Tom Brady

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A poll inspired by the Lancaster newspaper, which ran a user poll like this yesterday.

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Brady is doing a little better on this forum than in the local newspaper's poll.  There a plurality went for Cheater.  Cheater and good QB came in second.  Good QB came in third.  Most of the locals are either Eagles or Steelers fans, though, and probably they're sour on the whole season.

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Would I vote for a politician on the basis of which team he supports?  Unlikely.

Similarly, my judgment of an athlete does not depend upon his political ideology.

Ah, to each his own.  Public policy and athletes have a strange relationship.  For example, Jesse Owens was, far and away, the best track and field competitor at the 1936 olympic games.  (Four gold medals!)  When he came back to the United States he was given a tickertape parade in New York and invited to a reception dinner in his honor.  But when he arrived at the Waldorf Astoria hotel for the reception in his honor, he was not allowed in the front entrance.  Instead, he was instructed to use the service entrance.