ESTABLISHED IN 2001, THE LIGHT

FOUNDATION PROVIDES YOUTH WITH

UNIQUE OUTDOOR LEARNING

EXPERIENCES THAT ASSIST THEM IN

REACHING THEIR HIGHEST POTENTIAL

AND MATT LIGHT IS A GREAT DUDE.

A THREE TIME SUPER BOWL CHAMP

WHO HAS RECENTLY MADE HEADLINES

FOR HIS INFLATION NATION RAFFLE

AND HE JOINS US HERE ON "THE

RICH EISEN SHOW."

TELL US ABOUT THE INFLATION

NATION, MATT.

>> WELL, THANKS FOR HAVING ME

ON.

ALWAYS GOOD TO TALK TO YOU.

WE HAVE A LONG HISTORY TOGETHER.

LOT OF AWESOME MOMENTS.

>> ON PATRIOTS CAM BACK IN THE

DAY OF "NFL TOTAL ACCESS."

INDEED.

>> YEAH.

YOU HAVE LED A LOT OF OUR GALAS

IN THE PAST KICKING OFF THE

SEASON.

I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I GOT

ABOUT AN EIGHT INCH BEARD

ROCKING THESE DAYS.

ABOUT AS NASTY AS I HAVE EVER

BEEN.

>> YOU GOT A WOOLLY MAMMOTH LOOK

RIGHT NOW.

WHEN I HOSTED THOSE PATRIOTS

KICKOFF DINNERS, I HOSTED THREE

OF THEM, WHAT I DID BETTER THAN

ANY OTHER HOST, TELL ME IF I'M

WRONG, I GOT YOU GUYS OUT OF

THERE.

I GOT YOU OUT OF THERE QUICKLY.

WE RAISED THE MONEY AND

BELICHICK HAD YOU GUYS IN BED

RIGHT WHEN HE WANTED IT.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

YOU TELL ME IF I'M WRONG.

>> NO, NO, NO.

LISTEN, YOU DID A PHENOMENAL

JOB.

NOT ONLY WITH JUST THE TIMING OF

EVERYTHING BUT ALSO YOU THREW IN

WITTY BANTER AND POKED FUN AT

SOME GOOD STUFF.

UNLIKE BERMAN.

I LOVE HIM.

>> NO, NO.

>> HIS INTRODUCTION TOOK A

LITTLE WHILE.

EVERY GUY, HE'S GOT TO HAVE SOME

LITTLE NAME OR SOMETHING HE PUTS

ON IT AND IT WAS DEFINITELY A

LITTLE BIT MORE DRAWN OUT WITH

OTHER PEOPLE.

YES.

>> MATT "GUIDING" LIGHT JOINING

ME ON "THE RICH EISEN SHOW"

RIGHT NOW.

ALL RIGHT.

LET'S GET TO INFLATION NATION.

PEOPLE THINK YOU MIGHT BE MAKING

LIGHT A LITTLE BIT, IF YOU WILL,

NO PUN INTENDED, OF THE WHOLE

DEFLATEGATE THING.

YOU ARE TRYING TO USE IT FOR

GOOD, THOUGH.

RAISE SOME MONEY HERE FOR YOUR

CHARITY.

>> WE ARE.

YOU LOOK AT THESE OPPORTUNITIES

TO DO SOMETHING FOR YOUR OWN

FOUNDATION OR OTHER FOUNDATIONS

AND IT'S DIFFICULT.

IT'S DIFFICULT TO RAISE MONEY.

BUT I THOUGHT THIS.

WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S BEING

SAID ABOUT THIS DEFLATEGATE AND

THE PRESSURIZATION OF A

FOOTBALL, CAN WE NOT TRY TO TURN

IT INTO SOMETHING POSITIVE?

CAN WE NOT TRY TO MAYBE MOVE

PAST ALL THE JUST CHAOS AND

CIRCUS THAT'S BEEN CREATED AND

DO SOMETHING GREAT, AND THAT'S

WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.

WE GOT THE INFLATION NATION

RAFFLE.ORG.

