NFL FINDS Patriots* EMPLOYEES PROBABLY DEFLATED BALLS

SteelersYak wrote:

Report: Tom Brady could be suspended for up to one year
By John Breech | CBSSports.com
May 7, 2015 2:40 pm ET

Tom Brady's offseason might extend until 2016 if the NFL decides to drop the proverbial hammer on the Patriots** quarterback and at least one report is indicating that the league could slam the hammer down hard.
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tony hipchest wrote:

Pappy wrote:

Fan since72, I coach high school football and was a former high school quarterback and believe me, it definitely is an advantage to have your footballs slightly under inflated especially in cold weather. It just gives you the quarterback and also the running backs and receivers an advantage throwing, catching and holding onto the ball. That's why the rule exists in the first place. Even at the high school level, the officials check the psi of the balls before the games. A rule was broken knowingly and then THERE WAS AN ATTEMPT OF A COVERUP which might even be worse than the rule violation. Cry Brady needs to pay, and pay dearly or many fans, not just Steeler fans, will be very pissed. But I would still rather see us kick his ass in the first game at THEIR place on national TV.

so what you are saying is that you and high school football across America as part of the bigger anti Tom Brady conspiracy that fan since has uncovered?

KeepHarrisonTilHes92 wrote:

He's had about 4 months or more to nervously digest it.

SteelersYak wrote:

So that freedom of speech (that those veterans fight for [see other thread]) isn't free I guess. Simmons is spot on about Goodell.  Goodell is a HUGE POS and pro football would be a better place without him.

The Wells Report should have ended with a recap of Brady going 37 for 50 for 4 TDs with properly inflated balls in the Super Bowl.

— Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) May 6, 2015

effyou515 wrote:

mmm, Tom not playing in the first game against the Steelers?

Vis wrote:

The NFL announced Monday that Tom Brady has been suspended without pay for four games for violating the NFL policy on the integrity of the game. This news comes less than a week after independent investigator Ted Wells found that it was "more probable than not" that Brady was "at least generally aware of the inappropriate activities" regarding the deflation of Patriots** game balls used in the AFC Championship Game against the Colts.

The team will also be fined $1 million and will forfeit a 2016 first rounder and 2017 fourth-round selection in the NFL Draft.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000492185/article/brady-suspended-4-games-Patriots**-forfeit-2016-first-rounder

Jazzo wrote:

Vis wrote:

The NFL announced Monday that Tom Brady has been suspended without pay for four games for violating the NFL policy on the integrity of the game. This news comes less than a week after independent investigator Ted Wells found that it was "more probable than not" that Brady was "at least generally aware of the inappropriate activities" regarding the deflation of Patriots*** game balls used in the AFC Championship Game against the Colts.

The team will also be fined $1 million and will forfeit a 2016 first rounder and 2017 fourth-round selection in the NFL Draft.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000492185/article/brady-suspended-4-games-Patriots***-forfeit-2016-first-rounder

Pros: I am glad for the obvious reason that it is a blow against NE. What I really am liking is the fact that they are losing a first round pick next year.

Cons: I was hoping we would have the chance to punish Brady on opening day. Now if we put an ass whoopin' on the Patsies, their fans will be using this excuse.

FanSince72 wrote:

ImmaculateGreenePolamalu wrote:

FanSince72 wrote:

Why does anyone care about this?

What cracks me up is that the Banksters and their 1% buddies ran the U.S. economy into the ground and then bilked this country out of nearly a trillion dollars of taxpayer bailout money - most of which ended up being handed out in bonuses - and not a single charge has been filed against any of them.

But no stone has been left unturned in the quest for "the truth" about just how much air was in a football.


Ridiculous.

Well we are on a football forum talking about events that impact the sport we follow so it's natural that we care about this. And who's to say the aforementioned doesn't bother me. It's the same crooked spirit furthermore. Maybe the Patriots*** and Brady shouldn't fucking constantly do crap like this if they don't want people like me to care about this. Actually win legitimately but I think they're incapable of doing that because they're not as good as everyone says they are. A truly great team wouldn't constantly being doing crap like NE has for the past decade plus.

What's most laughable about this is that in the game in which this alleged "crime" was committed, Brady & Co. scored just 17 points during the first half while presumably using the under-inflated footballs.
But according to the NFL, the balls were correctly inflated at halftime after which Brady & Co. then scored 28 points using properly inflated footballs.

So where is the "unfair advantage" in under-inflated footballs?

Then later that week, Aaron Rogers said that he preferred OVER-inflated footballs because he felt that he could grip the ball better (and thus throw more accurately).
So one guy likes a soft football and another prefers a firm football.

So what's the problem?

To me, it's simply about personal preference and it makes no difference at all in terms of whether or not a team is better able to score.

Much ado about nothing.

SteelersYak wrote:

Jazzo wrote:

Vis wrote:

The NFL announced Monday that Tom Brady has been suspended without pay for four games for violating the NFL policy on the integrity of the game. This news comes less than a week after independent investigator Ted Wells found that it was "more probable than not" that Brady was "at least generally aware of the inappropriate activities" regarding the deflation of Patriots**** game balls used in the AFC Championship Game against the Colts.

The team will also be fined $1 million and will forfeit a 2016 first rounder and 2017 fourth-round selection in the NFL Draft.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000492185/article/brady-suspended-4-games-Patriots****-forfeit-2016-first-rounder

Pros: I am glad for the obvious reason that it is a blow against NE. What I really am liking is the fact that they are losing a first round pick next year.

Cons: I was hoping we would have the chance to punish Brady on opening day. Now if we put an ass whoopin' on the Patsies, their fans will be using this excuse.

I wouldn't care if Betty White is back there playing QB, I will take a win week 1 no matter what.  Each win matters.