Are you "outraged" about deflate-gate?

Submitted by wolverine1987 on

I just watched a report on the Today Show where 81% of viewers in a snap twitter poll said yes to the question "if guilty should the Patriots be banned from the Super Bowl?" Leaving aside the silliness of the question, which isn't on the table as a possibility, the rest of the discussion was about how there is "growing outrage" over this. Is there? I'm probably in the minority, but this is nothing but a yawner to me as a scandal. I'm shocked, shocked, that there is gambling in this establishment. Scuffing balls happens in baseball, as does stealing signs, as does trying to get any edge possible. You catch a guy or a team, you punish them under the rules, you move on.

But I could be wrong, what do you think?

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Durham Blue

January 22nd, 2015 at 11:44 AM ^

I don't care.  As many have already noted, if the game was a FG or TD difference then I might say that the deflated ball could've impacted the outcome.  But at 45-7 there is no doubt.  A deflated ball will not cause the Colts to have a poor game plan and play crappy defense against the Pats.

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treetown

January 22nd, 2015 at 1:02 PM ^

Unfortunately due to the 2 week lag between the conference championship game and the Superbowl and most of the football news will be in the second week, we're stuck with this.

Note that so far we haven't heard any official news just leaks and as it noted elsewhere the leak sources have been far from accurate.

The NFL has really bungled or at least come across as something less than professional in their handling of a lot of things one would think should be routine things at this point: referring crews, instant replay/review, how to handle player/staff misconduct, and this whole ball prep issue.

Let's see the whole official report and the whole testing methodology.

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ca_prophet

January 22nd, 2015 at 5:22 PM ^

Think the Patriots should be punished for the violation of an equipment rule? Sure. What's appropriate? Probably something along the lines of a fine for the organization and the HC, and that only because he has demonstrated that he'll bend or break a rule until he gets punished. Maybe a suspension, but even for a preseason game that seems too much.

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MazingBlue

January 22nd, 2015 at 8:00 PM ^

After Tom Brady's press conference absolutely. Every NFL has an equipment preference and when you deny any responsibility, your ending up thrown some ball boy or equipment person under the bus and ruining their career. All that is going to happen out of this is some few equipment people will be fired and their careers over in the NFL. Man up Tom Brady and take responsibility. All your going to get is a slap on the wrist... instead your ruining 4-5 people's careers and income. Quit it with the bending of rules and be a man you schmuck.

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