Report: NFL found 11 of 12 Patriots footballs under-inflated

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Ahhh, actually the teams supply the balls not the refs..

Time to bet on the hawks!!
Can't wait!

According to the NFL’s 2014 rule book, game balls are to be inflated with between 12.5 and 13.5 pounds of air. Per NFL rules, home and road teams must provide 12 game balls apiece to be tested and approved by the league 135 minutes before game time. The home team also has to have 12 reserve game balls on hand to be tested, with the road team also having that option in outdoor games.

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They're not going to forfeit to Seattle, there's way too much money at stake.

Colts don't deserve to go, they got embarrassed, not just in the passing game.

Patriots should have to play without any on field coaching staff. Ball boys and medical staff only.

I'm not sure what else would work and still be fair.

MUCH easier to catch, especially when cold and wet.

COLT'S GOT SCREWED!!

Yup

Shit is going to go down for this

CBS reporting that the Ravens also suspected the same thing the week earlier against the Patriots.

Remember the Patriots never ran the ball in the 2nd half, only passed it except for 1 QB sneak.

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Ravens got really screwed. CBS reporting Ravens suspected same thing the week earlier.

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Only second if one counts all other previous infractions as one. I wish theyd finally bane that soft fukwit.

Would it really be that difficult for a player or ball-boy to stick one of those ball inflating needles in (no pump of course) and drain off some air really quickly?

It seems like it would be damn easy. Especially for anyone handling the footballs just prior to the next play. Everyone is watching what's going on on the field, not what the ball-boy is doing.

ETA: Not saying that is what happened. It just seems like it would be easy to do.

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Correct and 11of 12 were under-inflated by 2PSI...that 15% of minimum requirement.

They keep them all in a huge bag to protect from the elements. They reach in the bag all the time.

Still no excuse for playing defense like a bitch colts. You know.

Did you see the look on Belichick's face after winning to go on to the superbowl???

He looked pissed off like they lost...It was that moment I knew something was off...

I think he knew he had been "caught"

I hope youre a chic

I hate the Patriots but the colts sucked goat balls

Easier to catch and throw and harder to kick

Please! belichick is a seasoned cheater and f9llowng nfl script. No surprise here

If they were inflated with warm air that cooled, the pressure would drop. The tires on your car will do the same thing, that's why when it gets cold your tires loose pressure. 2 psi is about what they would loose with a 40 degree drop in temperature.

One thing I've wondered...

Those headset communications...under FCC rule they cannot be encrypted.

What would stop a team from having someone in the parking lot with a scanner, re-transmitting the plays over a phone to a bluetooth???

They are tested 135min before the game

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How come 90% of glp does not know the difference between lose and loose??#???

Nothing, and that's why they use numbers for the plays and various actions and change up the codes every game.

Yeah, and that is plenty of time for a ball to cool down. I would imaging in places like Lambeau field it is extremely difficult to maintain the right pressures. You would have to inflate them on the field and not let them sit in the sun or anything like that.

Meaningless?

In cold weather, underinflating the balls can create a huge competitive advantage for the offense. By rule, a game ball must be between 12.5-13.5 psi. Now, would the Pats have won anyway? Almost certainly. But I guarantee it would have been closer than 45-7 if they'd had regulation balls.

I know the difference, I just made a typographical error. i'm not writing a novel here, grammar nazi

This may possibly be proven or dis-proved, if the time and temperatures were to match up.

Didn't the NFL talk about putting GPS chips in them??

They should have to automatically forfeit the game. The fact that they'd miss the Super Bowl would just be that more emphatic that cheating isn't tolerated.



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I think it would make a HUGE difference in cold and wet weather.

It depends on what kind of team you're playing against. if they are a throwing team with more of an offensive strategy, underinflating the balls would do no good, it might even hurt. The main reason they are supposed to be kept at a specific pressure is kicking, believe it or not. The wind would give one team an advamtage anyway, but coupled with underinflated balls it is substantial.

If you're kicking an underinflated ball against the wind, you're going to get a poor result.