Posted on 12/13/2016 4:12:49 PM PST by big'ol_freeper
On Dec. 4, the New York Giants got ahold of a couple of Pittsburgh Steeler footballs and decided to see if they were below the NFL pregame inflation minimum of 12.5 pounds per square inch.
“The PSIs were a little low,” Giants coach Ben McAdoo said.
According to the ProFootballTalk, the balls came in at 11.8 and 11.4 psi. The Giants told the league, although not via a “formal complaint,” whatever that is. The NFL isn’t saying much, but it apparently checked to see if the referees had maintained control of the balls and dismissed the situation quickly.
Why? Because by time the Giants obtained and presumably checked the balls on the sideline, the temperature in Pittsburgh was between 41.0 and 41.2 degrees, according to Weather Underground’s historical data.
Footballs lose air pressure in cold weather. The numbers were explained away by science, not cheating. This was nothing. Nothing happened, nothing at all.
“All footballs were in compliance,” the NFL stated after Fox’s Jay Glazer reported on the incident.
The situation was properly handled. Good job, NFL.
That means given the chance to do deflate-gate all over again – the initial situation with the New England Patriots scandal is nearly identical (even considering whatever happened in the Foxborough bathroom, which we’ll get to below) – the NFL chose to do nearly the exact opposite.
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Fire Goodell
Fry Goodell.
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Only a man can be “hung.”
Goodell gets off on a technicality.
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I play LOTS of senior competitive volleyball where the pressure of the balls is around 4.2 psi. I have yet to find three different gauges that will come up with the same identical readings and my latest gauge is digital........
Each team providing their own balls should be able to inflate the balls to their own specifications. That way each team gets their own advantage.......which evens out.
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But that's not what was actually observed. Even though it was colder at Heinz Field, the average pressure of the Steelers' balls was 11.6 psi. The mean pressure of the warmer Patriots balls at the AFC Championship game was less than 11.3 psi.
Go Patriots!
I thought BAL was going to win.
Brady!
Never ceases to amaze.
One would hope this would disabuse all the Brady haters once & for all that this PSI question was nothing but an excuse for the NFL to go after the Patriots at the behest of the other league owners.....the league will never touch this NYG/Steelers thing because it would expose the whole fake which hunt.
Lol, that’s Witch hunt as in the wicked witch of the west:)
Ever since the NFL gave a more scientifically accurate explanation of the Ideal Gas Law that MIT scientists did, I have believed that Patriots fans are the most scientically illiterate fans in the country. This thread does nothing to change that belief.
The NFL officials now have the footballs in their possession during games and monitor the air pressure so there is no tampering by players. The issue with Brady was his direct involvement in deflating. I’m not sure what the issue is here.
Almost 40 years old and he’s still the best quarterback in the league. Not bad for a gangly, knot-kneed kid drafted by the Patriots in the 6th Round of the 2000 NFL Draft.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Brady
The issue with Brady was his direct involvement in deflating.
So you’re saying that Brady deflated the balls himself. To me that’s what ‘direct’ means
You do realize it was pouring rain and the footballs were soaked during the AFC Championship game against the Colts in 2015, right?
And that the game between the Steelers and the Giants was dry, right?
It makes a significant difference. Wet footballs vs dry ones?
Well then he should be hanged.
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