http://static.nfl.com/static/content/public/image/rulebook/pdfs/5_2013_Ball.pdf
Rule 2 The Ball
Section 1
BALL DIMENSIONS
The Ball must be a “Wilson,” hand selected, bearing the signature of the Commissioner of the League, Roger Goodell.
The ball shall be made up of an inflated (12 1/2 to 13 1/2 pounds) urethane bladder enclosed in a pebble grained, leather case
(natural tan color) without corrugations of any kind. It shall have the form of a prolate spheroid and the size and weight
shall be: long axis, 11 to 11 1/4 inches; long circumference, 28 to 28 1/2 inches; short circumference, 21 to 21 1/4 inches;
weight, 14 to 15 ounces.
The Referee shall be the sole judge as to whether all balls offered for play comply with these specifications. A pump is to be
furnished by the home club, and the balls shall remain under the supervision of the Referee until they are delivered to the
ball attendant just prior to the start of the game.
Well there is a range of pressure allowed. Maybe tom likes the low end of the range.
And if any ball was allowed into the game below that range, seems like it is the fault of the referee, who is the sole judge of these things after all.
Maybe the ref should be suspended for failing his responsibilities.
The theory is they were modified after the ref inspection. Of course that brings up the silliness of how balls were handled with team employees having control of the balls for hours between inspection and game time. But showing the league is doing a bad job of handling their own rules doesn’t really help Brady’s case any. Embarrassing the guy handing out punishment rarely decreases the punishment.
Brady cheated.
The balls were weighted before the game, all were over 12.5 lbs.
That means an equipment guy almost certainly substituted balls after the game check.
Brady cheated.
The refs believed the balls were light. Rather than stop the game, rather than stop the game, the NFL waited and weighed them at half-time. 11 of 12 balls were two or more lbs. below the limit.
Brady cheated.
The refs did nothing wrong.
My big problem is till....he played worse with the under inflated ball/s.
My second proble is...If they were ALL underinflated....you better look at the mechanics of this.