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Agent Don Yee presumably has been making phone calls to TV and radio shows in recent days because he believes the things he’s saying will help his client, Tom Brady. As noted here (twice) in the past 24 hours, Yee’s efforts aren’t helping. And they could eventually hurt Brady.

Appearing last night on NPR, Yee suggested that the decisions made in the #DeflateGate case were driven by an agenda against Brady and the Patriots.

“I do think there was some malice intended toward Tom and the organization,” Yee said. “I don’t know if the malice was intentional. They’ve been winning for a long time, as we know, and I’ve always told my friends who’ve inquired about the NFL — I tell them, there is no jealousy or envy like NFL jealousy or envy.”

Does this mean that the NFL was willing to allow the AFC title game to be tainted by the use of footballs that were below the minimum PSI in the hopes of catching Brady and the Patriots in the act?

“I’m not necessarily saying that,” Yee said. “I’m saying that it’s my opinion that there may be people within the NFL who have certain agendas as to how they want to see certain teams perform or how games be staged.”

It’s not clear what that really means. It could mean that Yee believes some people in the league office have preferences regarding the outcome of games and are willing to take steps that will make a given result more likely.

While sentiments like that often are expressed by zealous fans and hot-take artists, Yee takes a real risk by suggesting that games are nudged a certain way at a time when the NFL will be deciding how long to nudge his client out of the NFL. Although Brady himself has opted not to discuss the matter, Yee is doing so on Brady’s behalf. The words spoken by Yee are, essentially, words spoken by Brady.

All things considered, it would be better if Yee were speaking no words on Brady’s behalf.