The Patriots provided the under inflated footballs. The footballs which were in violation of the rules.
But keep digging, its fun to watch.
I have dug no hole. I have speculated as to what happened, but I haven’t accused anyone of doing anything illegal.
If the Pats provided under-inflated footballs, then the officials should have caught it when they checked before the game, corrected it, and no big deal.
But no one knows if the footballs were over/under/perfect going into the officials. No one knows if they were over/under/perfect leaving the officials and getting to the ballboys. All we KNOW is that after the first half, all-but-1 ball was under. Maybe the 11-of-12 that we all heard was actually 11-of-11 - the other ball was on the colt sideline.
Maybe Kraft gives bonuses to ballboys that release a pound of pressure. or maybe Bill does, or maybe Tom.
Maybe Brady, after the ravens game, commented to their equip manager ‘hey, I liked those balls, lets use them again next week’. The manager put them in a locker and turned them into the refs without checking them again.
Maybe it wasn’t malicious, or maybe the NFL has been defrauded by the Patriots organization - from the owner to the cheerleaders and the guy tossing peanut packs that aren’t a full 8 ounces.
My point is we do not know. I will speak for myself, I do not know. But, to quote Ronald, ‘It isn’t so much that liberals are ignorant. It’s just that they know so many things that aren’t so’. Seems to me a lot of folks here know many things that may not be so...Until we find out...#BallDeflatedBradyGuilty