Alec Shane, for one, is deflated by the news:
There's really no way around it: this absolutely sucks. What should be a time for celebrating, enjoying the moment, and getting excited for the Super Bowl is now going to be two straight weeks of finger pointing, expressing disgust, and exclaiming complete outrage.
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How about this
By SwirlyGrrl
Wed, 01/21/2015 - 5:24pm
It sounds to me like it could be that the rules are physically impossible. Put less air in it in the summer, and it won't weigh enough but will make the pressure range. Put more air in it when it is cold and it will weigh too much while making the pressure range.
You cannot specify both the weight of the ball and the psi for a fixed volume, over the wide range of conditions from Texas in August to Green Bay in January.
That violates the well established laws of nature.
"Cheated"?
By lbb
Thu, 01/22/2015 - 9:25am
You have no evidence that they cheated at all. Until there's evidence that the balls lost pressure through an act of the Patriots staff, you have no evidence.
Logical Fallacies of Relevance, Ambiguity, Presumption
By theszak
Thu, 01/22/2015 - 10:41am
Logical Fallacies of
Relevance
Ambiguity
Presumption
http://www.logicalfallacies.info/
Remember when....
By Swirlys Bro
Thu, 01/22/2015 - 7:13pm
...the Pats were the ones that seemed innocent and the Raiders (Stabler and all) were the bad guys?
my how times change.....and it comes with the territory of being an elite team.
soon, in the future, the Seahawks will be under the microscope too for an infraction as well.
Is it worth it to be a dynasty?
Stay out West, interloper
By Waquiot
Thu, 01/22/2015 - 8:27pm
I would say that the Raiders were never quite seen as bad guys. It wasn't their fault the refs blew the call.
Now, how does the rest of the nation handle the fact that the Pats did better after the refs were told about the possibility of underinflated balls than they did while they "cheated." Of course, the underinflated balls also accounts for the horrible offensive display by Andrew Luck, no?
Also, going by the same Raiders logic, doesn't that mean that the Seahawks have also been the bad guys after the zebras blew that game against the Packers a few seasons ago?
History Needed
By Suldog
Thu, 01/22/2015 - 9:25pm
I believe Swirly can certainly speak for herself, but I'll help a bit.
She's referencing the Raiders historically, from the 60's onward, not just the Tuck Rule game (or Snow Game, depending upon what side you rooted for.) The Raiders were consistently the most penalized team in the AFL, always regarded as the dirtiest, always suspected of some sort of nefarious plan. Al Davis's "Just Win, Baby" was easily the equivalent of Belichik's modern mantra of "Do Your Job". Of course, around these parts they were vilified for specific reasons - Daryl Stingley's paralysis, the loss in the playoffs on a suspect holding penalty on Sugar Bear Hamilton, and the fact that they were able resurrect Jim Plunkett (a former Patriot) and win the Super Bowl with him at the helm.
Anyway, I think the point is they were hated by most of the rest of the league.
Suldog
http://jimsuldog.blogspot.com
Oh, okay
By Waquiot
Fri, 01/23/2015 - 6:19pm
I was thinking that odd playoff play back in the 70s that some felt wasn't quite cricket. But, yeah, I could see how the Raiders of the 70s would be compared to the Pats.
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