Sup, I am talking about the actual truth, I.e..what actually happened. So I will tell you what I believe happened and you can do the same in return.
Imo the Patriots always go in at 12.5, and they troll the refs to inflate any that are short of that. Then the weather brought then under thus the balls being light. The Colts got cute, told the refs to check the balls and inflated theirs to 13.5 so they would not be caught under.
That's it, nothing more, the rest is all ********
Your turn.
You are missing the point times about 1000.
It doesn't matter what I think, which is what I've pointed out a million times. It's about the power of Roger Goodell, who actually has the authority to also hear the appeals process, since it's a team related ruling and not a personal player related ruling (or so, according to others anyway). My opinion isn't worth anything in this case. We're on a Patriots related message board. Of course the majority are going to feel that they are innocent! That's understandable and expected. I admire you for defending the team, and believe it or not, I do it all day long here in Pittsburgh. I do it on my facebook page. I do it at the barbershop. I do it at school. I do it everywhere I go.
For the record, so some nitwit doesn't spend all day trolling me without reading the actual thoughts, I agree that Brady and the team like the footballs at the low end of the spectrum, which would be around12.5. I certainly think the weather may have affected the air pressure, thus lowering it. As others have noted, I also believe that they may have had some a bit lower, which is the responsibility of the refs to catch--although I'm certainly not making any accusations.
I can't comment on the Colts balls, b/c we don't have enough information about that. That's pretty much it on that subject, aside from the obvious fact that the whole entire thing is ridiculous and it's a shame that the fans of the NFL have to be sidetracked at such an important time of the year.
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However, none of this has anything to do with the fact that I've debated:
1) The refs only did a squeeze test--when our own beat writer directly quotes otherwise.
2) The fact that Goodell openly lowered his burden of proof policy back in 2008, which is a fact and has been discussed at length
for years. This isn't a criminal case in front of a judge. It's much more like a civil case where the burden of proof is significantly lower. You'd be lying if you claimed that isn't at least
noteworthy and/or reason for concern.
3) The fact that the ball boy (or "Patriots Attendant") decided to make a detour from his normal routine of the refs locker room to the field, thus stopping to take the balls with him into the locked bathroom, and giving plenty of suspicion for anyone outside of N.England. May this come into play during the investigation? You bet it will.
4) The fact that maybe the referee shouldn't take all of the blame, since they never ONCE documented the air pressure of the balls in the entire history of the league! Why would people blame the refs? For what? For doing what they've always done? I completely understand that the investigation is helped greatly by the fact that the results were not recorded, so that's great news--but I'm not as sure as some that I'd agree with actually "blaming" the refs. Just my 2 cents.
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You seem to be angry at these facts. I didn't make them up. I'm debating the worth of them, and pointing out that prior to the video evidence, the whole "weather" thing was much more believable.
Now that they know that the 1) balls were deflated
AND 2) the ball boy went into the locked bathroom, it makes a bit of a different story, which is why I personally have some concerns as to how Goodell and co. will ultimately rule. In the end, all we can hope for is the best possible outcome and I will stand by the team no matter what the findings are.
