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Showing Original Post only (View all)I think that there is a high probability that Tom Brady will not be playing in the Super Bowl [View all]
Last edited Fri Jan 23, 2015, 04:09 PM - Edit history (1)
I think that there is a high probability that Tom Brady will not be playing in the Super Bowl, and that makes me sad. Why does one of the best QB's to ever play the game need to cheat? He would have still crushed Indy, of that there is no doubt, and when he got beat by Seattle in the Super Bowl it would have been 100% legit.
Now, no matter what happens, Brady, Belichick, and the Pats will go down in history as cheaters. CHEATERS! And worse, the one question that will linger in our minds forever will be "Why? Why did they have to cheat?"
UPDATE: http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000462476/article/nfl-investigation-of-balls-in-afc-title-game-led-by-pash-wells
For the fact-challenged: NFL rules state that the footballs must be inflated within a certain pressure range. 11 of the 12 footballs used by NE were underinflated by 2 lbs. (more than 15% of the minimum pressure) Thats a FACT.
The 12 balls used by Indy were NOT underinflated. Thats a FACT.
The balls are inspected and marked by official 2 hrs before the game then returned to their respective ball-attendants. Thats a FACT.
The underinflated balls were not noticed until an interception by Indy when the defender noticed the ball seemed underinflated, he then notified coaching staff who notified officials who checked the balls and found them underinflated. Thats a FACT.
Using underinflated balls is against the rules. Thats a FACT.
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I think that there is a high probability that Tom Brady will not be playing in the Super Bowl [View all]
cleanhippie
Jan 2015
OP
You may be right, but football fans are even more outraged over this than the Rice scandal.
cleanhippie
Jan 2015
#4
The only fans outraged are those who hate them? Hmm, I dont hate any football team but I am pretty
NoJusticeNoPeace
Jan 2015
#78
there are some NFL Hall of Famers and former champions that are none too pleased
frylock
Jan 2015
#121
What he knew or didn't know or should have known doesn't add up to a hill of beans
Major Nikon
Jan 2015
#86
Of course he knew. If D'Qwell Jackson of the Colts could tell, in a single interception that the
AtheistCrusader
Jan 2015
#49
Jackson said last night that this was not true. He said that he could NOT tell. n/t
MANative
Jan 2015
#57
I think you're quoting "facts" that are not in evidence. The NFL has said NOTHING.
MANative
Jan 2015
#11
the refs wouldn't need to go to such lengths to effect the outcome of a game ffs..
frylock
Jan 2015
#139
You don't see cheating as being on the same level as game-fixing and bounty-hunting?
cleanhippie
Jan 2015
#28
Cheating to make you better is like taking steroids (which also makes you better)
Reter
Jan 2015
#97
Another FACT is that Jackson denies telling officials about the ball seeming to be
Malraiders
Jan 2015
#34
Interesting. I read an article that stated fter the interception, he notified his coahing staff
cleanhippie
Jan 2015
#38
The fact that the NFL hasn't even talked to him in their investigation says...
cleanhippie
Jan 2015
#41
I think there's a high probability that I won't be watching the game regardless...
brooklynite
Jan 2015
#89
"Anyone telling you that any of these things is likely, quite frankly, are either trolling,
KamaAina
Jan 2015
#102