I'm sure every team plays around with the ball to their qbs preference. I'm not convinced every team has an employee take the balls into a bathroom to deflate them. The much misquoted Rodgers quote on this issue said exactly that. He likes them inflated to the limit, but he absolutely does not overinflated them.
Unfairly? They are the freaking Patriots. They should lose their franchise and be relegated down to semi-pro. Or worse, the CFL.
I don't necessarily think it's unfair, but winning puts you under a microscope. You like to talk about Peyton using HGH, but I don't think you'd say a word if Jake Locker or Josh McCown came back from an injury too soon.
I meant cheating wise, not necessarily inflating balls. As the old NASCAR saying goes, if you ain't cheatin', you ain't tryin'.
I think it's pretty clear they cross a line other teams do not. And frankly my only objection is people claiming Brady is innocent or "everyone does it." If I was a patriots fan I don't think I'd give two shits
Where did he say that? Because Phil Simms said literally the exact opposite, relaying a conversation with Rodgers.
Sorry; it is more than that. They are a Pete Carroll Brain Fart away from being 0-3 in their last 3 Super Bowls.
http://www.espnwisconsin.com/common/more.php?m=49&post_id=54571 High end of legal limit. Simms is a legit retard
Very true; a win is a win any way you get it. But to imply all the scrutiny on the Patriots is simply because hey win is incorrect. Many other teams win without find their methods constantly challenged.
I've never been a fan of any Commissioner until Roger Goodell came along. I'm still a HUGE fan of his. I think that he's made some mistakes, but that it's mostly the pro-union / liberal crowd who crow about his missteps, because they hate that he doesn't cave to their desires that he act like all other Commissioners and coddle BS from athletes or walk on egg shells around the Union. And celebrate the Brady ruling while you can, because there is 0.0% chance that a higher court is going to allow the precedence of a federal judge / court getting into an arbiter's decision. And several of you here, despite your hatred of Goodell, damn well know this to be true, and that it won't survive further judicial scrutiny, beyond this one miraculously mistaken ruling. And one last thing, for anyone calling for his job: Good. Luck. He's doing exactly what 31 owners want him to be doing. EXACTLY.
If an arbitrator ignores due process, his decision is worthless. Brady did it, but the onus is still on Goodell to prove it.
There was never a predetermined punishment for an equipment violation aside from a simple fine. That is all there was, an equipment violation. Goodell over stepped his boundaries by arbitrarily instituting a suspension for this violation.