There It Is! NFL Informed Officials of New 2015 Game Ball Procedures This Weekend

Tony2046 · Jul 26, 2015

patsfan13 said:
The Patriots should inflate a non game balol to 12.5 psi indoors, display the process on the big screen inside the stadium, show the ball being transported to the field. Display the ball prominently on the sideline, then at halftime measure the psi being measured on the big screen in the stadium.

Do this for all games when the temp will be under 50 degrees.

Embarrass the NFL. Get the damn pick back, exonerate Brady.

Maybe the fans should do that. Bring a game like ball into the stadium with a pressure gauge. That would be classic.

Jlaff · Jul 26, 2015

I expect the half-time measurement to take place after an acclimation delay, just like the Colt's balls were. Can see the NFL trying to use this to make the Pats look bad again.

Tony2046 · Jul 26, 2015

VectorPrime said:
But air pressure is as complicated as Quantum Mechanics duh

Ok, Knock it off Felger.

Jlaff · Jul 26, 2015

Tony2046 said:
Maybe the fans should do that. Bring a game like ball into the stadium with a pressure gauge. That would be classic.

Chiuba

patsfan13 · Jul 26, 2015

Jlaff said:
I expect the half-time measurement to take place after an acclimation delay, just like the Colt's balls were. Can see the NFL trying to use this to make the Pats look bad again.

Pats need to do it transparently and publicly to embarrass the league.

RunAmok · Jul 26, 2015

Tony2046 said:
Thats exactly right. In 110 degree weather the footballs will measure 14.5 - 15.5 psi and in 0 degree weather the footballs will measure 9 - 10 psi.

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So the home team will be responsible for assuring that the game field temperature remains at 70 degrees throughout the game?

This is so asinine, can't someone just give the NFL the chart in the post above. Balls will deflate in cold weather and inflate in hot weather. Why do they need to check the balls to prove the IDG? Or if one of the balls falls 2-5% below what the IDG says the home team automatically a 1st round pick?

MitchKumstein · Jul 26, 2015

Koma said:
So what happens if they find an under or overinflated ball at halftime? Where's the part about taking away a 1st round draft pick and suspending the QB?

I really do wonder what the reason is for checking and recording the psi of the balls at halftime. Will it be done to prevent teams from messing with the footballs? Is it gathering data to perhaps exonerate the Patriots as some here have suggested? Is there another reason?

I don't want to get my hopes up (again) that the NYJFL will ever actually do the right thing, but could this be a good sign for the Patriots?

patsfan13 · Jul 26, 2015

Perhaps Goody being advised he was going to get hid ass handed to him in court my take the King option and defer the suspension until after the season. Then after the dog and pony show proves the team and Brady innocent, Goody can save face and pretend to be fair.

Tony2046 · Jul 26, 2015

MitchKumstein said:
I really do wonder what the reason is for checking and recording the psi of the balls at halftime. Will it be done to prevent teams from messing with the footballs? Is it gathering data to perhaps exonerate the Patriots as some here have suggested? Is there another reason?

I don't want to get my hopes up (again) that the NYJFL will ever actually do the right thing, but could this be a good sign for the Patriots?

I do not see them doing this in any manner that will help exonerate the Pats although it might end up doing so in the end.

If they check the balls on the field of play during a cold weather game it will show all those who are watching how ridiculous this whole deflategate was and I cannot see the NFL doing that.

Imagine if during the halftime of a below freezing game the NFL announced that the footballs were at 9.7 or 10..2 etc.... that would not look good for the NFL.

h0c2000 · Jul 26, 2015

I'm very confident in the NFL's ability to f*ck up this simple task.

patsfan13 · Jul 26, 2015

Florio has picked the story up.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...s-to-inspect-footballs-more-closely/#comments

Comments are hilarious.

XLIX · Jul 26, 2015

I am looking forward to seeing the real world results of this. One of my (many) pet theories is that balls can lose air when subjected to the stress of NFL playing conditions. When a man who weighs 250 tackles another man who weighs 250, and 500 pounds of humanity lands on the ball, I would not be surprised if maybe a little bit of air escaped from the rubber nodule.

In other words, there may indeed be something to the theory that another reason the Patriots balls deflated more than the Colts balls is because they were used much more during the course of the 1st half.

patsfan13 · Jul 26, 2015

XLIX said:
I am looking forward to seeing the real world results of this. One of my (many) pet theories is that balls can lose air when subjected to the stress of NFL playing conditions. When a man who weighs 250 tackles another man who weighs 250, and 500 pounds of humanity lands on the ball, I would not be surprised if maybe a little bit of air escaped from the rubber nodule.

In other words, there may indeed be something to the theory that another reason the Patriots balls deflated more than the Colts balls is because they were used much more during the course of the 1st half.

No the Colts balls had more time to return to room temp plus they had a higher initial psi. Typically the simplest answer is the correct answer Occam's razor and all that.

Joker · Jul 26, 2015

"Protect The Shield!!!!"

heh...yeah...so the Moronissioner creates another...

MagicMarker · Jul 26, 2015

patsfan13 said:
No the Colts balls had more time to return to room temp plus they had a higher initial temps. Typically the simplest answer is the correct answer Occam's razor and all that.

Yes...the whole argument about the Colts footballs deflating less was a red herring. Based on the ideal gas law and assuming Walt Anderson used the gauge he's reasonably sure he did, the Patriots balls were exactly at the PSI they should be. It's the Colts balls that were outliers and needed to be explained.

Joker · Jul 26, 2015

hey..isn't that Mike Kensil behind the ring master, Jeff Pash?

Tony2046 · Jul 26, 2015

patsfan13 said:
Florio has picked the story up.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...s-to-inspect-footballs-more-closely/#comments

Comments are hilarious.

One of the first comments:

Wise up folks. These are not the consequences of a coincidence. Cheat or not, these are the actions of the guilty

Cheat or not?? So does this mean the tide is turning? It used to be "they cheated" but now its graduated to "cheat or not"

haha "Cheat or not" what in the hell is that?

Ivan · Jul 26, 2015

Thank God. These measures are so long in coming. My twenty year crusade to get the right PSI is finally over.

Tony2046 · Jul 26, 2015

MagicMarker said:
Yes...the whole argument about the Colts footballs deflating less was a red herring. Based on the ideal gas law and assuming Walt Anderson used the gauge he's reasonably sure he did, the Patriots balls were exactly at the PSI they should be. It's the Colts balls that were outliers and needed to be explained.

That was the significance of the AEI report. It demonstrated a timeline in which the footballs were tested and which gauge was most likely used. The Colt footballs were tested last so probably had about 10-12 minutes longer to warm up compared to the first Patriot football.

Deus Irae · Jul 26, 2015

Tony2046 said:
They will not allow a team to do anything to those footballs other than play the game with them.

You can still measure pregame, before you turn the balls over to the officials. In fact, it would be neglect not to, given the current circumstances.

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