Oh for f-sakes, lets bring in Pete Rose, Syracuse , laptops, pizzas and all other longtime boneyard never-ending debates into the thread.
The Brady kerfluffle is more similar to Gaylord Perry, Joe Niekro & Don Sutton or corked batters Sosa, Chris Sabo, Albert Belle and Craig Nettles or George Brett.
Remember they changed the rules in football to allow QB's to customize their footballs while at the same time they change the rules to disallow frequent tampering with field goal/kickoff footballs. Yet there was no national show about field goal kickers.
Steroids > messing with equipment
Legality > rules violations