The balls were at 12.5 PSI when the refs checked them.
At some point in time the balls went down in PSI after that time.
If Brady had nothing to do with the reduction in PSI, why should be be fined?
The NFL has a flawed operational process. Period.
Why should he pay a fine for a change when he had no involvement? Just so you can feel better?
@shemessy you are better than that.
This is worth fighting for.
IF (and this is a big IF, no doubt) it comes out he knew or instructed the ball to be filled up in a sauna. It's like signing a legal contract with a disappearing ink pen.
Very simply - And it is the same for Saint Aaron and his ADMISSION of high pressure football sneaking:
I would give them each this slap on the wrist because, while technically legal, BOTH situations go against the intention of the rule. Both intentionally try to get a low Psi ball into play.
$25,000 fine and lumping him with Aaron Rodgers' situation is a message to the haters that while it is a violation of the rules intent (face it, the intent is to make sure the footballs WHILE IN PLAY are somewhat uniform pressure-wise) others - - including Saint Aaron - do it too. And that the NFL WILL change the verbiage of its rules in the future to close the loophole.
If anything RW, it allows the Patriots and Brady to get their reputation back quicker, because it shows
1) How small and petty the whole subject is and
2) Others, including Saint Aaron the do same, or similar, things. the Pats are no more evil than anyone else. The "high horse" haters will have to face that fact....and THAT is the worst outcome for them to admit to themselves.
****Remember the USFL damages from the NFL court ruling in the mid 1980's?
Yes THAT kind of message to the haters.