[tcrlaf]

As a Hoosier, I'll start by saying that the Colts didn't play well enough to win that game. They over-achieved all year.

THAT SAID, this isn't the first time New England has been caught cheating.

Anything short of "The Death Penalty", being kicked out of the Super-bowl, and they'll just be laughing all the way to the bank.

They will be making ten's of millions of dollars from the Super-bowl, even if they lose, so they could care less if they get fined a million dollars, or lose the second-worst draft pick for next year.

This goes to ETHICS, more than anything else.

[Responsibility2nd]

ETHICS?

In the NFL? National Felons League.

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[PTBAA]

The Patriots should fire the ball handler, he missed one...

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

Do they have testing equipment that can determine the pressure in an already inflated ball, without having to release some of the air to get that data? Something like a Rockwell hardness test for inflatable balls, for instance? Or does it come down to what it feels like to a game official (pressing a thumb into the ball would be a sort of Rockwell hardness test; but it’s obviously not very reliable)?

[Boston Blackie]

Ethics? Cheaters, rapists,murderers,domestic violence,child abusers and the common thugs of the NFL does not equal ethics.

[SaintDismas]

It’s worse than that friends. Check out this:

Brian Tuohy’s follow up book to his The Fix is In,
LARCENY GAMES: Sports Gambling, Game Fixing and the FBI

I didn’t want to believe this, but wow, this is astonishing. There is nothing random about winning or losing in the NFL. Gambling has and will continue to make this game as fake as wrestling

[Old Yeller]

Did New England play with their own balls, or did the Colts use the same ones?

[bramps]

Roger Goodell did not see the tape.

[FamiliarFace]

If one cheating scandal wasn’t enough for the Patriots, now they have two. Now will they be forever linked to cheating. Way to go, Pats!

[Vinnie]

Belichick should be banned, IMO.
How many times does he need to be caught cheating before he’s dumped?

[elpadre]

Several questions or thoughts:

1. Why don’t team managers check the balls they will be using before the game?? In my coaching days including a stint as an asst.college coach, the managers checked everything.

2. If the balls were inflated in a warm room and then taken out into a cold stadium they would naturally loose some pressure.

3. What effect does a slightly deflated ball (which is the case) have on the game??

[Samurai_Jack]

Well One Thing’s for Certain:

Bellechicks Got Balls!

[greenishness]

If there is not any video evidence of New England personal tampering with the New England footballs then I say this is a non-issue. Also were all the Colts footballs tested? if not then this accusation has no merit.

[nonliberal]

The score was what? 45-7? They could have been using Nerf footballs and the Patriots STILL would probably have won by at least three touchdowns.

[KarlInOhio]

The new Lombardi Trophy is ready if the Patriots win the Super Bowl.

[ponygirl]

As punishment, they should make Tom Brady shave his balls about 3 days before the Super Bowl.

::scratch scratch::

[muir_redwoods]

The old Oakland Raiders used to say, “If you ain’t cheating, you ain’t trying hard enough”

[muir_redwoods]

Where are the results on the testing of the Colts footballs? If none was done and the chain of custody has been broken, this is a non issue.

[Go Gordon]

Simple logic suggests that IF the Patriots intentionally deflated the balls, Tom Brady must have known. After all, he was the one that would benefit the most. The NFL should call him in this week and give him a choice: (1) If he admits it was done, Brady receives only a fine (others get punished based on involvement); (2) If he doesn’t fess up, and it is proven it was done, Brady doesn’t play in the super bowl and is suspended for one year.

[Some Fat Guy in L.A.]

The NFL is now basically a reality TV series. Wouldn’t shock me if it’s scripted to some degree, either - there’s so much money involved, the temptation would be tremendous. I am about through with them.

[TNoldman]

If Patroits cheated - Give the game to the Colts. Only way to get their attention.