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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.I was kind of surprised about this part of the statement-
The NFL will look to do what's right for the NFL. And the NFL has its finger in the wind on almost every decision it makes now. Once they went down that slippery slope it is difficult to go back (because of the tangled web that was created).
Keep your guard up and expect the NFL to do just as much wrong as it does right.
Based on this, the weather theory goes out the window. It states the balls in the second half were properly inflated and were tested after the game and remained properly inflated. If the weather were an issue, the second half balls would have experienced a decrease in PSI too.
https://twitter.com/PP_Rich_Hill/status/558722378495430657/photo/1 just throwing this in here, ESPN deleting the Sports Science video.
It really would be in the best interest of the NFL to find nothing of this investigation. If it turns out that someone within the Patriots organization was tampering with the football after it was inspected and they have hard evidence, then it would not only create a blackeye on the Patriots, but also the league as a whole. They don't want that. The Pats have been the model NFL franchise for well over a decade. Why would they want to tarnish one of their marquee franchises? Because Goodell is a Jets fan? That's foolish thinking.
Keep in mind that the NFL has anti-trust exemption. If Congress deems that the NFL is no longer equally fair to all of it's 32 league members, then they could strip that exemption away. The league doesn't want that.
The NFL, as much as everyone hates on them, will do its best to be fair and balanced in this investigation.
Let's just hope that they find nothing.
It really would be in the best interest of the NFL to find nothing of this investigation. If it turns out that someone within the Patriots organization was tampering with the football after it was inspected and they have hard evidence, then it would not only create a blackeye on the Patriots, but also the league as a whole. They don't want that. The Pats have been the model NFL franchise for well over a decade. Why would they want to tarnish one of their marquee franchises? Because Goodell is a Jets fan? That's foolish thinking.
Keep in mind that the NFL has anti-trust exemption. If Congress deems that the NFL is no longer equally fair to all of it's 32 league members, then they could strip that exemption away. The league doesn't want that.
The NFL, as much as everyone hates on them, will do its best to be fair and balanced in this investigation.
Let's just hope that they find nothing.
Please, you cannot possibly think congress representing the 31 other teams would revoke fan loved anti-trust because the Cheatriots were not treated "fairly"?
Christ, it's almost as bad as CNN and every other news outlet FUBAR'ing the Boston Marathon last year.https://twitter.com/PP_Rich_Hill/status/558722378495430657/photo/1 just throwing this in here, ESPN deleting the Sports Science video.
At no point does this NFL statement say the balls were deflated or that the PSI dropped. Not once. This is not a mistake. They have nothing. Lawyers wrote this and this omission is not a mistake.
Actually, it does:
While the evidence thus far supports the conclusion that footballs that were under-inflated were used by the Patriots in the first half, the footballs were properly inflated for the second half and confirmed at the conclusion of the game to have remained properly inflated. The goals of the investigation will be to determine the explanation for why footballs used in the game were not in compliance with the playing rules and specifically whether any noncompliance was the result of deliberate action.
So, they're saying that footballs in the first half were, in fact, under-inflated and now they want to find out how that happened.
Frankly, I'm still clinging to the hope that BB and TB didn't flat out lie in their pressers yesterday. If they did, that's going to be a lot worse than if they had admitted to trying to sneak a couple of PSI out of the game balls.
Actually, it does:
While the evidence thus far supports the conclusion that footballs that were under-inflated were used by the Patriots in the first half, the footballs were properly inflated for the second half and confirmed at the conclusion of the game to have remained properly inflated. The goals of the investigation will be to determine the explanation for why footballs used in the game were not in compliance with the playing rules and specifically whether any noncompliance was the result of deliberate action.
So, they're saying that footballs in the first half were, in fact, under-inflated and now they want to find out how that happened.
Frankly, I'm still clinging to the hope that BB and TB didn't flat out lie in their pressers yesterday. If they did, that's going to be a lot worse than if they had admitted to trying to sneak a couple of PSI out of the game balls.
Sports Science video still on youtube