Good Washington Post article

[andrewssix]

Great read from Sally Jenkins.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sport...b2d2be-f8b1-11e4-9ef4-1bb7ce3b3fb7_story.html

Here's how it opens:

"The evidence is thoroughly equivocal and the competitive advantage is nowhere to be found, yet the NFL is punishing Tom Brady and the New England Patriots as if they belong in Sing Sing. This case, perhaps more than all the others in the past year, sums up the NFL approach to justice: If you crack down hard enough on the little things, no one will notice the real scoundreling."

 

[aluminum seats]

Good piece, thanks for posting

 

[Bella*chick]

Sally making a whole lotta sense.

 

[sieglo]

Great piece ... Good to see the mainstream media is starting to get it.

 

[Rawky77]

Great read from Sally Jenkins.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sport...b2d2be-f8b1-11e4-9ef4-1bb7ce3b3fb7_story.html

Here's how it opens:

"The evidence is thoroughly equivocal and the competitive advantage is nowhere to be found, yet the NFL is punishing Tom Brady and the New England Patriots as if they belong in Sing Sing. This case, perhaps more than all the others in the past year, sums up the NFL approach to justice: If you crack down hard enough on the little things, no one will notice the real scoundreling."

This article also states that it is more advantageous to over inflate the ball then to under inflate the ball. Because while one can grip the under inflated ball more easily they will get greater drag and less distance while the overinflated ball will have less air resistance and travel further.

"Did Brady attempt to influence how much air was in the ball? Sure. Every quarterback in the league is princess-and-the-pea sensitive to the texture and grip of the ball in his hand, and asks equipment managers to inflate them to his preference. If you dock Brady four games, then you have to dock Aaron Rodgers, too. Rodgers admitted to CBS analyst Phil Simms last season that he “pushes the limit” on how much air is in the ball. Rodgers has large hands and likes an extremely hard ball. He told Simms that he tells his equipment guys to “even go over what they allow you to do and see if the officials take the air out of it.” Simms reported this on national television, and no one called it a ‘Gate’ — for the simple reason that it’s not cheating. It’s a preference. And it comes with an equalizing downside. If a softer ball is easier to grip, it also decelerates when you throw it, loses velocity and doesn’t travel as far. If it’s overinflated the way Rodgers likes it, then it travels farther, faster."(QUOTE emphasis added)

 

[Rawky77]

ignore some how i messed this up

 

[Brettlax3434]

Great read - exactly what this is all about.