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joeybee12

(56,177 posts)
Thu May 7, 2015, 02:26 PM May 2015

Buried in the Wells Report, 3 of the 4 Colts footballs tested at half-time were BELOW

the legal limit...they tested all the Pats, only 4 of the Colts...in other words, 75% of the Colts balls failed, so instead of checking to see if all the balls used somehow did not pass muster at the beginning of the game somehow, or even check the handling of the Colts balls after they were checked and approved, a 5-month long witch-hunt, instigated by the Colts, which came up with lots of implications and no evidence, started, specifically targeting the Pats when the problems with the Colts balls were almost as significant.

http://www.csnne.com/new-england-patriots/NFL%20originally%20sent%20Patriots%20owner%20Kraft%20incorrect%20PSI%20readings?p=ya5nbcs&ocid=yahoo

Oh well, do your worst, as more comes out, I don't expect any apologies, and say what you want, because you're on ignore anyway...haters gonna hate!

Have a good day!

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Buried in the Wells Report, 3 of the 4 Colts footballs tested at half-time were BELOW (Original Post) joeybee12 May 2015 OP
And remember who besides Brady pushed for the teams to control their own balls KamaAina May 2015 #1
Yup... joeybee12 May 2015 #4
Thanks for posting... Capt. Obvious May 2015 #2
So do you know who to ignore yet? KamaAina May 2015 #5
LMAO! trotsky May 2015 #3
For those who want the complete picture mythology May 2015 #6
Nobody particularly cares whether a ball is a smidge under on one gauge caraher May 2015 #7
Sorry, but it doesn't...and if 3 of 4 were under the legal limit... joeybee12 May 2015 #8
joey. Give it up. Pretty boy and Belicheat are both fucking liars. Add in Aaron Rodriguez and madinmaryland May 2015 #9
 

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
1. And remember who besides Brady pushed for the teams to control their own balls
Thu May 7, 2015, 02:28 PM
May 2015

some guy who used to play for the Dolts. Whatever happened to him? I heard he bought a few pizza franchises in Colorado.

Could this whole thing have been a setup by the Dolts to deflect attention away from themselves?

trotsky

(49,533 posts)
3. LMAO!
Thu May 7, 2015, 02:37 PM
May 2015

If the defense is now "but the other guy cheated too," then it's pretty clear how bad this is for the Pats.

Cheaters gonna cheat.

 

mythology

(9,527 posts)
6. For those who want the complete picture
Thu May 7, 2015, 05:57 PM
May 2015

In the Wells report, starting on page 72, the process of testing the footballs is discussed at length.

First 11 of the Patriots' footballs were tested using two different gauges on each ball. All 11 were underinflated on both gauges. All 4 of the Colts' footballs passed on one of the gauges, but 3 of the 4 were underinflated on the second gauge.

So yes it's technically accurate to say that 3 of the 4 tested footballs were underinflated, much in the same way it's accurate to say that Lance Armstrong never failed a drug test. It's technically true, but a completely inaccurate portrayal of the facts.

To read the complete report, and not the Patriots' spin on the matter, please go here:

https://nfllabor.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/investigative-and-expert-reports-re-footballs-used-during-afc-championsh.pdf

caraher

(6,278 posts)
7. Nobody particularly cares whether a ball is a smidge under on one gauge
Thu May 7, 2015, 06:38 PM
May 2015

This is about deliberately and illegally manipulating the ball pressure. That report lays out scads of evidence that the Patriots did exactly that.

There is no evidence at all that the Colts did.

And even if there were, is your argument that the Patriots are somehow entitled to break any rules they think they can get away with breaking? And that anyone who thinks insisting they play by the same rules as everyone else is just a "hater?"

Weak.

 

joeybee12

(56,177 posts)
8. Sorry, but it doesn't...and if 3 of 4 were under the legal limit...
Thu May 7, 2015, 06:42 PM
May 2015

Who's to say the rest might not have been? Only one Pats football was significantly under-inflated...the report has absolutely no evidence, just assumptions and possibilities that haters latch onto...and since they had the texts, why didn't they interview the guys who sent those texts? They wanted a certain outcome, just like you do. It really amazes me that people are so easily spoon-fed their prejuidices and think they have an argument...but thanks for posting, this helps me to know I need to put you on ignore.

madinmaryland

(64,931 posts)
9. joey. Give it up. Pretty boy and Belicheat are both fucking liars. Add in Aaron Rodriguez and
Thu May 7, 2015, 06:54 PM
May 2015

you have the perfect Billy Martin quote!!!

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