[troutman]

Oh please. Fines and losing draft picks more than compensates for any small advantage the Pats may have gained.

Bill: Ladies and gentlemen, I'll be brief. The issue here is not whether we broke a few rules, or took a few liberties with our opponent's footballs - we did.

[winks at Roger Goodell]

Bill: But you can't hold a whole franchise responsible for the behavior of a few, sick twisted individuals. For if you do, then shouldn't we blame the whole football system? And if the whole football system is guilty, then isn't this an indictment of our sporting institutions in general? I put it to you, Roger - isn't this an indictment of our entire American society? Well, you can do whatever you want to us, but we're not going to sit here and listen to you badmouth the United States of America. Gentlemen!

[Leads the Patriots out of the hearing, all humming the Star-Spangled Banner]