The last couple of weeks in the NFL have been emotional games for the Patriots, or at least for Tom Brady, because cameras have captured him dropping words on the sidelines that even the most novice of lip readers can interpret:
https://twitter.com/SportsQuotient/status/539180862135218176
For what it’s worth, Brady’s had no apologies, not that he should. In a recent interview on WEEI, he expressed his Bob Knight-like appreciation for the f-bomb and said it was the networks’ issue for getting so close to him:
“I wish I did have a better mouth out there at times,” he said, “but there’s nothing that quite expresses the way I feel like that word. It is, it is [a great word], especially in the heat of the moment. … Blame CBS and NBC for putting it on TV. Don’t blame me. … We’re not choirboys, I know that. You bring us up to a certain level of intensity to the game, you’re job is to go out there and physically, emotionally, mentally dominate the game. You don’t do that at church on Sunday. You’ve got to go to the football field for that.”
I mean, the man has a point – TV stations are actively choosing to put his very obvious swearing on air, so why should he apologize? This isn’t scripted! If networks are that concerned, they can fall back on a delay implemented after the Janet Jackson/Justin Timberlake Super Bowl half time show fiasco from like 2004. But, if they don’t want to do that, why should Brady care?
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Reva is a staff writer for Awful Announcing and the AP Party. She lives in Orange County and roots for zero California teams.