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Newsflash: It was an NFL employee who stole the footballs, not a Patriots employee. Let me say that again: It was a LEAGUE employee who stole the footballs and has subsequently been fired by the LEAGUE.
In the future I suggest you actually read articles before commenting on them. You'll look a lot less foolish.
Here's the "news" that was out there for all to read:
A locker room attendant for the New England Patriots tried to introduce an unapproved special teams football into last month's AFC Championship Game, the same game at the center of the "Deflategate" allegations, four sources familiar with the investigation told "Outside the Lines."
One source said that the attendant assigned to the officials' locker room, identified as 48-year-old Jim McNally,
McNally is a part-time employee who was hired by The Kraft Group, a company owned by Patriots owner Robert Kraft. Kelly Way, the director of operations for TeamOps at Gillette Stadium, said NFL game-day employees are paid by The Kraft Group.
http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/story/_...e-gave-unapproved-ball-official-lines-reports
Then, the story changes:
What the NFL’s VP of Game Operations blundered into instead was a memorabilia scam. Run by an NFL employee. In which said employee (as-yet unnamed) took game-used footballs that were going to be donated to charity so he could hawk them and pocket the money.
McNally was just a fall guy for this NFL-employed scam artist, according to Adam Schefter, ESPN’s well-connected NFL insider.
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nbc-y...gate-football-memorabilia-scam-154305211.html
What looks foolish is this yarn being spun now that an NFL employee was stealing footballs to sell and the Pats didnt know a thing. Of course a Pats lover will swallow this hook, line, and sinker, but aint nobody else buying it.
Cant wait for the next spin on the deflated footballs mystery. If the NFL is willing to slap the Pats on the wrist for SpyGate and burn all the evidence its no wonder what we've seen so far is happening. This story & coverup will get more comical as Robert Krafty pulls Goodell's puppet strings.