WizardHawk
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So the Yahoo reporter (are they REAL reporters? 
) wants us to be outraged that the league reportedly setup a sting instead of simply talking to them and reminding them of the rules before the game, or checking those balls earlier in the first half. 
Other teams reporting to the league that they think the Pats are using underinflated balls on a regular basis is still an accusation until proven guilty. So we are supposed to be outraged the league allowed it to happen before they caught it. Ridiculous. Instead, we are supposed to ask why they didn't just bring it to their attention and ask them nicely to follow the rules. If they had done that many would be jumping on them for allowing them to entirely get away with what other teams were accusing them of.
I would suggest however, that if these reports are true and the league was setting up a sting that there is zero chance those balls were not fully gauged before the game as that is part of the operation. You would have no baseline to compare them to if you had not.
I would further suggest that whatever method is used for deflating them might not occur right at kick off so waiting until half time gives them better odds that whatever causes it was already done. If they were using some heated air, different gas, or had some other way to get them to dip much more than the natural hot to cold would, it could take a while to reach the end of the process.
Reports that the NFL isn't happy about the leaks to ESPN about 11 balls coming up short are out there too. That is of course something to be critical of and is an example of them botching the investigation if indeed that is all true.
Going into the second week of deflate gate and it seems destined to still consume a fair amount of talk this week leading into the big game.
) wants us to be outraged that the league reportedly setup a sting instead of simply talking to them and reminding them of the rules before the game, or checking those balls earlier in the first half. Other teams reporting to the league that they think the Pats are using underinflated balls on a regular basis is still an accusation until proven guilty. So we are supposed to be outraged the league allowed it to happen before they caught it. Ridiculous. Instead, we are supposed to ask why they didn't just bring it to their attention and ask them nicely to follow the rules. If they had done that many would be jumping on them for allowing them to entirely get away with what other teams were accusing them of.
I would suggest however, that if these reports are true and the league was setting up a sting that there is zero chance those balls were not fully gauged before the game as that is part of the operation. You would have no baseline to compare them to if you had not.
I would further suggest that whatever method is used for deflating them might not occur right at kick off so waiting until half time gives them better odds that whatever causes it was already done. If they were using some heated air, different gas, or had some other way to get them to dip much more than the natural hot to cold would, it could take a while to reach the end of the process.
Reports that the NFL isn't happy about the leaks to ESPN about 11 balls coming up short are out there too. That is of course something to be critical of and is an example of them botching the investigation if indeed that is all true.
Going into the second week of deflate gate and it seems destined to still consume a fair amount of talk this week leading into the big game.
he leads the entire league in that dubious category. I forgot for a second.
