Aaron Rodgers over inflating balls - double standard

[mikey m]

So if I steel a hundred bucks out of the cash drawer and no one counts it at closing so they don't know its gone that's OK?....or if they do count it and they found out I took it its OK if they replace the hundred bucks? How on earth are those better than if I took out a hundred bucks after it was counted?

Analogy is way off. This is like (Rodgers) asking someone if he can have $100 and (Brady allegedly) taking the $100 when that person is not looking. Both are attempts to acquire money that doesn't belong to them. One is legal, one isn't. C'mon man.

 

[Oswlek]

If the integrity of the league and PSI levels are so important, why the hell hasn't ANYTHING been done about Rodgers' situation?

Because it's not illegal to hand a ball to a ref at any amount of psi, only to adjust it afterward.

The better example is in the report. If proper psi is so critical to the integrity of the game, how were balls at 16 ever used? Why is this not - by a huge margin - the most important take away from the entire report? You are talking about 2.5 psi over the maximum! Holy crap! I mean, Brady is about to be suspended for, by their own numbers, an absolute maximum of 0.7 psi below spec, so where is the howling about being nearly four times that off in the other direction?

This demonstrates conclusively that it's never been about fair play or the necessity of an arbitrary range. It's simply about technicalities and, perhaps, diverting eyes from the NFL's more serious problems.

The fact that this wasn't dealt with in the first two days after the news broke in the same manner as it had been for every other team - a slap on the wrist and a stern look - can only be attributed to incompetence, malevolence or a combination thereof.

 

[Brady_to_Moss]

It's the Packers...again no one cares..just like no one cares about the Vikings altering balls this year ect

 

[robbomango]

Guys, I am as staunch as anyone about his investigation being a sham, but IF the allegations are true, there is a difference between Rodgers submitting a ball over and hoping it passes and basically breaking into a room and illegally tampering with footballs which have already been prepared for the game.

I am just not convinced anything of that nature actually happened.

Come on now.

I agree but if Brady ever said what Rodgers said I think the nation or world? lol would still blow its collective lid.

"Brady deceptively tries to skirt rules"
"Brady content with playing outside the rules if refs are unaware"
"Brady admits to the subtle nature of his rule skirting"
"Tom Brady actively seeks to gain an unfair advantage as long as refs turn a blind eye"
"Brady admits to using under inflated balls"

 

[PatsWSB47]

Analogy is way off. This is like (Rodgers) asking someone if he can have $100 and (Brady allegedly) taking the $100 when that person is not looking. Both are attempts to acquire money that doesn't belong to them. One is legal, one isn't. C'mon man.

Not my point. My 2 points are: 1. A non regulation ball that gets by an official into a game is every bit the same advantage as a ball that gets in via a ball boy altering the psi. 2. A player that inflates a ball beyond regulations ha the same intent that the ball boy does.

 

[mikey m]

Not my point. My 2 points are: 1. A non regulation ball that gets by an official into a game is every bit the same advantage as a ball that gets in via a ball boy altering the psi. 2. A player that inflates a ball beyond regulations ha the same intent that the ball boy does.

Everyone is trying to gain a competitive advantage. There's legal measures you can take and illegal measures to take to gain an advantage. There's nothing illegal about giving footballs you like to the referees to check pregame and see if they're acceptable. We don't need to point a finger at Rodgers to defend TB

 

[PatsWSB47]

Everyone is trying to gain a competitive advantage. There's legal measures you can take and illegal measures to take to gain an advantage. There's nothing illegal about giving footballs you like to the referees to check pregame and see if they're acceptable. We don't need to point a finger at Rodgers to defend TB

I guess my 3rd point is that the world thinks the pats win because of the psi of a football while other teams that have non regulation footballs in a game have no impact whatsoever.