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Roger Goodell owes Tom Brady an apology
Yahoo Sports ^ | 13 Dec 16 | Dan Wetzel

Posted on 12/13/2016 4:12:49 PM PST by big'ol_freeper

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To: rlmorel

Thanks. I’ve seen that video. Excellent grasp of the facts.


41 posted on 12/13/2016 8:39:34 PM PST by LongWayHome
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To: SSS Two

There can be up to a 3% change which can be significant with a wet versus a dry football. It makes logical sense because as the leather absorbs water it expands and becomes softer, which allows the volume to increase, which is going to decrease the pressure more.

The Exponent analysis is flawed, and was commissioned with an end result to be achieved. It is in no way independent, apart from the flawed conclusions.


42 posted on 12/13/2016 8:53:15 PM PST by rlmorel (Orwell described Liberals when he wrote of those who "repudiate morality while laying claim to it.")
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To: SSS Two

You were the one who initiated the ad hominem attacks. The other poster is spot on there.


43 posted on 12/13/2016 8:55:28 PM PST by rlmorel (Orwell described Liberals when he wrote of those who "repudiate morality while laying claim to it.")
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To: rlmorel
You were the one who initiated the ad hominem attacks. The other poster is spot on there.

I made an observation that Mears reinforced through his comment. (I do think, however, that his action was inadvertent and not intentional.)

44 posted on 12/13/2016 9:09:35 PM PST by SSS Two
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To: SSS Two

Exponent?!?!?

Ooooo...WOW!

Exponent? Ted Wells? A match made in heaven, given that the one is an apparent agent of the Dark Lord, and the other authors hit pieces that would make most any 9th grader blush.

But I know - we have a subject here that doesn’t have much depth, so...

Maybe it’s time we all moved up to the next thread of interest!

CA....


45 posted on 12/13/2016 9:44:41 PM PST by Chances Are (Seems I've found that silly grin again....)
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To: big'ol_freeper; GOPsterinMA

Preferably out of a cannon.


46 posted on 12/13/2016 10:15:34 PM PST by Impy (Toni Preckwinkle for Ambassador to the Sun)
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To: rlmorel

deflate gate was clearly a case of sour grapes and nothing more, get real


47 posted on 12/14/2016 2:02:53 AM PST by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: Impy

“Preferably out of a cannon.”

That’s laced with s**t.


48 posted on 12/14/2016 4:27:52 AM PST by GOPsterinMA (I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
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To: SSS Two

Okay. I will take it that way as well, then.


49 posted on 12/14/2016 4:57:07 AM PST by rlmorel (Orwell described Liberals when he wrote of those who "repudiate morality while laying claim to it.")
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To: yldstrk

I think we agree...don’t know what I might have said that indicated otherwise, except maybe taking issue with the “stupid science” put forth by Exponent, the NFL, and some people who post to these threads (said “science” application being about as rigorous as the pro-AGM climate change “science” we see.)

But probably I am taking the bait by even discussing the science, since you are right, it was a vendetta from the get-go.


50 posted on 12/14/2016 5:00:37 AM PST by rlmorel (Orwell described Liberals when he wrote of those who "repudiate morality while laying claim to it.")
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To: big'ol_freeper

Deflation deniers. This is settled science. /s


51 posted on 12/14/2016 5:01:44 AM PST by Palio di Siena
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To: Palio di Siena; big'ol_freeper

I see the same parallel between the people who support Goodell on this and the Pro-Anthropogenic Global Warming people, for whom it is the following:

A.) An Emotional Issue (facts don’t matter to them and they manufacture the “science”, the same way Exponent was hired to cook up support for Goodell’s case against Brady and the Patriots. When they realized they couldn’t get Belichick, they went full bore for Brady, because this is personal to them.)

B.) A Power Grab (For global governance, revenue generation, and an equalization of opportunity, the same way Goodell wanted to exercise his power to show he had it, and because it is unfair that the Patriots are successful. Need to have parity, and this was just one more tool to hammer an outlier in place.)

C.) A Vendetta (against anyone ruining Gaia by burning gas or eating meat...the same way Goodell had it in for the Patriots)


52 posted on 12/14/2016 5:16:51 AM PST by rlmorel (Orwell described Liberals when he wrote of those who "repudiate morality while laying claim to it.")
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To: rlmorel

Deflate gate. Like the eggplant that ate Chicago, it will eat your city soon.
How can a multi multi billion $ business like the NFL not figure out how to provide footballs that are regulation?
How do we get MIT scientists involved?
How do we get into Federal court?
It’s football, for crying out loud.
A game designed to keep coal miners off the streets - I think Artie Donovan said that.


53 posted on 12/14/2016 5:57:07 AM PST by Palio di Siena
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To: Palio di Siena

LOL! Exactly...that is what makes it so ridiculous.


54 posted on 12/14/2016 5:58:58 AM PST by rlmorel (Orwell described Liberals when he wrote of those who "repudiate morality while laying claim to it.")
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To: big'ol_freeper; Impy

Deflategate was the biggest pile of s**t since Spygate. Neither “Gate” made a difference in NEW winning or losing. Both “Gates” were nothing more than the rest of the NFL getting even with NEW.

IF, IF NEW got ANYTHING useful out of Spygate...was Belichick the first (or last) coach to film/tape opposing teams? Nope.

Air pressure? Ok. So why did Brady DO BETTER IN THE SECOND HALF OF THAT COLTS GAME WITH “PROPERLY INFLATED” FOOTBALLS?

The NFL proved >>nothing<<. Anyone with a functioning brain synapse would agree. Jealous turds whose teams suck? Not so much.

“But, but, but Tom Brady DESTROYED HIS IPHONE!” So what? I wouldn’t let anyone look at my phone either.

When garbage like Leonard Little, Ray Lewis and Lawrence Phillips get away with everything including murder with barely a slap on the wrist, but one of the greatest players ever gets a 4 game suspension for...air pressure...there’s big problems with the sport.

Actually, Goodell is the perfect Commissar for the NFL: A s**tbag puppet dancing at the behest of his s**tbag masters.

So, so glad I canceled cable and don’t contribute to this garbage.


55 posted on 12/14/2016 6:38:45 AM PST by GOPsterinMA (I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
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To: ladyjane
Goodell should be hung

Even if he is, which I doubt, he should be fired.

Darn - I thought this would be a chance to illustrate the difference between hanged and hung. But nobody responded. sigh

Hanged has a very specific meaning. It applies to a human suspended by the neck from a tree. He/she is hanged. If it's an object, a non-human, it is hung. A piñata, even if it is in the shape of a human, it is hung.

56 posted on 12/14/2016 6:54:54 AM PST by ladyjane
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To: big'ol_freeper


I am the NFL, when I retire, so does the game ...




57 posted on 12/14/2016 6:59:44 AM PST by Trump-a-licious
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To: LongWayHome

The ‘wicked witch of the west’ is Pelosi.

The ‘wicked witch of the east’ is Hitlery.


58 posted on 12/14/2016 7:18:33 AM PST by GGpaX4DumpedTea
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To: big'ol_freeper

This whole incident is proof that “men” are just as bad at soap opera watching as women.


59 posted on 12/14/2016 7:47:52 AM PST by CodeToad (If it weren't for physics and law enforcement, I'd be unstoppable!)
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To: rlmorel

Shoot, sorry I probably spouted off to the wrong poster....


60 posted on 12/14/2016 9:09:59 AM PST by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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