IF YOU GO ON, YOU WILL SEE WHERE

WE'RE GIVING AWAY, WE'RE

RAFFLING OFF A CHANCE TO GO WITH

ME AND SOME OF MY BUDDIES ON A

PRIVATE JET INTO INDIANAPOLIS

WEEK SIX OF THE SEASON, WHERE

THE PATS ARE GOING TO BE FACING

THE COLTS IN THIS AFC

CHAMPIONSHIP REMATCH AND WE ARE

GOING TO HAVE THE WHOLE WEEKEND

FOR ANYBODY, FOR WHOEVER WINS

THIS, THE WHOLE WEEKEND TAKEN

CARE OF.

IT'S A REALLY COOL PACKAGE BUT

AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF YOU

DON'T WIN THAT, YOU WILL BE

DOING TWO THINGS.

YOU WILL BE SENDING A MESSAGE TO

THE NFL SAYING THAT THIS WHOLE

DEFLATEGATE THING IS RIDICULOUS

AND WE ARE GOING TO TURN IT INTO

SOMETHING POSITIVE BY SUPPORTING

LIGHT FOUNDATION, WHAT WE DO,

AND NUMBER TWO, WE ARE GOING TO

HAVE SOME FUN WITH IT.

WE WILL DEBATE IT, TALK ABOUT

IT.

IF YOU GOT ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO

EVEN CALL IN, WE WILL TAKE

CALLS.

I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR WHAT THE

REACTION IS TO THE SIMPLE FACT

THAT SOMETHING LIKE THIS SHOULD

HAVE NEVER GOTTEN TO THIS POINT

AND THERE'S HARDCORE SIMPLE

EVIDENCE THAT CAN PROVE IT ALL.

>> OKAY.

LET'S GET TO IT, MATT LIGHT

JOINING ME HERE.

I WILL BE THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE

HERE.

FIRST THINGS FOREMOST.

HAVE YOU SPOKEN TO TOM BRADY AT

ALL THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS?

>> I HAVE.

WE DIDN'T GET INTO THE OVERALL

SPECIFICS OF ALL THIS STUFF BUT

I HAVE TALKED TO HIM, LET HIM

KNOW I WAS GOING TO DO THIS

RAFFLE NUMBER ONE AND NUMBER

TWO, TO SEE HOW HE WAS.

>> OKAY.

SO THE THING THAT MOST FANS HAVE

A PROBLEM WITH WITH TOM WAS IN

THE PRESS CONFERENCE THAT

HAPPENED ON THE THURSDAY AFTER

THE AFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, HE

WAS ASKED POINT BLANK ARE YOU A

CHEATER AND HIS RESPONSE WAS I

DON'T BELIEVE SO WHICH IS

SOMETHING THAT NOBODY SHOULD

EVER TRY WITH THEIR SIGNIFICANT

OTHER IF THEY WERE ACCUSED OF

CHEATING BECAUSE THAT LINE

WOULDN'T WORK.

SO MY QUESTION FOR YOU,

INTERPRET THAT FOR ME.

WHAT COULD HE POSSIBLY MEAN BY

SAYING I DON'T BELIEVE SO?

>> YEAH.

YOU KNOW, I THINK OF IT THIS

WAY.

IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW TOM BRADY AND

NOT A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE DO

THAT ARE OUT THERE, LIKE ANYONE

ELSE, THAT WOULDN'T SEEM ODD TO

ANYBODY THAT'S BEEN AROUND HIM.

TOM'S A DIFFERENT GUY, YOU KNOW?

I TELL PEOPLE ALL THE TIME, I

LOVE GOING OUT IN THE WOODS AND

CHASING THINGS AND HARVESTING

WHATEVER I FIND EDIBLE.

I'M THAT GUY.

I'M A BIG BURLY WEIRDO.

THAT'S NOT TOMMY.

ALSO, YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THE

ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH WE KIND OF

GREW UP, RIGHT?

EVERY SINGLE DAY HOW WE

ADDRESSED THE MEDIA, HOW YOU

SPEAK FOR YOURSELF, THAT'S BEEN

HIS LIFE.

