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NFL: Rogue Patriots Deflated Balls
Daily Beast ^ | 5-6-2015

Posted on 05/06/2015 10:36:40 AM PDT by Citizen Zed

A report commissioned by the NFL has found that there was "no deliberate attempt" by the New England Patriots to deflate game balls to gain an advantage over the Indianapolis Colts in the AFC Champsionship game—but that a Patriots locker room attendant and equipment assistant "participated in a deliberate effort to release air from Patriots game balls after the balls were examined by the referee." The report by Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP also said "it is more probable than not that Tom Brady...was at least generally aware of the inappropriate activities." Brady denied knowing anything about deflated balls.


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KEYWORDS: cheat; cheaters; football; patriots
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1 posted on 05/06/2015 10:36:40 AM PDT by Citizen Zed
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Bellicheck knows every detail of what’s going on in that organization so I don’t buy this for a second. A sham investigation producing a sham conclusion to protect the brand. The NFL is rapidly become pro rassling with pads. If its not there already.


2 posted on 05/06/2015 10:38:54 AM PDT by circlecity
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To: Citizen Zed

These rogues are terrorists.

Now the government geniuses will send out the memo for the TSA to check for deflated balls on all passengers.


3 posted on 05/06/2015 10:40:14 AM PDT by grumpygresh (Democrats & GOPe delenda est. President zero gave us patient zero.)
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To: Citizen Zed

what I never understood was why did the Colts not mention it publicly BEFORE the AFC title..and not at the halftime? I would have yelled bloody murder if I was them!


4 posted on 05/06/2015 10:40:36 AM PDT by BerniesFriend (Sarah Palin-"Lord knows she's attractive" says bitter Andrea Mitchell and the rest of the MSM)
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To: Citizen Zed

I blame globull varming. Jaaa!!!


5 posted on 05/06/2015 10:40:59 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (SEMPER FI!! - Monthly Donors Rock!!)
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To: Citizen Zed

They should revoke the last 5 Super Bowls and fire Roger Goodell.


6 posted on 05/06/2015 10:41:18 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Citizen Zed
So, let me get this straight - some lowly employees took it upon themselves to alter game balls, after they were examined and approved by the referees - but neither Brady nor the coaching staff knew anything about it?!

LOL!
7 posted on 05/06/2015 10:41:26 AM PDT by MMaschin
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To: grumpygresh

Do I hear a call for the department of justice?


8 posted on 05/06/2015 10:41:37 AM PDT by skams19
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To: Citizen Zed

I still believe it is far more probable that the NFL official never checked the footballs, and simply assumed they were inflated. An NFL investigation would never implicate the NFL.


9 posted on 05/06/2015 10:41:38 AM PDT by Ingtar (Capitulation is the enemy of Liberty, or so the recent past has shown.)
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“Brady denied knowing anything about deflated balls.”

Pardon my skepticism, but I can’t believe a professional QB couldn’t tell a ball was deflated just by handling it.


10 posted on 05/06/2015 10:42:57 AM PDT by Boogieman
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Maybe, but I noticed they singled out Brady, which happens to coincide with him snubbing the occupant of the White Hut! My opinion of him just went a fathom above whale excrement!


11 posted on 05/06/2015 10:43:26 AM PDT by gr8eman (Don't waste your energy trying to understand commies. Use it to defeat them!)
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I coulda saved them time and $:

Bush's Fault!

12 posted on 05/06/2015 10:43:42 AM PDT by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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Yay, my embarrassing Seahawks won the Super Bowl by forfeit.


13 posted on 05/06/2015 10:44:22 AM PDT by PROCON (I AM PAMELA GELLER.............(but in manly guy form :-))
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To: circlecity

Exactly. If Brady more than likely knows, it was an organizational decision to lower the psi and make it easier to handle the balls.

This is a close to a damning result that we were going to see. It implicates them as doing it on purpose inside the equipment team. Those decisions without question are sent down from above. Zero chance some random decision was made to alter the balls used in games by Brady’s offense. Zero. Just as before the Patriot organization purposely breaks rules for competitive advantage. A season that started with players beating women on video ends with a cheating team holding the the trophy. Not a good year for the nfl.


14 posted on 05/06/2015 10:47:43 AM PDT by ilgipper
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To: Citizen Zed

So we are to believe that a low paid, lucky to have a job with a great team, risked everything, tampered with equipment, that by coincidence gave his team an advantage.

Yeah, that’s it.


15 posted on 05/06/2015 10:49:29 AM PDT by cicero2k
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...the NFL official never checked the footballs, and simply assumed they were inflated. An NFL investigation would never implicate the NFL.

Bingo. That's what the report really means.

16 posted on 05/06/2015 10:52:55 AM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: BerniesFriend

If they knew the balls were deflated from the start of the game more than likely the Colts were going to see how the game played out first. Had the Colts won, we would have never heard a word about deflated footballs. As a lifetime Colts fan I can admit that is what I would do.


17 posted on 05/06/2015 10:54:59 AM PDT by jasbd1985
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To: circlecity

Rogue employees, like the rogue IRS employees in Cincinnati


18 posted on 05/06/2015 10:55:35 AM PDT by expat2
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To: Citizen Zed

I bet Bambi told them to hold the information from the investigation until he saw whether Brady would show at the WH or not... LOL


19 posted on 05/06/2015 11:02:26 AM PDT by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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Bear Bryant, Vince Lombardi, Pop Warner, George Allen, etcetera all cheated. Football is like war. I don’t care for the Patriots, but all the crybaby fools that want to pretend that the NFL is some sacred institution are wrong.


20 posted on 05/06/2015 11:14:17 AM PDT by shempy (eat a bowl of f***)
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