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So What Does Everyone Think About Deflate-Gate?

25,141 707 January 22, 2015 at 12:50 PM in Sporting Goods
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?

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01-23-2015 at 12:12 PM.
01-23-2015 at 12:12 PM.
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I don't care really - I don't watch sports.
thanks for your contribution to the integrity of the thread. it is greatly appreciated having been brought to our attention. we will all now have learned something new and worthwhile. and for that, will be able to sleep much better tonight.

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All QBs have preferences for their football. In terms of "deflategate", it sounds like sour grapes to me. The Colts were embarrassed though the outcome of the game was not much of a surprise.

Tom Brady is one of the greatest QBs of all time. Haters are going to hate.
the sour grapes appear to be people who were not even part of the competition. even Dwayne Allen, Colts' TE, commented that TB could have thrown bars of soap in that game and still beat them.
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01-23-2015 at 12:18 PM.
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the sour grapes appear to be people who were not even part of the competition. even Dwayne Allen, Colts' TE, commented that TB could have thrown bars of soap in that game and still beat them.

agreed. I don't even like NFL football that much since a few players are bad apples and cocky ruining it for the rest of the league.

Tom Brady is a good QB. He may be a douche-nozzle off the field, but he knows how to QB. I don't like how he knocked up his first gf/wife or whatever and then left her for Giselle. Then, after he lost the perfect season in the Super Bowl, he didn't congratulate the other team.

To me, all of this is just people piling on their hate for the Pats. Even before "deflategate", I read some football forums where people were bummed about this super bowl, because they don't know who to cheer for. Personally, I would have liked to have seen the Packers in, but I don't really care that much.
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01-23-2015 at 12:24 PM.
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01-23-2015 at 12:33 PM.
01-23-2015 at 12:33 PM.
So it sounds like it is okay for a team to cheat if they are good enough to win without cheating.
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01-23-2015 at 12:38 PM.
01-23-2015 at 12:38 PM.
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Weekend without football?

Whoa, you mean they canceled the Pro Bowl because of this scandal?
Farking Patriots ruin it for everyone. Mad
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01-23-2015 at 12:38 PM.
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So it sounds like it is okay for a team to cheat if they are good enough to win without cheating.
It works in elections Dontknow
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01-23-2015 at 12:42 PM.
01-23-2015 at 12:42 PM.
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So it sounds like it is okay for a team to cheat if they are good enough to win without cheating.
I still haven't heard any NFL official use the word 'cheating'. Only the Media and disgruntled fans are throwing that word around. I'm still waiting to hear if the officials tested the air pressure during that first inspection. Why won't the NFL just say yes or no and end this stupid controversy so that we could talk about real football, such as the Super Bowl.

Since they still haven't spoken to Tom Brady then I am guessing that the pre-game inspection was just a visual test and they are looking for a way to spin it.
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01-23-2015 at 12:58 PM.
01-23-2015 at 12:58 PM.
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I still haven't heard any NFL official use the word 'cheating'. Only the Media and disgruntled fans are throwing that word around. I'm still waiting to hear if the officials tested the air pressure during that first inspection. Why won't the NFL just say yes or no and end this stupid controversy so that we could talk about real football, such as the Super Bowl.

Since they still haven't spoken to Tom Brady then I am guessing that the pre-game inspection was just a visual test and they are looking for a way to spin it.
I got a kick out of Bill O'Reilly's tag line pushing this story prior to his show last night. It was something like "Patriot's are alleged to have cheated their way into the Super Bowl".

I don't think even the biggest haters have suggested that this had any impact at all in the Patriots winning that game.
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01-23-2015 at 01:08 PM.
01-23-2015 at 01:08 PM.
Quote from Iaaaiws :
I got a kick out of Bill O'Reilly's tag line pushing this story prior to his show last night. It was something like "Patriot's are alleged to have cheated their way into the Super Bowl".

I don't think even the biggest haters have suggested that this had any impact at all in the Patriots winning that game.
Yeah, I had the Packers & Patriots going before the playoffs even started (farking bumbled onsite kick Ranting you call that a hands team?). I agree that nobody is disputing the end result of the game.
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01-23-2015 at 01:43 PM.
01-23-2015 at 01:43 PM.
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Yeah, I had the Packers & Patriots going before the playoffs even started (farking bumbled onsite kick Ranting you call that a hands team?). I agree that nobody is disputing the end result of the game.
If there was ever an argument for the NFL rigging games that Packer game would certainly add some fuel to the fire for the tinfoil hatters. laugh out loud

I mean c'mon, Seattle is down 16-0 over halfway through the third quarter. They convert on a third and 19, score a touchdown on a fake field goal, recover an onside kick, score another touchdown, convert a farking "hail mary" two point conversion, win the toss in overtime, and score another touchdown on their first drive to win the game. Who's going to believe that just happens? laugh out loud
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01-23-2015 at 01:59 PM.
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If there was ever an argument for the NFL rigging games that Packer game would certainly add some fuel to the fire for the tinfoil hatters. laugh out loud

I mean c'mon, Seattle is down 16-0 over halfway through the third quarter. They convert on a third and 19, score a touchdown on a fake field goal, recover an onside kick, score another touchdown, convert a farking "hail mary" two point conversion, win the toss in overtime, and score another touchdown on their first drive to win the game. Who's going to believe that just happens? laugh out loud
Exactly!

Imagine what the scandal would have been called if it was the Patriots who won that way Facepalm laugh out loud
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01-23-2015 at 03:26 PM.
01-23-2015 at 03:26 PM.
Quote from vec :
Exactly!

Imagine what the scandal would have been called if it was the Patriots who won that way Facepalm laugh out loud
Well that would be different since the Patriots would have made that major comeback by cheating.

The Seahawks didn't cheat, the game was rigged by the NFL.


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01-23-2015 at 05:36 PM.
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You're not game for talking about balls.... the hell? Confused
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01-23-2015 at 06:24 PM.
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Well that would be different since the Patriots would have made that major comeback by cheating.

The Seahawks didn't cheat, the game was rigged by the NFL.


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01-23-2015 at 06:51 PM.
01-23-2015 at 06:51 PM.
Fox News brought in a deception expert to watch the videos of Belichick and Brady and he concluded that both of them were lying.

A deception expert. laugh out loud
A former CIA employee. laugh out loud

To give an opinion about soft balls. laugh out loud
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