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So What Does Everyone Think About Deflate-Gate?
January 22, 2015 at
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The title says it. What does everyone think about this bizarre "Deflate-Gate" deal that is far more interesting that this year's Super Bowl? Belichick reaffirmed that he knew nothing at all about the football preparation and denied having anything to do with it.
Tom Brady is supposed to be talking publicly very soon and may be admitting to arranging to have the footballs prepped to the way he likes them.
So, is this a big deal? Is this something that happens with pretty much every team and it has just become public?
Tom Brady is supposed to be talking publicly very soon and may be admitting to arranging to have the footballs prepped to the way he likes them.
So, is this a big deal? Is this something that happens with pretty much every team and it has just become public?
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use pinetar. if the ability to make the same modifications is consistent and available to all the players, it makes no difference in the outcome of the game.And why was this stuff not looked into before, theres been so many allegations and nothing was looked into?
Bottom line, if the league didn't want QBs setting up their game balls then they wouldn't give the footballs back to the team after the inspection. Unfortunately they are now stuck between a rock and a hard place.
use pinetar. if the ability to make the same modifications is consistent and available to all the players, it makes no difference in the outcome of the game.I'm sure I've heard already, but what pressure were the footballs at when they found out the problem?
I wonder how Brady feels about Belichick saying that he will make sure that the balls are inflated enough so that if they lose a little pressure during the game they will still be within the rules? He wants them at 12.5# and Belichick says they are going to be higher.
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I heard one caller who called in to several talk shows on the Sirius NFL station yesterday and he kept talking about how the different pressures wouldn't make more than maybe an ounce of difference in the weight of the ball. To me that sounded stupid because I don't think there would be any difference at all.
Am I missing something? Does the weight of the ball change at all with pressure?
I heard one caller who called in to several talk shows on the Sirius NFL station yesterday and he kept talking about how the different pressures wouldn't make more than maybe an ounce of difference in the weight of the ball. To me that sounded stupid because I don't think there would be any difference at all.
Am I missing something? Does the weight of the ball change at all with pressure?
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Me personally, I could care less how much air was in those footballs. The Colts scored 7 farking points and the Blount ran for 148 yards and scored 3 TDs on the ground. Brady could have been throwing bricks and the Colts wouldn't have had any chance of winning this game.