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NFL bears plenty of blame for #DeflateGate
nbcsports.com ^ | 25 Jan 15 | Mike Florio

Posted on 01/26/2015 5:10:11 AM PST by big'ol_freeper

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To: PROCON

Dallas would have given the Seahawks a better game. Might have even beaten them, like they did earlier in the year. It’s just that there’s that catch/non-catch thingy to deal with.


21 posted on 01/26/2015 6:23:03 AM PST by NCC-1701 (You have your fear, which might become reality; and you have Godzilla, which IS reality.)
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To: WayneS
American Pravda has already spent more airtime on "Deflategate" than on Fast and Furious, the IRS targetting, etc.


22 posted on 01/26/2015 6:28:18 AM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: ilgipper

Breaking the rules ‘repeatedly’??? How did you come up with that?

Perhaps you should peruse this list of the other 31 clubs’ rule violations before passing judgement:

http://patskrieg.com/2015/01/23/31-reasons-to-get-off-your-high-horse-nfl/


23 posted on 01/26/2015 6:30:05 AM PST by mkleesma (`Call to me, and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.')
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To: zzwhale

So zzwhale, how lily white is your team?

http://patskrieg.com/2015/01/23/31-reasons-to-get-off-your-high-horse-nfl/


24 posted on 01/26/2015 6:31:10 AM PST by mkleesma (`Call to me, and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.')
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To: zzwhale

“PATS = REPEAT CHEATERS / LIARS its part of the NEW ENGLAND dna... and lady brady likes deflated balls... hope they sack his girly ass early on and repeatedly because that is how to beat this primadonna...ask the GIANTS IT WAS THE GUY WHO INTERCEPTED A PASS WHO NOTICED IT RIGHT OFF AND INFORMED THE REF... what cheat will they come up with next...???”

Ah, no, extremely uninformed and biased person.
He even stated that he brought it to the ref to let him know he was keeping the ball, on account of his interception.


25 posted on 01/26/2015 6:33:35 AM PST by mkleesma (`Call to me, and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.')
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To: ilgipper

I think I will go along with Joe Theisman when he said it was all about nothing as he tried throwing and catching balls at all the talked about pressures as well as wet and said he could not tell the difference. He said actually a wet ball is easier to hold and throw as the leather gets tacky when damp or wet.


26 posted on 01/26/2015 6:39:30 AM PST by biff (Et Tu Boeh-ner)
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To: ilgipper
The fact that this happened is no small deal and needs to be dealt with in the offseason..both in punishment and also rules adjustments.

I have no proof but I know human nature and believe Occam's Razor applies here. The officials who were charged with inspecting and verifying pressure in 24 balls presented by the two teams, failed to do so. And I think that habit is very widespread over the course of a season. Far easier for them to give the process lip service and say, "Yah, they're ok. Check this one off as 'done'. Let's go have a smoke."

The current delay in anything coming from the NFL is probably due to them trying to find a way to obfuscate and keep hidden the fact that it was the game official's who dropped the ball.

27 posted on 01/26/2015 6:42:45 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Life and death are but temporary states. But Freedom endures forever.)
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To: norwaypinesavage
When the leather in the ball stretches, the pressure goes down!

Yes indeed. But what about the neoprene bladder that is within the outer leather skin? Is that affected by moisture?

28 posted on 01/26/2015 6:44:53 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Life and death are but temporary states. But Freedom endures forever.)
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To: ilgipper

If in fact the Patriots cheated in this way in this game, there’s a damn good chance they were doing it all season, and maybe even in past seasons.

But, of course, as we have been told many times, cheating only matters if it’s a close game.


29 posted on 01/26/2015 6:52:26 AM PST by Fresh Wind (The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts
"what about the neoprene bladder that is within the outer leather skin? Is that affected by moisture?"

Moisture likely has little effect on the bladder. However, the bladder is there to hold the air in. I believe it provides little strength, compared with the leather.

30 posted on 01/26/2015 7:06:24 AM PST by norwaypinesavage (The Stone Age did not end because we ran out of stones)
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To: WayneS
"Can we please have a moratorium of “deflate-gate” stories?"

YEAH!! When it was about screwing those all-the-time-winningest-ever Patriots, it was fun.

But now that we know they're going to be exonerated as the victims of a Felony Witch Hunt started by a rabid ex-NY Jet employee, we just don't want to talk about it any more!

LMAO!!!!!

Revenge is a dish best served NOW!!!!!!

31 posted on 01/26/2015 7:12:39 AM PST by Gargantua ("...Fee tine a mady..." ;^)
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To: ilgipper
It’s not about hating. It’s about a team that breaks the rules repeatedly. No other team has had any sort of similar infractions organizationally. While overblown...yes, and no. It’s the Super Bowl and everything is overblown. The fact that this happened is no small deal and needs to be dealt with in the offseason..both in punishment and also rules adjustments. There is a massive advantage to have a ball that’s easier to grip and hold on to. Easier to catch, less likely to fumble.

One of the sportscasters here in Houston (Matt Musil) did an experiment with the football. He started with a ball at 12.5 PSI, which is allegedly Brady's preferred pressure and within the legal limits. He placed the ball in a refrigerator set at the gameday temperature for 90 minutes to simulate the time of a half a game of football. When he removed it, the ball had lost 2.5 PSI of air, which would make it below the legal limit. I think this raises the possibility that there has been a rush to judgment on the matter, rather like the first reports of Trayvon (kid chased by night watchman and gunned down in cold blood) and Michael Brown (kid gunned down with hands in the air while trying to surrender).

32 posted on 01/26/2015 7:15:44 AM PST by Sans-Culotte (Psalm 14:1 ~ The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.”)
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To: Fresh Wind; ilgipper

Pats haters = low information fans


33 posted on 01/26/2015 7:16:46 AM PST by bramps (Go West America!)
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To: latina4dubya
D'Quell Jackson has already publicly contradicted that earlier erroneous report. He says there was nothing wrong with that ball.

Read for yourself (or, if necessary, have Mommy read it to you!). Geniuses.

http://blog.masslive.com/patriots/2015/01/deflategate_colts_lb_dqwell_ja.html

LMAO!!!!!

34 posted on 01/26/2015 7:17:25 AM PST by Gargantua ("...Fee tine a mady..." ;^)
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To: Gargantua
I've been a fan of the NE Patriots since BEFORE Steve Grogan was their quarterback, so you can take your "YEAH!! When it was about screwing those all-the-time-winningest-ever Patriots, it was fun" comments and shove them.

As I said in my first post, this was a concocted "scandal" from the start.

You might want to retire to a quiet corner and work on your reading comprehension skills.

35 posted on 01/26/2015 7:17:51 AM PST by WayneS (Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.)
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To: Hatteras

True enough.


36 posted on 01/26/2015 7:18:36 AM PST by WayneS (Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.)
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To: big'ol_freeper

bump


37 posted on 01/26/2015 7:19:10 AM PST by hadaclueonce (Ethanol is stupid.)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

No, but it’s affected by the stretching of its leather casing.


38 posted on 01/26/2015 7:20:01 AM PST by WayneS (Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.)
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To: hadaclueonce

Even Marcus Aurelius knew when a fix was in.


39 posted on 01/26/2015 7:22:56 AM PST by hadaclueonce (Ethanol is stupid.)
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To: NY.SS-Bar9
With these two teams, the only thing I can root for are injuries
Lovely sentiment, wanting players to get hurt for some childish reason - how about you take a long walk off a short pier?
40 posted on 01/26/2015 7:40:05 AM PST by dainbramaged (Get out of my country now)
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