[al baby]

Why dosent the NFL officials keep care of the footballs that are used in play ?

[Canedawg]

The team culture is to cheat, but they haven’t always gotten away with it.

Their “successes” are tainted.

[A CA Guy]

It’s bull. You telling me the refs can’t tell? If so the league has a ref problem.
Brady probably at most said pressure the balls to the lowest legal inflation.
I don’t love or follow football but this is retarded.
No definitive proof and her are your fine.

[monkapotamus]

"Their rationale was that McNally already had been interviewed four times, and a fifth time would have been excessive, because he lives in New Hampshire and has a job. Sorry. You make him available on the weekend, or after work. If McNally could exonerate the Patriots, they should have made him available 27 times..."

Today Wells stated that he offered to go to New Hampshire and interview McNally at any time of day, morning, afternoon, or night, at McNally's convenience. And the Patriots told him, not only are we not going to allow the interview, we aren't even going to tell McNally that you want to interview him.

[Red Badger]

Somewhere Sean Payton is probably asking himself, “wtf?”....................

[McGruff]

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

The Patriots have no one to blame for this but themselves.

The Patriots aren't blaming anyone Ben. They have accepted their punishment and will be proceeding to the appeal phase.

[Radix]

Lived in and about Boston for my entire life almost save the Army time.

One thing that I do not do is read Boston Globe articles, period.

[TexasCajun]

"You guys need to take Tom's & The Team's word they did not cheat!"

[DoodleDawg]

The Patriots are the Clintons of the NFL. They honestly believe the rules do not apply to them.

[bert]

there is no difference in using improperly infalted footballs and intentional fouling in the final minutes of a basket ball game.

Rather than press blather and fines, there should be 5 yard penalties

The blood sucker ex jocks and jockwishtheyweres in the feeble minded sports press are after salary increases. Their hypocritical stance proves they have no regard for rues.

[logi_cal869]

Is this thread going to get pulled, too?

Not having waded into this prior, if it were up to just me:

The TEAM would forfeit the Superbowl, rings and all awards thereof and fiscal penalty would be leveled against Brady & the team owners.
Plus, ban from play for the TEAM for a full season.

But that’s just me...

[Servant of the Cross]

Yea, if you obstruct or deny our search and seizure of your cell phone, or other body parts, you are guilty ...

[Moonman62]

From another FR thread and Breitbart:

Here are the top-ten reasons why an honest and impartial arbiter will toss the suspension:

#10. Ted Wells Judges 100 Seconds Enough Time to Deflate Balls But 13 Minutes Not Long Enough for Refs to Test Balls?

#9 Wells Report Labels Texts Undermining Case a ‘Joke,’ Texts Buttressing Case Dead Serious

#8. Ted Wells Doesn’t Really Know the Pregame Pressure Levels

#7 After Relying on Walt Anderson’s ‘Best Recollection,’ Wells Disregards It

#6. The Refs and Their Gauges Fluctuated Greatly

#5 The NFL Doesn’t Punish for Ball Tampering

#4. Wells Report Misleadingly Says Pats Shielded Ball Handler from Follow-Up Interview

#3 A Whole Lot of ‘More Probably Than Not’ Adds Up to Unlikely

#2 Wells Cherry Picks Data by Relying on Best Pressure Readings from Colts, Worst Ones from Patriots

#1 NFL Uses Different Ball Pressure Standard for Pats and Colts

[McGruff]

All you Patriots Haters are a bunch of

[VeniVidiVici]

Waaaaahhhhhhh

[Impy]

Brady should threaten to retire, that would make that little *itch Roger wet herself.