To me, a lot of this DeflateGate talk is really about SpyGate […] People have resentment and lingering mistrust from SpyGate, the league destroyed the evidence, people did not get the explanation that they wanted on this around the rest of the country. […] I don’t think really the rest of the country cares about deflated footballs. I think they could care less. You know, I don’t think it’s that big a deal. I think that this is residual from SpyGate, they’ve been waiting for years for the Patriots to slip up; they feel like they did, and now they’re jumping all over it. […] It’s not about how many games they played with deflated footballs and who turned ‘em in […] It’s about trying to exact that pound of flesh that people wanted from SpyGate.
Christopher Gasper (via mikeoftheoldrepublic)
I don’t really do Gasper anymore, but this rings true to me.