First deflated balls, now a deflated fine

One particularly intrepid Patriots fan has set up a GoFundMe page to pay the Patriots’ US$1 million fine for Deflategate. On the page, Patriots fan Michael J. Whitman (who is from Spokane, where the closest NFL team is the Seattle Seahawks) said he knows the $1 million goal will be difficult to reach: "We obviously know we won’t reach One Million Dollars, however we do believe the fine is bulls**t and want to help anyway we can. So whatever is donated will be donated to the New England Patriots in help with the fine! As we venture with this, we will do frequent updates to show progression of this! If enough is made to make the travel, we will fly down there (on our own expenses) and deliver a check in person!" Do they need an extra million? Not likely. In August 2014, Forbes valued the New England Patriots at $2.6 billion, ranked behind only the Dallas Cowboys in wealth. Team owner Robert Kraft has a net worth of $4.3 billion, according to Forbes, who also tallied up Brady’s salary over the course of his tenure as a Patriot and put it at $154,779,500 (and that’s not including bonuses or endorsement deals). And besides, the fans weren't the ones responsible for the deflated balls, and yet some of them have already donated to the "cause". Every cent being put towards a fine for cheating is a cent not going towards a more worthy cause like earthquake victims in Nepal.