers did was admirable but if we're going back to the main point of money helping those less fortunate, you just showed how it's not always that cut and dry.
In my opinion, the intervention with money should have been earlier when that woman was deciding on having kids or not. I would be supportive of putting money towards behavioral interventions on a macro scale of helping many women like her make smarter decisions. If you make bad decisions, well, don't expect someone to come save you
February 4th, 2018 at 4:30 PM ^
February 4th, 2018 at 4:31 PM ^
Good point. I agree with you there
February 4th, 2018 at 4:02 PM ^
Also, this may sound crazy, but if you're 24 (my age) and have 4 kids that you can't afford, perhaps the solution to this problem is to make smarter decisions and not have 4 kids?