It was “bread and circuses” when the NFL concocted the “scandal” and it's still “bread and circuses”.
The haters need to exhale and get a grip, their heads are going to explode next Sunday night when the Pats win...
Go Pats!!
Just insrease the range of the allowed pressures.
Just increase the range of the allowed pressures.
Let’s face it...the NFL combined IQ is borderline moron....except the team owners. We as fans should be able to watch our teams, enjoy the game, have some fun without the total BS press conferences....
PATS = REPEAT CHEATERS / LIARS its part of the NEW ENGLAND dna...
and lady brady likes deflated balls...
hope they sack his girly ass early on and repeatedly because that is how to beat this primadonna...ask the GIANTS
IT WAS THE GUY WHO INTERCEPTED A PASS WHO NOTICED IT RIGHT OFF AND INFORMED THE REF...
what cheat will they come up with next...???
aside form that issue the field looks unfit for a superbowl... pro bowlers were slipping and sliding all over the place and with all the $$$ the league has why play on a mangled unsuitable field ....
WTF, Packer fan still whining about their teams collapse against the Seahawks. Get over it, you lost, Green Bay sucked. Have a nice day.
Will Goodell be watching the Super Bowl in Kraft’ s Skybox?
It was pouring rain during the game. Hasn’t anyone worn leather gloves in the rain? They get wet, soggy, and they STRETCH. When the leather in the ball stretches, the pressure goes down!
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Deflating a football a little though apparently is akin to treason even though there is really no way to tell who actually did the deed. I am not saying that the Pats didn't do it but unlike a spitball which is really easy to identify and very easy to tell if it has been tampered with a deflated football is not really visually apparent that its underinflated unless drastically so. Its more of a feel thing and unless you are specifically concentrating on the feel of the ball it would be hard to detect.
So the deed could have been done anytime. That makes it hard to say definitely who did it. And if you can't do that then even the motivation for doing so comes into question. Most likely it was just to get the Pats QB balls that were inflated to his liking but because of the nature of how inflating footballs and detecting if they are not properly done works it is going to be fairly hard to pin it on someone.
The NFL just needs to change the whole system that involves who is in charge of the balls once they are checked and certified by the refs. This should take care of the issue to a point you can hammer anyone who messes with the footballs.
The Seahawks are going to WISH that “deflategate” NEVER came out. They will be taking the BRUNT of a VERY ANGRY Patriots team.
i thought they played the second half without the deflated balls....if so, then what’s all the fuss about? if they DID play with underinflated balls having been detected at half time by the officials, then why did they allow that to happen?