Troy Aikman Admits He Feeds Inside Information to the Dolphins, Which Has Somehow Led to Tom Brady Getting Accused of Cheating

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You know, things for Patriots fans have gotten a little quiet. As they used to say in old movies just before the Comanches attacked, "A little too quiet." 

It's been a long time since a legendary member of the Patriots Hall of Fame with multiple Super Bowl was being accused of cheating on anything. 

And while I don't like to ever give those accusations any oxygen, and I make every effort to give the parties involved all the benefit of the doubt until we know what the full truth is, sometimes you have no choice but to face the situation head on. Which I'm doing now. 

Troy Aikman is being accused of unethical behavior in the performance of his professional duties. And so naturally the football glitterati is blaming Tom Brady. 

Source -  It didn’t take long for Tom Brady’s dual life as an NFL owner and broadcaster to lead to teams cheating out in the open. While Brady may have triple-promise, pinky-sweared on his mother’s life that he wouldn’t use confidential information obtained by working for Fox to alter decisions inside the Las Vegas Raiders, Troy Aikman said the quiet part out loud this week when he revealed he’d been hired by the Miami Dolphins as a “consultant.”

Veteran Cowboys beat writer Clarence Hill Jr. spoke with Aikman this week when the former Dallas quarterback-turned-ESPN announcer said that Miami was “wise” for hiring him to essentially funnel information to them that he has learned as a broadcaster.

“I think the Dolphins were wise in understanding my relationships around the league and knowing that I have information that they don’t have or can’t get. And I think they were smart in taking advantage of that, whether it was through me or through somebody else. The Cowboys have never elected to do that, at least with me. You know, maybe they have with others,” Aikman said.

Aikman can try to throw as much flowery language at this as he wants, but he’s fundamentally talking about cheating. It might not be written into the letter of the law by the NFL, because it frankly hadn’t come up before Brady’s dual life, but we’re talking about a broadcaster using information they learned when one team considered them an impartial third party, and funneling it directly to another team for the purpose of gaining a competitive advantage. … All of this was enabled by Brady being the league’s golden child. 

Of course. Troy Aikman takes money from one of 32 NFL teams to feed them insider information like a spy in a sleeper cell. This is wrong. It's unethical. It puts 31 teams at a competitive disadvantage. And puts Roger Goodell's precious "integrity of the game" at risk. Something therefore must be done. This calls for swift and decisive action. Immediately. There's no time to lose. So let's not waste another second and get down to addressing the matter at hand. 

It's Brady's doing. 

One of the most famous lines in one of the most quoted movies of all time is in Casablanca, when the French police captain is ordered by the Germans to make an arrest, and he says, "Round up the usual suspects!" That's Tom Brady. In all things. Aikman would never do anything untoward were it not for him. 

Before Fox hired Brady, if the Dolphins had reached out and said, "Hey Troy. How would you like some nice bundles of cash in exchange for telling us what you learn from those mid-week interviews you do?", his answer would have been, "What? How dare you? What kind of man do you think you're talking to? You're offer is an insult to my integrity and I shall take my leave of you. Good day to you sir!" Then he would've thrown his scarf over his shoulder, spun on his heels and stormed out indignantly. 

But since Brady owns 5% of the Raiders and still gets to call games, the rules no longer apply. He smashed them to pieces. Broadcasting the NFL is now the Wild West. Utter lawlessness pervades the land. And now every TV analyst gets to sell secrets like its the height of the Cold War. But it's not Aikman's fault that Aikman's doing it. And it's not the Dolphins for hiring him. Only the GOAT is to blame. And once again, he's brought shame upon the NFL.

P.S. Given that over the past three years the Dolphins have gone from an 11-win playoff team to 7-10 and just fired their coach, they might ask themselves if Aikman is actually a double agent working on behalf of the Patriots. After all, the way Brady is the only player that cheats, they're the only franchise that does. It's time to take away another draft pick from the AFC champs.