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Roger Goodell owes Tom Brady an apology
Yahoo Sports ^ | 13 Dec 16 | Dan Wetzel

Posted on 12/13/2016 4:12:49 PM PST by big'ol_freeper

On Dec. 4, the New York Giants got ahold of a couple of Pittsburgh Steeler footballs and decided to see if they were below the NFL pregame inflation minimum of 12.5 pounds per square inch.

“The PSIs were a little low,” Giants coach Ben McAdoo said.

According to the ProFootballTalk, the balls came in at 11.8 and 11.4 psi. The Giants told the league, although not via a “formal complaint,” whatever that is. The NFL isn’t saying much, but it apparently checked to see if the referees had maintained control of the balls and dismissed the situation quickly.

Why? Because by time the Giants obtained and presumably checked the balls on the sideline, the temperature in Pittsburgh was between 41.0 and 41.2 degrees, according to Weather Underground’s historical data.

Footballs lose air pressure in cold weather. The numbers were explained away by science, not cheating. This was nothing. Nothing happened, nothing at all.

“All footballs were in compliance,” the NFL stated after Fox’s Jay Glazer reported on the incident.

The situation was properly handled. Good job, NFL.

That means given the chance to do deflate-gate all over again – the initial situation with the New England Patriots scandal is nearly identical (even considering whatever happened in the Foxborough bathroom, which we’ll get to below) – the NFL chose to do nearly the exact opposite.

(Excerpt) Read more at sports.yahoo.com ...


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Goodell should be hung
1 posted on 12/13/2016 4:12:49 PM PST by big'ol_freeper
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To: Bender2; Impy; dfwgator; GOPsterinMA; knarf; campaignPete R-CT; Cletus.D.Yokel

Fire Goodell


2 posted on 12/13/2016 4:16:01 PM PST by big'ol_freeper
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To: big'ol_freeper

Fry Goodell.


3 posted on 12/13/2016 4:21:21 PM PST by BipolarBob
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To: big'ol_freeper

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Only a man can be “hung.”

Goodell gets off on a technicality.
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4 posted on 12/13/2016 4:26:03 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: big'ol_freeper
There was confusion over the measuring gauges and time of measurement.

I play LOTS of senior competitive volleyball where the pressure of the balls is around 4.2 psi. I have yet to find three different gauges that will come up with the same identical readings and my latest gauge is digital........

Each team providing their own balls should be able to inflate the balls to their own specifications. That way each team gets their own advantage.......which evens out.

5 posted on 12/13/2016 4:28:53 PM PST by Hot Tabasco
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To: big'ol_freeper; Impy

Things I hate less than Rog the Cuck:

Taxes
Herpes
Never Trumpers
Cruzbots
Illegals
RATS
Pierced genitals
The smell of rotting potatoes


6 posted on 12/13/2016 4:38:25 PM PST by GOPsterinMA (I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
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To: big'ol_freeper

Condi Rice for NFL comisiner - only one who can work with owners and keep thugs in line

Head injuries will killings sport in our life times


7 posted on 12/13/2016 4:40:39 PM PST by Jimmy The Snake
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To: big'ol_freeper
The temperature at Pittsburgh on December 4 was 42 degrees at halftime. The temperature at Gillette Stadium was 48 degree during halftime of the AFC Championship Game on January 18, 2015. According to the Ideal Gas Law and all else equal, we would expect the average pressure of the footballs at Heinz Field to be lower than the average pressure of the footballs at Gillette Stadium.

But that's not what was actually observed. Even though it was colder at Heinz Field, the average pressure of the Steelers' balls was 11.6 psi. The mean pressure of the warmer Patriots balls at the AFC Championship game was less than 11.3 psi.

8 posted on 12/13/2016 4:44:35 PM PST by SSS Two
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To: GOPsterinMA

Go Patriots!


9 posted on 12/13/2016 4:46:13 PM PST by Boardwalk
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To: Boardwalk

I thought BAL was going to win.


10 posted on 12/13/2016 4:47:07 PM PST by GOPsterinMA (I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
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To: GOPsterinMA

Brady!


11 posted on 12/13/2016 4:49:06 PM PST by Boardwalk
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To: Boardwalk

Never ceases to amaze.


12 posted on 12/13/2016 4:50:07 PM PST by GOPsterinMA (I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
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To: big'ol_freeper

One would hope this would disabuse all the Brady haters once & for all that this PSI question was nothing but an excuse for the NFL to go after the Patriots at the behest of the other league owners.....the league will never touch this NYG/Steelers thing because it would expose the whole fake which hunt.


13 posted on 12/13/2016 4:51:16 PM PST by LongWayHome
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Lol, that’s Witch hunt as in the wicked witch of the west:)


14 posted on 12/13/2016 4:52:45 PM PST by LongWayHome
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To: big'ol_freeper

Ever since the NFL gave a more scientifically accurate explanation of the Ideal Gas Law that MIT scientists did, I have believed that Patriots fans are the most scientically illiterate fans in the country. This thread does nothing to change that belief.


15 posted on 12/13/2016 5:11:07 PM PST by SSS Two
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The NFL officials now have the footballs in their possession during games and monitor the air pressure so there is no tampering by players. The issue with Brady was his direct involvement in deflating. I’m not sure what the issue is here.


16 posted on 12/13/2016 5:12:36 PM PST by ScottfromNJ
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To: Boardwalk

Almost 40 years old and he’s still the best quarterback in the league. Not bad for a gangly, knot-kneed kid drafted by the Patriots in the 6th Round of the 2000 NFL Draft.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Brady


17 posted on 12/13/2016 5:18:58 PM PST by NKP_Vet (In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle,stand like a rock ~ T, Jefferson)
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To: ScottfromNJ

The issue with Brady was his direct involvement in deflating.


So you’re saying that Brady deflated the balls himself. To me that’s what ‘direct’ means


18 posted on 12/13/2016 5:23:37 PM PST by chaosagent (Remember, no matter how you slice it, forbidden fruit still tastes the sweetest!)
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To: SSS Two

You do realize it was pouring rain and the footballs were soaked during the AFC Championship game against the Colts in 2015, right?

And that the game between the Steelers and the Giants was dry, right?

It makes a significant difference. Wet footballs vs dry ones?


19 posted on 12/13/2016 5:24:01 PM PST by rlmorel (Orwell described Liberals when he wrote of those who "repudiate morality while laying claim to it.")
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To: editor-surveyor

Well then he should be hanged.


20 posted on 12/13/2016 5:27:25 PM PST by WayneS (An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill)
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