seems to me that the lazy enforcement of rules is the culprit...
and unless the nfl has stats showing that the balls were inflated ONLY in that one game, not in the hundreds of other games, then I say no dice Mr. Goodell...
“seems to me that the lazy enforcement of rules is the culprit...”
Seems to me a billion + dollar industry would have had different ball protocol if they cared at all about it in the first place. That each team is in control of their own, and they aren’t simply checked by officials through out the game means the NFL just wants to promote scoring. I mean, don’t they actually allow differently inflated balls for kicking? Why allow that?
Freegards
"and unless the nfl has stats showing that the balls were inflated ONLY in that one game, not in the hundreds of other games, then I say no dice Mr. Goodell..."
Scientifically, they should perform a one-year audit, of all games for both teams. Measure each ball before and after and table the data to get an accurate benchmark.
If they even have this allegedly accurate data of ball pressure for that Pats-Colts game in the first place ( wait, for only one team? wtf? ), it is useless without a scientific control.
This case reminds me of tampered climate data where an agenda trumps everything.
Just to be clear...Goodell has stated that he is not aware of the footballs having ever been checked before. They had no comparison. That, and general ignorance, is why they were as Troy Vincent admitted during the appeal, completely unaware that footballs lose pressure when they cool.