NFL finds Patriots deflated balls and Tom Brady was 'at least generally aware'
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Tom Brady's agent unloads on the Deflategate report, accuses the NFL of staging a 'sting operation'
http://www.businessinsider.com/tom-bradys-agent-statement-deflategate-report-2015-5#ixzz3ZTSIxmCT
Tom Brady's agent unloads on the Deflategate report, accuses the NFL of staging a 'sting operation'
http://www.businessinsider.com/tom-bradys-agent-statement-deflategate-report-2015-5#ixzz3ZTSIxmCT
I didn't read the report but the excerps I saw didn't seem supported by much more than supposition. They say Brady was aware if illegal ball tampering, but all the texts show is that the ball guys knew Brady wanted the ball a little soft. The one guy kept texting that he was going to make them extra hard to screw with Brady.
It seems to me there is a huge gulf between Brady letting them know he preferred the ball soft, and Brady being involved in some conspiracy to violate the rules. All their evidence seems to show is that brady let them know how he liked it. Kind of like Obama didn't personally direct the IRS Lois Lerner scandal. It was however the kind of thing he wanted done, but he had put political goons in the various agencies who already knew what to do.
It seems to me there is a huge gulf between Brady letting them know he preferred the ball soft, and Brady being involved in some conspiracy to violate the rules. All their evidence seems to show is that brady let them know how he liked it. Kind of like Obama didn't personally direct the IRS Lois Lerner scandal. It was however the kind of thing he wanted done, but he had put political goons in the various agencies who already knew what to do.
The report is BS and The commissioner is an idiot. But I hate the Patriots so all this obfuscation is great!!!
Oh my god, now I get it. I did ___NOT____ realize that in football, each team plays with their own set of balls! LMAO! That is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard of in sports! Otherwise, you could just say, the ball was deflated for __BOTH__ sides.
This is outright cheating and is no different than Mike Tyson biting other fighter's ears in the ring. A season suspension with no pay if backed by evidence.
This is outright cheating and is no different than Mike Tyson biting other fighter's ears in the ring. A season suspension with no pay if backed by evidence.
Yeah, it's a silly system, particularly for the league to let the teams control the balls.
Seriously though, what's so terrible about letting teams inflate their own balls the way they like? A ball has an optimal shape to fly most efficiently through the air. If teams want to use a less efficient shape, aren't they hurting themsleves?
Seriously though, what's so terrible about letting teams inflate their own balls the way they like? A ball has an optimal shape to fly most efficiently through the air. If teams want to use a less efficient shape, aren't they hurting themsleves?
Apparently not.