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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.Really TMZ? I wonder what your source is? Jim Irsay?
http://www.tmz.com/2015/01/23/nfl-we-have-video-evidence-in-deflate-gate/
Please, you cannot possibly think congress representing the 31 other teams would revoke fan loved anti-trust because the Cheatriots were not treated "fairly"?
Really TMZ? I wonder what your source is? Jim Irsay?
http://www.tmz.com/2015/01/23/nfl-we-have-video-evidence-in-deflate-gate/
Sports Science video still on youtube
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w/NFL statement, STILL don't know if refs used gauge or butcher's thumb to test balls pregame. Why not be specific and rule out questions?
Here we go tape-gate !Beginners trap: the headline is totally false. The body of the "article" is what the NFL and New England have said - they've got tapes not they have video evidence of stuff happening.
'cause lawyer speak.
Read what they DIDN'T say and you get the gist of it - Anderson probably just gave it a squeeze and said "yeah they're fine".
I feel the opposite. That's about as far from a definitive statement the league could make about pregame inspection. Intentionally vague and equivocating. If they had the psi they would say. And Brady and bb would not have said it was at 12.5 if they knew it had been measured.That's how I read it as well. I went from being convinced NE did it to ambivalent due to all the misinformation, but that seems like a pretty definitive statement on the NFL's part.
I've been staying away from this whole nonsense but just checked in. If I read the NFL's statemet right, nobody really has a clue about anything -- EXCEPT the fact that in the 2nd half, when the Patriots crushed the Colts 28-0, the balls were extra-special-guaranteed perfect.
So we're looking for how the Patriots gained an unfair disadvantage in the first half?
They took it down because the conclusion was too tame. ESPN wants to stir up outrage against the Pats, not admit that the difference in PSI only allows a 1mm difference in grip or the weight difference is less than a dollar bill. Or even the fact that the ball will travel slower underinflated, making it easier for a defender to cover it by about 1 inch. Or how about how they concluded the rain probably had more effect on the football performance than the difference in PSI?
This changes everything. It looks to me now like someone on the Colts probably deflated our balls in a desperate attempt to hurt our offense. When Tommy threw the pick he immediately knew something was wrong and had the refs check our balls and adjust them accordingly and the 2nd half offense is clear evidence that we were the victims.I've been staying away from this whole nonsense but just checked in. If I read the NFL's statemet right, nobody really has a clue about anything -- EXCEPT the fact that in the 2nd half, when the Patriots crushed the Colts 28-0, the balls were extra-special-guaranteed perfect.
So we're looking for how the Patriots gained an unfair disadvantage in the first half?
I feel the opposite. That's about as far from a definitive statement the league could make about pregame inspection. Intentionally vague and equivocating. If they had the psi they would say. And Brady and bb would not have said it was at 12.5 if they knew it had been measured.
In this instance, "inpsected" is studiously vague term. Why no statement from the referee? Appears that the NFL lawyers know that the pressure wasn't measured prior to the game.
They don't have the evidence, but they're pissed at the Patriots, so they're going to let this play out for as long as they can, letting the Brady and Belichik twist in the wind.