Cirio said:
FatedReality said:
It's confirmed Patriots used deflated footballs during the AFC Championship game against the Colts...
"The New England Patriots had 11 of their 12 allotted game footballs under-inflated by 2 pounds of air (PSI) as required by NFL regulations, according to league sources either involved or familiar with the investigation of Sunday's AFC championship game when the Patriots beat the Colts 45-7 to advance to their sixth Super Bowl."
Source: http://espn.go.com/boston/story/_/id/12202450/nfl-says-new-england-patriots-had-inflated-footballs-afc-championship-game
This is the exact reason why I can't stand the Patriots. They are always using some backhanded way or blatant cheating to win a game. Absolutely ridiculous that they keep getting away with things like this if you ask me... IMO some major action should be taken against them by the NFL.
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They should lose draft picks at the most. Not like deflated balls had anything to do with the beatdown they gave Indy.
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This is just shameful. Now, if it was an isolated incident....but Belichick has done similar stuff in the past.
Sadly, from what I heard, it's only a monetary fine, which is peanuts compared to the trip to the Superbowl.
Maybe this will prompt the league to change the rules and supply own balls, like they started doing so for kickers a while back, after they found out that the kicking balls were tampered with (by everyone).
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