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As is poor grammar. Especially when attempting to post on the subject of "foolishness".
Cool, except the grammar is fine.
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See my post. There were two rumors: one that officials decided (ahead of the game) to test the balls at half-time. The other leak, disproven by the Colts defense, that they requested the officials to look at the ball. Both defenders who intercepted Tom Brady laughed and denied being able to tell the difference, and only had the ball for 10 seconds before giving it to a Colts ball boy to hold for them.
Either way, it's a good idea to check the ball conditions in a very close Championship game (14-7 at half-time) where it's raining hard the entire time. The officials helped Tom Brady by inflating his footballs to manufacturer's recommendations (12.5 to 13.5). Following the rules to the letter, they also had to report to the NFL they found a discrepancy with footballs, per the rule, for tracking purposes (must always be done.) In this case, they found the balls had lost some air pressure and fixed it. They didn't write down the before-after numbers because that wasn't the point of the measurement. The cheating suspicion was media's invention.
Officials expected Colts fans to complain that officials helped the Patriots via InflateGate, but officials had no choice but to add air once they found the difference in a pre-planned measurement. (On the other hand, coaching the Ravens by telling them not to cover a player before the snap? That was the referee's own choice, not a rule. He really shouldn't have helped the Ravens like that.)
Officials expected Colts to complain, but officials wanted to go out of their way to score high marks. They never expected the media to call it DeflateGate, blaming the Patriots for a situation that probably never happened in the NFL, where the referees decide to measure the balls at half-time.
I don't think so. SI's Michael McCann (a sports laywer) says the following:
(If Goodell wants to levy a punishment more severe than the penalties explicitly listed in the Constitution and Bylaws he can ask the Executive Committee for a harsher punishment, hence the reference to the EC in that quote)
http://www.si.com/nfl/2015/01/21/ne...tegate-investigation-bill-belichick-tom-brady
This bears repeating, for emphasis:
Blandino said the referee does not log the PSI during the pregame ball check. They're either approved or disapproved.
Actually, this is true. Fleming was declared as eligible on the previous play. Normally, to revert to ineligible status, he should have came off the field for the play where Solder caught the TD. So officially this should have been declared an illegal formation.So Blandino also said Solder's TD was an illegal play and should have been penalized?
Then we definitely disagree because I don't think the truth is in the middle at all. I don't believe the Patriots tampered with the balls period, and that's the only thing that matters and the only thing they can never sanctioned for. And I think it is disgraceful that the league is publicly convicting the ball boy with no evidence of wrongdoing at all.
He's buying it and trying to resell it.
He'll never do this :
I don't know what the hell you're talking about.
I stated that Blandino claimed the ref tested the balls with a gauge, which was a direct quote from the article written by our own Mike Reiss.
If that's too much for you to accept, then I'm not sure what to say?
I've also pointed out the fact that Roger Goodell changed the policy back in 2008 after Spygate, which is also true, so there are two true statements--like it or not. I've also made sure to make my stance clear that I believe BB and Brady, and that the whole thing is stupid.
And then Mike corrected himself and changed it to the ref gauged the football himself, which could mean either the literal or figurative use of the word.
I'm saying that I think the truth is in the middle of the two extreme views that people are taking. That doesn't have anything to do with whether the Pats are guilty or not.
One side is taking the extreme view of "they always cheat," and the other extreme side is "we're going to be awarded draft picks when they fire Roger Goodell," etc.
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.