NUMBER ONE, IT'S NOT LIKE HE

WANTED TO GO UP AND HAVE THAT

PRESS CONFERENCE, AND HE WAS

FORCED TO BE AT THAT PRESS

CONFERENCE AND HE DIDN'T KNOW

ANY OF THE DETAILS, RIGHT?

THE NFL HADN'T EVEN MADE A

STATEMENT AT THAT TIME REGARDING

ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS WHOLE

SCANDAL, THEY HADN'T SEEN WHAT

THEY WERE INVESTIGATING, THEY

HADN'T SAID WHAT IT WAS ALL

ABOUT.

AND THE TEAM WAS COMPLETELY IN

THE DARK AS TO HOW TO REALLY

REACT AND RESPOND.

SO WHEN THE MEDIA COMES AT HIM

AND SAYS SOMETHING LIKE THIS,

IT'S IN HIS MIND, WHICH THIS

WOULDN'T SOUND GOOD AND I'M NOT

SURE HE WOULD EVEN SAY THIS BUT

IT'S ALMOST LAUGHABLE TO BE

POSED THIS QUESTION AND HAVE TO

RESPOND TO IT, ESPECIALLY

CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT HE'S

GOT A BIG GAME TO GET READY FOR.

AGAIN, I LOOK AT IT AND SAY I

UNDERSTAND HOW PEOPLE CAN TAKE

THAT AS OH, HE'S HIDING

SOMETHING, HE'S NOT TELLING THE

TRUTH, HE COULDN'T SAY IT

POINT-BLANK BUT THAT'S TOMMY.

HE WAS SPEAKING FOR HIMSELF AND

SAYING HEY, LISTEN, I DON'T

THINK SO.

NOT I DON'T THINK SO BECAUSE I

WANT TO BE MISLEADING BUT I

DON'T THINK SO BECAUSE THIS IS

RIDICULOUS.

THIS IS ABSURD.

>> MATT LIGHT JOINING ME HERE ON

"THE RICH EISEN SHOW."

SO YOU THINK NOTHING HAPPENED,

THIS IS AN IDEAL GAS LAW

SITUATION?

>> WELL, I THINK THE NUMBERS

PROVE THAT.

IF YOU TAKE THE ONLY FOUR BALLS

THAT THEY TESTED, AGAIN, THINK

ABOUT HOW ABSURD THAT IS.

THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

KNOWS THEY ARE GOING TO

INVESTIGATE THE PRESSURIZATION

OF THE FOOTBALLS BEFORE THIS

GAME'S PLAYED AND THEY DON'T

HAVE ANY PROTOCOL PUT IN PLACE

TO DOCUMENT IT?

THEY DON'T HAVE A SYSTEM IN

WHICH THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE

SOME KIND OF REPEATABILITY OR

SOME KIND OF PROCESS BY WHICH

THEY JUDGE THESE THINGS?

THAT'S ABSURD.

THE FOUR BALLS THEY TESTED FOR

THE COLTS WERE IDENTICAL IN THE

DIFFERENCE IN PRESSURE WITH THE

FIRST FOUR BALLS THEY TESTED

WITH THE PATRIOTS.

ABSOLUTELY ZERO DIFFERENCE.

I GO BACK TO THE FACTS IN THIS

CASE, THEY ARE VERY EVIDENT BUT

AGAIN, THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL

LEAGUE DIDN'T MAKE ANY OF THIS

KNOWN UNTIL WEEKS AFTER THIS

THING BROKE.

>> THAT SAID, MATT LIGHT, I'M

HEARING FROM A CERTAIN FORMER

PATRIOT WHO IS BACK WITH THE

JETS IN DARRELLE REVIS SAYING

QUOTE UNQUOTE, STUFF REPEATEDLY

HAPPENED THROUGH THE YEARS.

YOU GOT SPYGATE, YOU GOT THIS

AND THAT AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

THE PATRIOTS HAVE A HISTORY OF

DOING STUFF.

WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THAT, MATT

LIGHT?

>> YEAH.

I READ THAT, TOO.

I THINK THAT NUMBER ONE, THAT'S

DARRELLE, YOU KNOW.

HE'S ALWAYS BEEN THAT KIND OF

GUY.

HE'S GOING TO SAY SOMETHING

WITHOUT SAYING ANYTHING AND WHAT

HE SAID WAS SPYGATE.

