NFL investigating Patriots for deflating footballs

[Hardline]

Why would a deflated ball give them an advantage?

 

[BAZ]

I thought since the slippery ball incident the NFL let teams bring their own balls to games? This shouldn't affect Indy.

 

[Fredd]

Commanders, Eagles, Patriots, Lions

What is Fredds most hated NFL teams for $200 alex?

 

[TwentyOne]

Pats cheating? Say it isn't so. lol
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I lost all faith in the NFL and how they handled the Patroits.
Corrruption is thriving in the upper management of the NFL and Bellicick and the owner of the Patriots seem to be in the thick of things.

The Patriots never were a team i was interessted in. A no namer.
But after that affair i view them as the incarnation of cheating. Every time they win its one more step for me to quit watching pro football.

Its a shame they still are able to cheat they way to the top.

 

[EST_1986]

If Cowboys were involved in these shinanagenses they'd be shipped to the Canadian league. But patriots just get a slap in the hand.

They lost a 1st round pick and got 750k in fines. Not so sure thats a slap on the wrist.

 

[Plankton]

Why would a deflated ball give them an advantage?

Makes it easier to throw and catch, especially in wet weather.

 

[Sasquatch]

Makes it easier to throw and catch, especially in wet weather.

For both teams?

 

[BotchedLobotomy]

When they think a ball may be flat they weigh it?

Okay.

Come on, everyone knows that a deflated ball weighs less because there is less air in the ball.

 

[EST_1986]

For both teams?

No. Pats use their balls when they're on offense, then the Colts have their own balls they use

 

[TheDallasDon]

For both teams?

Each team uses their own ball so......
Pats would have a deflated ball, Colts regulation

 

[ErikWilliamsHeadSlap]

They lost a 1st round pick and got 750k in fines. Not so sure thats a slap on the wrist.

$750,000. What is that? Three P.S.L.s? Would you not be willing to give up a 1st round pick for a title?

49ers got off easy as well.

 

[Sasquatch]

No. Pats use their balls when they're on offense, then the Colts have their own balls they use

I see. Was it really necessary against the Colts? What are these guys thinking.

 

[EST_1986]

I see. Was it really necessary against the Colts? What are these guys thinking.

No joke after the first few drives they should have been pumping the balls back up.

 

[Plankton]

For both teams?

Each team gets their own footballs to use. I would assume that the Patriots were deflating their own.

 

[EST_1986]

Each team uses their own ball so......
Pats would have a deflated ball, Colts regulation

Colts could have used flat balls last night and it wouldn't have helped them.

 

[BotchedLobotomy]

Of course this will blow over because it's the Patriots, but this organization is compiling a pretty good track record when it comes to cheating and "stretching the rules".

Of course there is nothing on the Patriots personal sports network ESPN.

 

[TwentyOne]

$750,000. What is that? Three P.S.L.s? Would you not be willing to give up a 1st round pick for a title?

49ers got off easy as well.

They should have gotten denied all of their titles starting with the 2000 season. Belicick should have been banned from working in any kind of football business as a coach for a lifetime (nfl, college etc...).

they should have implementented a policy that said that with any kind of cheating after first incident the franchise would been banned from participating in the NFL again. In that case the owner should have been denied to ever own a NFL franchise again.

 

[Bungarian]

Each team brings it's own ball. Pats deflated theirs because they are easier to hold in wet weather. You can geta better grip.

 

[TheDallasDon]

So how is the media playing it so far? Broom + rug?

 

[HeavyBarrel]

The league wants a strong Northeast presence in the NFL, the South/West has all the bragging rights and the northerners that run the league and own the teams can't handle it......I'll say it again if the Cowboys were in New England the media would fall in line