NFL says deflating footballs twice as bad as beating your girlfriend into unconsciousness

If you're going to acknowledge two low-level guys on the Patriots staff conspired to deflate game balls to Tom Brady's liking, it's a reasonable to assume Tom was in the loop, with or without plausible dependability.

...is "plausible deniability". "Plausible dependability" is a nonsense phrase.

Not, mind you, that your reasonable assumption is anything of the sort. The problem here is that the NFL is asking the Patriots to prove a negative, which of course is impossible. Result: the NFL gets to look all tough and impartial and rules-abiding (move on, move on, ignore that video of the man dragging that woman out of the elevator, let's just move on nothing to see here), the fans of 31 NFL teams get to screech "Cheaters! Cheaters! Doesn't count!", and the Patriots get screwed. Unfortunately, to a degree, they set themselves up for it. They obviously counted on a fair process and acted accordingly, and now they're just screwed.

To the casual fan, the story will be "the Patriots got caught cheating", when in fact they weren't "caught" doing anything.

Nobody knows what the balls were inflated to in the referee's room because this wasn't documented (even though the NFL received an email from the Colts questioning the inflation of footballs the day before and the ref was made aware).

The head ref remembered using a gauge that consistently measured lower psi's than his other gauge, yet when questioned again by Wells' team, he said it was "possible" he used the gauge that recorded higher psi levels. Possible.

Again, after being alerted that the Colts were concerned w/inflation levels, the ref "lost track" of the footballs before game time for "the first time in 19 years" and didn't bother to check them again at the field.

The Wells team found that the ballboy stopped in the bathroom for under 2minutes and somehow deflated 12 footballs to the exact level TB likes (because as all the talking heads have said, there's NO WAY a football gets on the field unless it's at the level TB likes), yet at halftime, the refereeing team had 20minutes to check 12 Patriots footballs and 12 Colts footballs, yet "ran out of time" and only were able to check 4 Colts balls (3 of which were under the 12.5min PSI level).

To the above point, the reports points out that all 12 Patriots footballs had lower psi levels than the 4 Colts balls, yet there was no mention of the fact that they checked the Pats balls first (thus only had time to do 4 Colts balls), allowing the Colts footballs to warm up again, which they acknowledge affects PSI levels.

So, the "smoking gun" they found was a grown man who works as a ballboy on Sundays who was previously reprimanded by Tom Brady for allowing balls on the field that were inflated to 16 PSI (Jets game...where's the investigation on that?), calling himself the "deflator" and saying "fuck tom, i'm going to blow these things up to be rugby balls this week". We also have him complaining about wanting free gear, and a couple autographs.

The other "evidence" the Wells report references is the fact that the Patriots "refused to cooperate". Meaning, they were allowed to interview EVERYONE they asked to meet with, sat with Tom Brady for 5 hours, and met with Jim McNally 4 times. They were refused a 5th McNally interview (my guess being, since inference is totally permissible evidence according to this group, that at that point Kraft knew the fix was in), and Tom Brady refused to allow them access to his personal cell phone. The commission told Brady he could also simply forward them his texts/emails relating to the deflation of footballs, but as his agent pointed out, this was a lose/lose for Brady. If this was the done, after the report was released, the media would just assume Brady withheld incriminating texts/emails.

So, that's it. Guilty of cheating? There's no evidence the balls were below 12.5 PSI's at kickoff. There's no evidence Tom Brady conspired with anyone to deflate balls below the legal limit. There's no evidence the Patriots did not cooperate with the investigation.

There is plenty of evidence the NFL knew there were questions about the PSI levels of Patriots footballs, yet they didn't ask for and documentation of pregame levels. An NFL executive (a former NY Jets exec) also stated on the sideline during the game (to the Pats equipment manager), "we weighed the footballs, you guys are fucking screwed".

Bottom line, this was the biggest screw job I've ever seen. The commission inferred whatever helped their case, and ignored whatever didn't. It makes sense though, had they come out and exonerated the Patriots, what are the odds they get the next $5million "investigation" from the NFL.

What Would Swirly Do?

She'd go here:

https://nfllabor.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/investigative-and-expert-re...

and read a bit of the PDF and know a little something about the investigation.

You don't have to read it all, the first twenty or thirty pages are telling. Also, Camberville posted a great link to an NFL cheating page. The Colts link is interesting. The 'Suck for Luck' graph shows just how a graph can be made to illustrate a point. The point being, of course, they may or may not have done it.

I haven't been to a movie theatre in years.

As to entertainers, there are some who are truly a class act, while others who claim to be entertainers shouldn't even have their own show.

This is just my personal opinion: People who claim to be entertainers go to these glitz and glamour parties having their picture taken, wearing next to nothing (and I don't have to name names). The younger generation looks at this and thinks that's OK.

Then people wonder what's wrong with society.

produce art that will last generations. The NFL seems to only produce brain dead sociopaths who add nothing of lasting value to society, unless you're a neurologist.

They're not

self-proclaimed "athletes"

They are actual athletes.

Actual athletes don't cheat.

Again... that's the proof?

Some low level guy gets interviewed by a room full of high powered lawyers five times and the entire proof of this vast conspiracy is that he forgot what kind of bathroom fixture he used? That's pretty weak...

Have you read the report? The whole thing is filled with a bunch of people not remembering anything (many of them NFL personnel) and a bunch of stuff that contradicts the other stuff.

If you have, you'll get the joke. If not, keep reading, you'll catch on soon enough.

So how many is "a lot"? I ask because I've been a Yankee fan my whole life, and every Yankee fan I know despises A-Rod. Think maybe I've talked to more than you have?