Posted on 05/06/2015 10:54:02 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
An N.F.L. investigation has found that “it is more probable than not” that New England Patriots personnel intentionally deflated footballs to gain an advantage in the A.F.C. championship game last season, and that Tom Brady, the Super Bowl most valuable player, was probably aware of it.
No penalties have been announced.
The long-awaited report into so-called deflategate, released on Wednesday, concluded that it was probable that Patriots personnel were “involved in a deliberate effort to circumvent the rules.”
The report said that Jim McNally, a locker room attendant, and John Jastremski, an equipment assistant, released air from the footballs. It said that besides those two and Brady, no other Patriots personnel, including Coach Bill Belichick, were aware of the wrongdoing. The report separately determined that the Patriots had not deliberately tried to introduce an improper football for kicking and cleared kicker Stephen Gostkowski of any wrongdoing.
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Marlyn Mosby should charge them with 2nd degree ball defleating with depraved heart.
No real penalty, a couple of low-wage schmucks get fired, all is good.
Who says CHEATING DOESN’T PAY???
They are walking away with tens of millions of dollars from this, exactly as I predicted when it happened.
Not much of a Patriots fan but I really don’t see why this is a big deal, in NASCAR they play with air pressure in the tires all the time. lol
Seattle passing with 26 seconds to play didn’t help either.
A 243 page summary on deflated footballs??? That’s one hell of a thorough investigation...
1 word per page!
Don’t have a dog in this fight, could care less about pro football.
That said, shame on those that minimize this cheating. It is only the biggest game in the sport of American Football. Perhaps it is only cheating if their opponent is caught. True Conservatives loath cheating on all levels.
"Probable"?
Well heck, one could say it was "probable" that Romney threw the Presidential election, or that Seattle threw the Super Bowl.
"Probable" doesn't mean squat.
“in NASCAR they play with air pressure in the tires all the time. lol”
Ha! They don’t to much anymore. In the old days? Do a search for Smokey Yunick;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smokey_Yunick
The stuff he pulled was classic,,,, and hilarious!
The Pats cheat? I’m stunned, absolutely stunned. Who could have thought it?
-PJ
An N.F.L. investigation has found that “it is more probable than not”
Well now that’s a definitive statement, probably.
I skimmed the full report. Aside from the actual pressure data on the balls, the evidence all revolved around cell phone records and text messaging. In addition to records that were created beginning the day after the game, they went back to at least October to establish whether the parties communicated before the game. Interesting to note they got transcripts of text messages but no voice recordings of calls.
You’d think Brady and the two locker room attendants would have been smart enough to avoid generating more evidence the day after the game. Cell phone evidence is a big part of the case against Hernandez.
I think it was Junior Johnson that once said (and I’m paraphrasing) “if you cheat on 10 things and NASCAR tech inspection only finds 5......well, your 5 to the good”. Priceless.
Patriots caught cheating again, just as I thought.
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