Posted on 01/24/2015 4:00:59 PM PST by big'ol_freeper
In the year of Ray Rice, Adrian Peterson and Greg Hardy, they've somehow managed to trump serious cases of domestic abuse by blowing a silly, inane, moronic controversy over the inflation of game balls into a national story that gets more sublime and ridiculous by the day.
The league didn't take their time and do due diligence on what really mattered in the Ray Rice case, and delivered a hasty judgment that Commissioner Roger Goodell admitted was ill-conceived.
Now, they're taking their sweet time to decide who may have taken too much air out of the balls, a violation that is punishable by a minimum $25,000 fine. This is no more serious than hockey players playing with an illegal stick or, as we saw in 1983 with George Brett, hitting with a doctored, pine-tarred bat.
Talk about having your priorities all screwed up.
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Nobody denies the balls had lower pressure. But who did it?
Was it the weather, as shown in the video? Was is an errant ball boy or equipment manager, acting on his own? Was it a player who knows Brady's preference? Was it a ref who got paid off?
You simply DO NOT KNOW with any certainty. You are speculating, and blaming someone (Brady or Bellicheck) without ANY evidence that links them.
And I do hate the Patriots and the Dolphins. I've been a Bills fan since the old Rockpile days.
Nice straw man
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The supposed incident where a defender caught an interception and gave the ball to the ref saying it felt low on air did not happen.
That defender has come forward and said that all he asked the ref was to give the ball to the equipment manager of his team so he could have it as a keepsake ball since it was His interception in a title game. He says someone in the media made the whole false background story up.
The only thing the Colts observed was kicking balls being not too taunt, typical in cold weather and the kicking balls are separate and the same for both teams unlike the “game balls”.
One thing I do not hear is a story I heard third hand for what it is worth.
There is a guy with the NFL officiating group involved in the investigation that was fired by Bellichek. The NFL group handling this let the Patriots and media twist in the wind, obsess and speculate, for five days before the NFL said squat.
There are personality issues behind this whole event that aren’t being talked about.
Since you can't explain that, you are simply showing how stupid this whole nonsense is.
This is a story because the media can make it into something to avoid the failures of our insane president. This is a story propagated by those who want to destroy football.
If the Patriots actually did do this on purpose(and so far there is no evidence they did) , it clearly didn't give them an advantage. It shouldn't be an issue, but people like you pretend it is and are sinmply playing the role of useful idiots.
28-0. I await your explanation.
“28-0. I await your explanation. “
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You will never get it.
Pats haters are Pats haters.
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Thanks for the note. Well, this story is fading to page 2 I think.
D'Quell Jackson states he had no idea the ball he intercepted was deflated in anyway. This is the very ball that supposedly set the whole controversy in motion.
Unfortunately I’m not even sure that would work as each ball is different.
Like Belicheck said.. this is made out of animal skin. Each one responds to conditions differently.
How is that possible when they were playing with regulation balls? If they won because they cheated (as you contend) then the Colts would have roared back and at least made it close. They didn't. That causes a big conundrum to all of you who are running around squeeling, doesn't it?
My theory: They played with poorly inflated balls to make it fair. It was the officials who reinflated the balls that forced the humiliation on the poor Colts........and for you..../s
The Colts balls were checked at halftime and they all were within regulation specs (check it out for yourself). So the weather only lowered the PSI in the Pats balls? No try again. The point is, SOMEONE did something and I find it hard to believe that Brady or Belichick would not know. Sorry, I just do not believe your boys.
A paid off ref?! Talk about reaching! Gotta love Pats fans! lol
Questions -
1. Were the colt and pat balls inflated in the same place, by the same person, to the same initial pressure?
2. Were the colt balls inflated to the max pressure, and the pat balls to the min pressure? How do you know?
3. Were the colt balls inflated outside, in the cold?
The weather may have affected the balls equally, but have different end points based on the starting pressure and temp. YOU JUST DO NOT KNOW.
Show me the facts, man. A paid off ref? Unlikely, but possible. Refs in all sports have been caught cheating.
No.
Only morons don't understand what that means.
Do you know what it means?
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