WHICH EVERYBODY WANTS TO GO TO

SPYGATE.

THE THIS, THAT AND THE OTHER,

I'M NOT SURE WHAT EXACTLY THAT

IS.

I LOOK AT SPYGATE AND I SAY

THIS.

IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO

USE AS A CASE IN POINT, I

THINK†-- AND YOU WANT TO CALL

THEM CHEATERS AND I WAS PART OF

THAT, OBVIOUSLY, THAT

ORGANIZATION AT THAT TIME WHEN

ALL THOSE THINGS CAME OUT, IT'S

JUST REALLY TOUGH FOR ME TO

UNDERSTAND THAT SIDE OF IT.

SPYGATE HAPPENED.

BILL DIDN'T TRY TO DENY IT.

BILL DIDN'T USE BILL CLINTON'S

MODEL AND SAY I DIDN'T DO IT.

IT WAS SOMETHING THAT NEEDED TO

BE ADJUSTED, THAT NEEDED TO BE A

LEVELLER WITHIN THE LEAGUE AND

AGAIN, I'M NOT MAKING EXCUSES

FOR ANYTHING, BUT THAT WAS THE

WAY BUSINESS WAS DONE IN THE

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE AND

CHEATING IS GETTING A

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE, AND

THERE'S ZERO POSSIBILITY THAT

FILMING ANYTHING ON THE SIDELINE

AND THEN GOING BACK AND

EVALUATING IT CAN GIVE YOU AN

ADVANTAGE IN A GAME.

SO IT WASN'T CHEATING AND I

DON'T EVEN WANT TO OPEN THAT CAN

OF WORMS BUT EVERYBODY GOES BACK

TO IT.

THAT'S WHAT DARRELLE WENT TO AND

THAT'S HIM BEING HIM.

HE'S A DIFFERENT DUCK TO BEGIN

WITH.

>> MATT LIGHT JOINING ME HERE ON

"THE RICH EISEN SHOW."

SO DO YOU THINK TOM BRADY, I

KNOW NO ONE WANTS TO SPEAK FOR

OTHER PEOPLE, JUST KNOWING HIM,

DO YOU THINK HE WOULD ACCEPT

JUST A COUPLE GAMES KNOCKED OFF,

OR HE NEEDS IT FULLY DOWN TO

ZERO AND WOULD SUE THE LEAGUE TO

MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS?

DO YOU THINK HE GOES DOWN THAT

ROUTE, JUST KNOWING HIM?

>> I HATE TO IMAGINE GOING

THROUGH A LAWSUIT AND DRAGGING

IT ON FOREVER.

I WOULD HOPE THAT THE

COMMISSIONER WOULD LOOK AT THIS

AND RULE IN A WAY THAT'S

CONSISTENT WITH THE EVIDENCE AND

EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT

FORTH SINCE THE BEGINNING, AND I

WOULD HOPE THAT TOMMY WOULDN'T

SETTLE FOR ANYTHING LESS THAN

ZERO GAMES.

SO THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO

SEE.

HOW IT ALL PLAYS OUT, I'M NOT

SURE THE COMMISSIONER HAS IT IN

HIM TO GO BACK ON SOMETHING THAT

HE'S ALREADY DONE.

THAT'S JUST NOT IN HIS DNA FOR

THE MOST PART, AND YOU NEVER, BY

THE WAY, HAVE HEARD ROGER

GOODELL OWN UP TO ANY OF HIS

PART OF THIS OR TAKE ANY

ACCOUNTABILITY ON THE THINGS

THAT WERE CLEARLY IN HIS WHEEL

HOUSE.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I HAVE

ALWAYS ADMIRED OUT OF BILL.

IN A BILL BELICHICK RUN SYSTEM,

IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG, HE'S

THE FIRST GUY TO STAND UP LIKE

MOST LEADERS DO AND TAKE IT ON

HIS CHEST AND WEAR THAT WE'LL

GET IT BETTER, I APOLOGIZE, I'M

NOT GOING TO LET THAT HAPPEN

KIND OF HAT.

I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT OUT OF ROGER

GOODELL.

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