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Posted on 01/23/2015 9:57:18 AM PST by Colehill1999
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Yes. That is, after all, the proscribed punishment for knowingly using an underinflated football in an NFL game.
Or, I suppose they could get “real tough” and fine them $25,000 times 11.
"Will o one rid me of this troublesome football"
Play the game. Send the Colts. That is what would happen in high school football in Texas. You cheat, the other team advances.
And Barry Bonds was all natural, too.
They Pats cheated. But a 45-7 game means that the deflated ball issue really was a NON-issue.
But even if it meant the game; the game will stand.
That’s what I thought at first as well, but apparently the league provides all the footballs used for the kicking game.
Kickers do not use the same footballs as the rest of the team.
For all games, eight new footballs, sealed in a special box and shipped by the manufacturer to the referee, are opened in the officials’ locker room two hours and 15 minutes before game time. Those balls are specially marked by the referee and used exclusively for the kicking game.
Do I believe the patriots cheated no. Do I believe they would fill them to the minimum in a warm room and let nature takes its course to gain an advantage yes. If the NFL rules that the balls are measured before the game and don’t allow for a change in temp that is the NFL’s fault they did not break the rules.
If you have a newer car that shows you tire pressure ... you'll notice it is OK in the garage (where its warmer), but when you get outside or leave the car outside, the psi in the tires drop a few pounds. Same thing with anything "inflated" with AIR.
The key here is to inflate them with nitrogen instead of air ... wouldn't change the ball, but the psi would change only barely with temperature as the expansion/contraction with nitrogen is much less than "air." Or find out what the temperature differential is between "ambient" and "game environment" ... inflate just above the 11.5 knowing it will come down to the 11.5 the quarterback wants when the ball is at game temperature.
But for Patriot-haters and Colts fans ... what difference does science make ... Brady cheated!
(Makes great TV, but about as scientifically boring as man-made global warming).
Told him he's nuts.
He grabbed another digital thermometer...and voila...no temp.
Anything digital has to be constantly calibrated.
Now I know zip about football....but what is the process of filling and checking these.
Since they’re both tossing around the same ball in a play, I’m trying to see the advantage. Help me out.
Colts linebacker did not say that.http://m.espn.go.com/nfl/story?storyId=12213533&src=desktop&rand=ref~%7B”ref”%3A”http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com”%7D
You left out MURDERERS.
Aaron Hernandez, former star of the NE Patriots................
If it is known they cheated to win the playoffs, why are they even still playing in the SB?
They likely cheted. They are proven cheaters in that they got caught, true. But not 'period'.
The epilogue here is the second half of that game against the Colts. And that is that anything that may have been done to the balls did not help the Patriots. And the proof is in the second half when they were using regulation, fully inflated balls.
The Pats outscored the Colts 28-0 in the second half. Explain how deflated footballs helped the Patriots in that half.
Perhaps if one team knows that there is the difference and the other team does not, and cannot consciously adjust accordingly, there would be at least a slight advantage.
***I don’t think that’s clear. There are ways that this could happened quite accidentally.***
Explain please. They’ve ruled out that the temperature had anything to do with it because the Colts balls weren’t deflated.
It would be a really bad thing if the NFL had released a report a day after the game saying that 11 Patriots balls were deflated, if they hadn’t examined them properly. You don’t release a report with a preliminary finding.
I’ve heard that it used to be that way, and then they changed that to suit some QBs, namely Peyton Manning and Tom Brady petitioned for the change.
It wasn’t freezing that night. Wasn’t close. But I do see your point.
One name that hasn't been mentioned in the sports media to this point is Josh McDaniels QB coach and offensive co-ordinator. He was the coach of the Denver Broncos until he was fired by Pat Bowlen ... for two reasons, #1) he lost the confidence of his players and the team went into a losing streak, #2) he got caught up in a scandal in London when one of his staff was caught taping the opponents practice session at Wembley Stadium (which may have some bearing on #1).
Josh McDaniels has a long history with Belichick and apparently has learned his lesson well.
Deflated balls??? Ask the expert......George
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