Tom Brady should be suspended.
He didn't play by the rules. A 243-page report issued by NFL-hired attorney Ted Wells concluded the New England Patriots' star quarterback was "generally aware" that two locker room attendants were deflating footballs at his behest.
The dots began to be connected at Brady's initial Deflategate news conference in January when he uncomfortably insisted he didn't knowingly do anything wrong. Barry Bonds said the same to a grand jury about his use of steroids during the BALCO trial.
These are legal answers, not candor. They are half truths, when full disclosure could reveal a crime or spur discipline (and clearly Brady didn't want to jeopardize missing the Super Bowl).