Cheat!
Cheat!
Cheat!
“Which brings us to the crux of the matter. Why, six days after the fact, is the NFL so obsessed over this?
I get it. Someone in the NFL office is fuming and embarrassed.”
It’s almost like they actually dig having a controversial NFL story dominate the news cycle in the days leading up to the league’s biggest game. Truly mystifying.
Freegards
Go Patriots!!
Indeed.
And also classic Patriots if, as I understand it correctly, they somehow so vigorously rubbed the balls just before taking them to the refs locker room before the game that they temporarily had an extra psi of pressure before they deflated out on the field to reach “equilibrium” again. They also asked the refs to inflate the balls to the 12.5 minimum. That means they were able to essentially double the effect of taking the balls out in cold air, dropping 2 psi instead of one, and getting the balls effectively 2 psi under the mandated minimum.
All while following the letter of the law on ball preparation.
How about four or five years ago during a Yankees baseball game. Derek Jeter was at bat and the pitch hit the end of the bat. Jeter, dropped the bat and grabbed his hand and pretended that the ball hit him. The trainer even came out and looked at his hand. The replay clearly showed the pitch hit the bat, but Jeter was awarded first base. Is he a cheater? Should he be disallowed from getting into the hall of fame?
For me, sports is entertainment, nothing more. Whether or not the Patriots altered the footballs doesn't matter one iota to me. I'm still going to go to work on Monday, and my life will go on as normal. I'm still going to watch football and will continue to be entertained during the games.
When I go to the movies, I know it's all fake but I'm still entertained by them. I know that the actor playing Sonny didn't really die in The Godfather, but I still love that movie. I don't feel cheated to know that everything in movies is fake.
I just don't see why people are getting their shorts in a twist over something that doesn't matter to them. Why is altering the footballs such a big deal and purposely holding or pass interference isn't? All those infractions are against the rules and could alter the outcome of the game.
I saw that presser. he really didn’t say anything, and he said it poorly.
I think it’s just sad that there is a significant chunk of the country caught up over 2lbs of pressure in a football.
The New England Patriots team have had a lot of success over the past 20 years. Most people from other football towns hate them because their own teams have not had the same level of success. Those people will seize on any opportunity to label them cheaters. That just goes with the territory when you have that level of success.
This is the same reason most New Englanders hate the New York Yankees baseball team. The success of the New York Yankees over the past century, not to mention the purloining of Babe Ruth, has come mostly at the expense of the Boston Red Sox. Therefore, most people from Boston have an irrational hatred of New Yorkers.
And so it is with the New England Patriots, who have demolished other football clubs (except maybe the New York Giants) from coast to coast over the past two decades.
The best thing the New England Patriots can do at this time is focus on beating the Seattle Seahawks and find some ways to get an edge over them. I thing we are going to see a reverse flea-flicker in the first half.
The range of “legal” ball pressures needs to be widened. Embrace diversity.
In short, do the following:
1. Inflate eight Wilson-made official NFL footballs, four to 12.5 PSI and four to 13.5 PSI, in a heated room set to a temperature of around 65 °F.
2. Put the footballs in the climate control chamber, set to match the temperature and humidity at 6 pm EST on January 17, 2014 in Foxborough, MA, then:
a. Adjust the temperature and humidity over a time period so it matches the kickoff delay time (remember, the NFC Championship Game went into overtime and delayed the AFC Championship Game kickoff).
b. Adjust the temperature and humidity over a time period so it matches the weather changes from kickoff to the end of the first half.
With this level of accurate climate control chamber testing, we'll find out once and for all if the temperature and humidity changes during the AFC Championship Game that match the weather in Foxborough, MA at the time does cause the football to deflate. And whether the temperature changes caused the footballs used by the Patriots filled to 12.5 PSI to go out of spec.
GO PATS!
“Article NAILS it “
It certainly does.
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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?
can we just make sure that Katy Perry’s boobs are not deflated until after half time?
everyone agrees that the patriots would have won the indy game no matter
how much or little the footballs were inflated.
so, just move on and put procedures in place to control the process moving forward.
belichick didnt brilliantly school anyone, however.
With this controversy we see the NFL, in swim trunks and leather jacket, in mid-air above the shark.
GO SEAHAWKS.
That said, they are an awesomely effective team and had the Colts crushed regardless of the ball issue. They aren't my team and I tend to root for underdogs when my team is out of it, so, as often happens, I will be rooting against them. Almost time to play ball...
No.