Back in 2006 the two prima-donna quarterbacks in the NFL, Manning and Brady, lobbied the league to allow each offense to prepare it's own balls and the NFL changed the rule for them. Up until then the home team prepared all the balls. Now it's come back to bite one of them in the butt. Let's have a pity party. Can you imagine any other pro league changing the balls to appease one or two players? LeBron would like a softer ball. OK, lets change it. Zack Greinke would like a softer ball. OK, lets change it. Federer would like his people to prepare the tennis balls only he uses. OK, lets change the rules. Nope, ain't gonna happen. But the two biggest whinners in the NFL managed to get the rules changed and now we all see why at least one of them wanted it changed and just how stupid an idea that was. I have no sympathy for Tom Brady. He not only dug the hole he's in, he bought the shovel long before the hole was ever dug.