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Topic subjectOK - but that's a distinction based on the assumption...
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2413547, OK - but that's a distinction based on the assumption...
Posted by Brew, Wed Jan-21-15 10:40 AM
>There's tampering with the balls BEFORE the ref check and
>there's tampering with ball AFTER it's already been checked.
>The latter is a step beyond the former and circumventing that
>referee assessment.

...that the refs didn't miss something before the game. If Rodgers is claiming he's gotten away with over-inflating balls and getting them past the refs' pre-game inspection, who's to say the Pats didn't do the same thing (only underinflating)? There's no proof (yet) that the Pats had the right PSI pre-game then doctored the balls afterwards (that I know of, at least..if I missed that let me know). Maybe the refs just missed it (like they have with Rodgers' footballs) and it was brought to their attention later.


>Are you surprised that a team which has been caught cheating
>before (particularly when consider it was in games of the
>greatest magnitude) and gets caught again for doing something
>illegal (again, in a game of great magnitude) is going to
>create a huge uproar?

Nah - I shouldn't be, at least. It's more annoying than surprising.