According to Bob Kravtiz and covered in this story, the NFL will be investigating whether the Patriots used partially deflated footballs in order to ensure an easier grip on the ball in the rain. Apparently could possibly result in lost draft picks or a fine. "The source told Kravitz that officials took a ball out of play at one point and weighed it. "
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]League source tells me nfl is investigating possibility the pats deflated footballs. [/FONT]http://now.wthr.com/1Egj7sr [FONT=Arial, sans-serif]
[/FONT]No idea who Kravitz is but if this is true then forget fine and picks, disqualify the cheaters.
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Are you ****ing kidding me?
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am I missing something. If they deflate the balls to get a grip advantage, then doesn't Luck and the Colts gain the same advantage using the same footballs?
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those plays were illegal and deceptive.
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http://static.nfl.com/static/content/public/image/rulebook/pdfs/5_2013_Ball.pdf
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http://static.nfl.com/static/content/public/image/rulebook/pdfs/5_2013_Ball.pdf
either way, the refs touch the ball on every play. -
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im guessing the speculation came from the exchange of footballs between the kickoff ball and regulsr ball?
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This is funny. It's never the Patriots fault for being caught and labeled a cheater.
It's always a conspiracy from everyone else to make them look bad. Just ask a Pats fan. :whistling: -
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There was a ball(1) that the patriots center complained was soft. The ref had placed the ball in play after receiving it from the ball boy. The ref called for a replacement ball, had the Pats rehuddle and replaced the ball. The ball was weighed as a standard procedure. Weighing the ball does not tell how much air pressure is in it.
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here you guys. I made this just for you.
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Whatever the result, there's apparently enough in this situation to warrant an NFL investigation. Will be interesting to see what sparked all this off. Could be that maybe it was discovered a referee, or group of refs, got lax on monitoring the footballs. The rules on paper mean nothing if they aren't rigorously maintained and enforced.
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It was initiated after Jackson picked Brady off and he came to the sideline and had the equipment manager take a look at it who then has Pagano and the GM look at it.....GM then called a league official who then had the ref pull the ball at the start of the 3rd qtr.....
Whether they did it or not, can Pats fans stop calling EEI or trying to convince me that because it was cold out (it wasn't it was 47) and WINDY....that was the reason for the deflation.....do you understand how ****ing dumb that sounds? -
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I've also seen less bloated men dredged out of rivers.finyank13 likes this. -
****, i hope this doesn't get back to him, he almost ripped Ted Johnson apart for calling her ugly. -
Way to derail the thread guy.
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now it's being said that in an interview, Aaron Rodgers over inflates his football because he likes them tight.
apparently the Vikings and Panthers got caught "warming their balls" :shifty: a few weeks ago as well, which is illegal.
http://espn.go.com/blog/minnesota-v...of-game-ball-incident-during-panthers-vikings
it's getting laughable now. -
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Sorry but smoke....meet fire. -
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This really saddens and annoys me. This is utter crap. The Pats were good enough to win without this, now the league has to decide whether to let cheaters win or kick them out. Fines are utterly irrelevant here. Even draft picks are irrelevant. If cheating can get you to a Superbowl with just a slap on the wrist then who wouldn't try it?
There's only one fair recourse here, IMO, and that's disqualification. I know it won't happen, and that's what saddens me, but it should. I genuinely believe that would be the right course of action. It would suck for any and all players and coaches who had nothing to do with it but that's on the heads of the guilty. Bottom line is that the Patriots cheated, they tilted the table, made the playing field uneven, and since there's no way to know what effect was had, exactly, or how things might have turned out, their win has to be ruled invalid. Colts vs. Seahawks is the only way that this should work out.shula_guy likes this. -
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