Posted on 01/24/2015 4:00:59 PM PST by big'ol_freeper
In the year of Ray Rice, Adrian Peterson and Greg Hardy, they've somehow managed to trump serious cases of domestic abuse by blowing a silly, inane, moronic controversy over the inflation of game balls into a national story that gets more sublime and ridiculous by the day.
The league didn't take their time and do due diligence on what really mattered in the Ray Rice case, and delivered a hasty judgment that Commissioner Roger Goodell admitted was ill-conceived.
Now, they're taking their sweet time to decide who may have taken too much air out of the balls, a violation that is punishable by a minimum $25,000 fine. This is no more serious than hockey players playing with an illegal stick or, as we saw in 1983 with George Brett, hitting with a doctored, pine-tarred bat.
Talk about having your priorities all screwed up.
(Excerpt) Read more at weei.com ...
This has been a season-long behavior. It was not confined to only the last game. That is only where it was discovered.
Sounds like some bad tire valves on my car years ago. Could it be that the Pats balls had bad valves from the factory? I don't know and I more suspect that one of the ball boys was sticking air needles in, but a batch of balls with defective valves or bladders is a potential.
Spygate over Million Dollar fine that BELICHICK gladly wrote the NFL a check for a Million Dollars as the NFL conveniently lost the evidence to show the public.
Give me the Seahawks whose QB is another Tim Tebow who praises the Lord first thing after the game win or lose.
Yea,the same way we all hate Vince Lombardi,Tom Landry and Bill Walsh.
The NFL rules refer to “pounds,” not to pounds per square inch —
OH! This is wonderful.
If you can’t write a good rule ... too bad.
Exactly.
When Dan Rather uses forged documents in his newscast are you entertained?
Did you know or expect that the Patriots would be using footballs that violate the rules? Punishments for rule infractions are not intended to be payment for the infractions. They are intended to discourage the infractions in the interest of fair play.
Why do I get the feeling that most here on FR don’t care who wins the Super Bowl..or HOWE...so long as Seattle loses?
Who’s HOWE??????
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Sorry...an extra “E” slipped in there.
No apology necessary .
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How many times during the game did the refs handle the balls and it wasn’t until late in the game that they noticed a ball was under inflated?
This whole thing is BS.
can we just make sure that Katy Perry’s boobs are not deflated until after half time?
prove it
prove it
prove it
the NFL apparently can’t, so the burden falls to you...
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