Should all of Brady's stats have an asterisk next to them for using illegal football?

[jarntt]

Anyhow, My point isn't to say Rodgers is doing anything wrong, it's more to dispute your point that everything Brady has ever done is now in question for being ACCUSED of doing something simliar (not exactly the same of course) to what Rodgers ADMITTED to doing...Glass Houses...

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

Each QB is different. Brady likes the ball under inflated. Only Brady uses the under inflated balls. Each team uses their own footballs when on offense and the balls are marked who's is who's when approved by the refs

The Colts have their own footballs that Luck uses.

So Brady had an advantage for who knows how long over the years as we cant assume this was just done for this game of being able to get a better grip in the ball making it easier for him to throw than he would have been able to have all these years if he had to actually throw a legal football.

Thus the question should his stats have an asterick since we dont know just how good they would be if he had to use a legal football all these years?

All of this assumes that he was never caught before in a dozen seasons, even though the refs check the balls prior to every game.

 

[LambeauLegs]

All of this assumes that he was never caught before in a dozen seasons, even though the refs check the balls prior to every game.

Yes the refs check the balls before each game. I think there may be a new rule made for next season that they need to check the balls again at half time or at the end of the game.

The refs arent assuming that some ball boy has a needle valve on the sidelines and lets air out of the balls after they are approved by the refs and before the game starts.

because of this the refs dont squeeze the balls extra hard and cant tell air was let out as was explained in the test that was done a few posts up.

But now with the balls illegal and under the legal pressure Brady has a better opportunity to throw better balls to his receivers than he would have if the air was left in the balls.

I dont see how this is so hard to understand