The two jagoffs. 2006 NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/03/sports/football/03football.html?_r=0 There should be no breaking in. Period. Even playing field.
The comparisons to a court of law are ridiculous. The NFL is a private organization with its own rules and regulations. Goodell has stated that he doesn't need absolute evidence to punish people. Kraft and his goonies are the ones going out screaming that this doesn't prove anything, making this out to be like its a criminal trial. I guarantee that schmuck completely understands the parameters of what "more likely than not" means in the NFL rules and proceedings.
Ball PSI Measurements from halftime of the AFC Championship Game: (they only measured 4 of the colts because they ran out of time and because they aren't cheaters)
also - the ball INT'd by the colts was never even measured. Pats fans were insisting that was the one ball that was overly deflated.
Yes and if you had you'd know it's a lot easier to fumble a fully inflated ball than one with a little less air.
The random nature of those readings probably speaks to a guy in a bathroom with a needle trying to quick deflate 11 balls in the span of time it would take to piss in a bathroom with no urinal
Are these numbers before game and during halftime or both during half time? Either way, those numbers are pretty damn fruity. I'm no mathematician but the numbers seem too uniform for my liking. The numbers all end in 0 or 5 and the split difference between the two readings are always .40, .45, .30 or .35. Back when I was younger and into PC games like Front Page Sports. I would edit players to reflect their "real" value. After a while I'd get sick of it and start doing it as quickly as possible which resulted in lots of ones values of 0 and 5 I.E. 55/60/65. I never noticed this fact until after I was done. The other funny thing is that the ratings always ended up a set difference apart similar to the PSI numbers. Psychologically I think people are attracted to 5, and 0 for some reason. Marketers already know this and price things accordingly to convince us something costs less than it actually does (i.e 1.99 makes people feel like they are spending a buck rather than two).
Just to add - in case it hasn't been covered - the guy told investigators he didn't go to the bathroom before the game.
45-7!!! 177 rushing yards on 40 attempts. Week 11 42-20 , J Gray 201 yards 4 TDs. Could have played with a rugby ball, results would have been the same. The best part is the Colts passed on Malcom Brown for a 5'9 receiver! But I hear you, if you can’t beat him suspend him, lol.
You're missing the point here. If you really think the AFC title game was the first and only game the Pats were playing with deflated balls your out of your mind. It was common knowledge around the league that the Patriots were doing this. Both the Ravens and the Colts contacted the league in regards to it. Id guess it started right after the Chiefs game Week 4. Pats get blown out in KC only to play the hottest team in the league in Cincy the next week and destroy them. Sounds fishy.
The score or outcome of the game is irrelevant as to whether the Patriots purposely cheated (again), which as we all know now is more probable than not (the threshhold necessary for a civil suit or punishment by the NFL).
He told them a number of things, first he said that he didn't, then he said on a subsequent interview that he took a leak in the urinal even though the bathroom didn't have a urinal in it. All of this after he snuck the balls out of the ref room without their knowledge
Not true, that INT ball was measured 3 times before haltime and thus not part of the halftime measurement. "Before halftime ended, all eleven Patriots balls were inflated and set to a permissible pressure level. The four Colts balls tested were not inflated because they measured within the permissible range on at least one of the gauges used at halftime. The fifteen footballs tested, and the balance of the Colts balls collected at halftime, were returned to the field for use in the second half. The pressure of the Patriots ball that had been intercepted by the Colts was separately tested three times, and the measurements, all of which were below 12.5 psi, were written on athletic tape that had been placed on the ball for identification. The intercepted ball was retained by the NFL and not returned to the field for use in the second half." pages 8-9 "
Irrelevant. Whether they required the advantage to win that game doesn't negate the cheating or indicate they didn't gain necessary advantages in other games. Perhaps the polyps in your intestines are putting too much pressure on your brain with you head up your ass.
Also on page 63 in the details: "B. Events During the First Half At approximately 7:47 p.m., during the second quarter of the AFC Championship Game, Colts linebacker D‟Qwell Jackson intercepted a pass thrown by Tom Brady. Following the interception upon reaching the sideline, Jackson handed the ball to David Thornton, the Colts Director of Player Engagement, near the Colts bench and Thornton immediately handed the ball to Assistant Equipment Manager Brian Seabrooks. According to Seabrooks, he believed that the ball felt similar to the footballs intercepted by Mike Adams during the Colts game against the Patriots earlier in the season, so he asked one of the team‟s equipment interns to locate a pressure gauge and test the inflation level of the intercepted ball. The intern used a digital pressure gauge similar to the gauge used by the Colts to set their footballs before the game, and reported that the pressure measured approximately 11 psi. Seabrooks then walked with the intercepted football to Equipment Manager Sean Sullivan, who squeezed the ball and agreed that it felt soft."
