The sports industry is one of the fastest growing industries in the world. It is the industry that has produced some of the most successful athletes and roles models in the world. Tom Brady and the Patriots are the team that won the Super Bowl this year defeating the Seahawks. But there is one issue did the Patriots and Tom Brady cheat? Were the balls deflated? Should they bey disqualify and should the Seahawks get the trophy by default? Did Tom Brady know the balls were deflated? There are hundreds of questions that the world can ask. The NFL has decided to suspend Tom Brady for four games, the team forfeited the number 1 draft pick in the 2016 NFL draft and the team was fined $1million dollars. An appeal was filed on behalf of Tom Brady and his four game suspension. The NFL does not want to honor this appeal they wish to punish this team. I honestly think that the whole deflate gate controversy is just not a good thing. I honestly think that if the patriots and Tom Brady were found guilty that they should be stripped of the title and the title should be given to the Seahawks who was their opponent for the Superbowl. I think that that is how they were able to get the Super Bowl trophy due to the deflate gate scandal. I think that if the game was fair and square the Seattle Seahawks would have been 2 times champions.
The Washington Redskins have had some issues as well. The issues that they had are with their trademark. The trademark case involved the teams name to defend the constitutionality of the Lanham Act, which bars disparaging trademarks. An appeal board of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office canceled six of the team's trademark registrations last year, ruling that the term "Redskins" was disparaging to a substantial composite of Native Americans at the time the registrations were granted from 1967 to 1990.
The NFL are also dealing with the settlement between players. The concussion case was very important there were players saying they have suffered concussions and they brought up a claim saying that they wanted to be compensated for the concussions that they suffered throguhout their careers.
There are many claims and cases that have been arising in the industry of sports. The NFL seems to be having the most issues when it comes to their players and either their, contracts, the teams or their personal lives. I think that the league needs to take advantage, I feel that the league should find a better way to protect their names, logos, teams and players. I feel like the league should be represented better. I feel like if the league protected their players personal lives a little bit better everything will be better for not only the players but also the league.
