[for-q-clinton]

Knowingly giving a deflated ball as your game ball is cheating. Taking advantage of a weak inspection system doesn’t make it any less cheating.

That’s like saying if you can sneak a bomb on a plane it’s the TSA’s fault and you’re ok because they were supposed to stop you.

[discostu]

No more so than knowingly holding a guy at the line. There’s a reason the inspection happens, they’re supposed to catch this. Of course we know from interviews Aaron Rodgers has given that they don’t always catch it (he’s said he likes his over inflated, submits them that way, and gets annoyed when they let air out), notice nobody whines about him being a cheater even though he’s outright said he breaks this rule. Also keep in mind the latest leaks (so at least as unsubstantiated as the original leaks) is that 1 ball was close to 2 pounds under and the rest were just a bit under.

It’s nothing like sneaking a bomb on a plane. That’s intended to kill people. This is a game. Nobody gets killed.

[lepton]

Knowingly giving a deflated ball as your game ball is cheating.

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The prescribed penalty is for the inflation of the football to be adjusted by the referee, with the pump that is required by rule to be provided, before the ball is put in play.

Taking advantage of a weak inspection system doesn’t make it any less cheating.

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Tell that to Aaron Rogers, who described his efforts to do just that...with over inflation...in November. No screams...no investigaions. Really, it’s a lax inspection system because no one cared as long as it was vaguely close, until they got to play gotcha this time.