The Edge

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Roger Pielke. The Edge

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To Amelia Martelo Coleman, 1919–2015

PART I: THE WAR FOR THE SOUL OF SPORT

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The other position on Deflategate has been voiced by, among others, Charles Haley, another NFL Hall of Famer and the only player to earn five Super Bowl rings (two with San Francisco and three with Dallas). Haley, who played linebacker and defensive end, positions that often require chasing after quarterbacks (perhaps protected by linemen with silicon on their shirts!), called Brady a cheater: “I’ve lost all respect [for Brady]. When your integrity is challenged in the game of football, to me, all his Super Bowls are tainted.”14 Similar comments were made by Jerry Rice, the Hall of Fame receiver who caught a lot of Joe Montana’s passes, in siding with Haley: “I’m going to be point blank, I feel like it’s cheating.”15

Edge Battles

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