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former9thward

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20. Each team has ball runners when their team is on offense.

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #3)

Thu Jan 22, 2015, 05:14 PM

Jan 2015

So each team's ball runner provides the balls when their team is on offense. So the teams don't handle the same ball. That said, referees handle the ball on every play. If a ball was significantly under-inflated the official should have known.

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Inflategate: Belichick now blames Brady [View all] AgingAmerican Jan 2015 OP

Some Person On The Sideline Of Each Team Must Be Responsible For Holding The Balls During The Game.. global1 Jan 2015 #1

The fine could be as much as $275K MohRokTah Jan 2015 #2

I don't get it. Don't both teams handle the same ball, The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2015 #3

No, each team uses their own balls offensively. demmiblue Jan 2015 #6

Oh, I didn't realize that. I don't watch football often enough The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2015 #8

I don't either... demmiblue Jan 2015 #15

Nope. Panich52 Jan 2015 #7

Well... learn something new every day. n/t Whiskeytide Jan 2015 #17

BTW, Brady & Payton Manning are the reason... Panich52 Jan 2015 #45

My thoughts as well... Whiskeytide Jan 2015 #14

Each team has ball runners when their team is on offense. former9thward Jan 2015 #20

Are they claiming the balls were so underinflated as to be squishy? The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2015 #22

I'm a fan, not a player. former9thward Jan 2015 #27

You can see the difference in this video, but it's probably felt easier jakeXT Jan 2015 #30

Interesting video, and now I see how this could be a big deal The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2015 #42

Imagine the healthy dose of skepticism applied to the reporting on say foreign policy jakeXT Jan 2015 #44

that's exactly what did happen grasswire Jan 2015 #38

Have you ever seen Belichick be that open KMOD Jan 2015 #4

His legacy as a cheater? Panich52 Jan 2015 #9

... KMOD Jan 2015 #16

I think this is a Brady thing, not a team thing. Dreamer Tatum Jan 2015 #5

If Brady cheated, the league should suspend him for the rest of the season. pnwmom Jan 2015 #11

Not really feasible. Dreamer Tatum Jan 2015 #12

Why would you have to show that? They were threatening to suspend pnwmom Jan 2015 #21

That's your argument? Dreamer Tatum Jan 2015 #24

That's Richard Sherman's point, but he's used to the hypocrisy of the NFL pnwmom Jan 2015 #26

You don't have to show that a player using performance enhancing drugs gained a benefit mythology Jan 2015 #46

receivers and running backs also prefer underinflated balls - easier to hang on to DrDan Jan 2015 #23

Maybe true, but Brady has to be the instigator. He will have to fall on his sword. Dreamer Tatum Jan 2015 #25

he sure looked nervous during that press conference DrDan Jan 2015 #50

If he knew AgingAmerican Jan 2015 #53

and I find it hard to believe he does not know the difference between an underinflated ball and one DrDan Jan 2015 #55

Keener eyes have seen how Belichick could have ordered it. GeorgeGist Jan 2015 #48

As the video in jakeXT's post above shows JimDandy Jan 2015 #52

Press conference at 4:15 eastern. I'll be watching with more interest than usual. pnwmom Jan 2015 #10

Waiting for the late night talk show jokes... VScott Jan 2015 #13

I can see where this is going, yortsed snacilbuper Jan 2015 #18

I will bet anyone that Brady gets dinged hard and the ballboy is fine. Dreamer Tatum Jan 2015 #19

Brady's denying any involvement. Yeah, right. n/t pnwmom Jan 2015 #28

Well, I'm with you on THAT. He had to have not only known, but ordered it. nt Dreamer Tatum Jan 2015 #29

He also just refused to say he was sorry about what happened. pnwmom Jan 2015 #32

What a dick. I'm a Pats fan but he just blew it. I hope they do suspend his dumb ass. nt Dreamer Tatum Jan 2015 #33

Are you watching this now? pnwmom Jan 2015 #34

No, I'm taking your word for it. nt Dreamer Tatum Jan 2015 #36

He hasn't mentioned the ball boy, but who else could they be blaming? pnwmom Jan 2015 #37

I sure would like to be that suddenly-rich ballboy. Dreamer Tatum Jan 2015 #39

I don't know if it will be worth it in the long run -- but that was the question pnwmom Jan 2015 #41

Then, to be perfectly clear, pnwmom Jan 2015 #40

Cowardly, wussy answer. nt Dreamer Tatum Jan 2015 #43

Translation : I can beat the Seahawks with Garrofalo running the show on the field! bullwinkle428 Jan 2015 #31

Given that Belichick has secret video tape on all his emploees Johonny Jan 2015 #35

They are not denying the balls were doctored... AgingAmerican Jan 2015 #47

I've only seen some of the coverage on this davidpdx Jan 2015 #49

UNDER THE BUS YOU GO TOM DonCoquixote Jan 2015 #51

Nonsense. former9thward Jan 2015 #54