Seven months of nonsense, are we closer to the truth?
The NFL seems to want a penalty paid in blood
So much time spent on the inflation of balls
Before we ever consider talking about the game
Each day brings more unanswered questions
Each day brings another pack of lies
This blew up in January with correctable lies
Misinformation passed from the league as truth
Now Patriots fans howl for ESPN’s blood
For the damning initial report over balls
It was wrong, but the shadow over the game
Grew and led to many more questions
Other decisions raise many more questions
I ask where Roger Goodell’s heart lies
Two games for Ray Rice, where is the truth
Greg Hardy gets four, his hands steeped in blood
Brady gets four, for maybe knowing about balls?
NFL punishment comes off like a random game
September 10, the Patriots opening game
Brady or Garoppolo is one of the questions
To be filtered from among all the lies
Hidden in procedural reeds is the truth
Hard to find and as precious as blood
Lawyers make their case like clowns juggling balls
This was never about the inflation of balls
It’s been Goodell asserting his control of the game
Every decision was met with nothing but questions
And the NFL felt it was caught up in lies
Invent a scandal and sideswipe the truth
And hope the crowd no longer calls for your blood
Brady has paid for this “crime” with his blood
Reputation smeared over a handful of balls
One of the all-time greats of this game
A career reduced over a handful of questions
A league reduced to whispering lies
Because it didn’t like when it saw the truth
Spilling of legal blood over these questions
We inch closer to games and new rules over balls
Expect more rumors and lies, and hope for some truth.
Travis Lazarczyk — 861-9242
Twitter: @TLazarczykMTM
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