"31 Teams Hate The Patriots"

So says Terrell Suggs of the Baltimore Ravens.

Of course they do.

Being the most successful football franchise for, what, coming on 15 years, will raise animosity.

Sure, allegations of arrogance, Belichick and the spying don't help, but the bottom line is if they call players will run to play for the Patriots.

It's the same old story played out in sports. It's a universal theme. Hate the successful. The Montreal Canadiens went through it, the Boston Celtics experienced it, the New York Yankees know it too well, Ferrari witnessed it during its periods of dominance in F1 and so on.

Journalists were equally as vicious with their vitriol as fans were.

It's the way the world turns.

In politics, populists urge people to lash out by demanding the successful pay their 'fair share.'

Me? Personally? I love dominance. Empires. Dynasties.