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Originally Posted by skinsfan69
Just doesn't seem to be that big a deal to me. Lowering ball pressure a pound under the limit just isn't important to the outcome of a game. Besides, what should they do about Aaron Rodgers? He admitted that he over inflated them. So he's a cheater too? Also the Colts balls were under inflated too so I guess Luck is cheating as well.
The fumbling part has no merit to it because there's no proof that this made the backs hold on to the ball better.
In football there are all kinds of small things that teams and players do to bend the rules. Atlanta pumped in crowd noise and they still sucked last year. None of this stuff has a impact on whether a team wins or losses a game.
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Did Aaron Rodgers have the balls changed after they were examined by the refs? There is a range that the ball can be in. The fact that he likes them at the high end of that range is not a breach of any rule. For the Colts balls, they had 4 of 12 that missed the range by a miniscule amount. The patriots had 11 that went well beyond that, beyond what science claims they would have gone down.
I also disagree about it not making a difference. The pats would not have underinflated them if it made no difference. The falcons would not have piped in noise if it made no difference. The NFL would have never made the rules if they made no difference. The fact that all 3 of those things happen clearly means they make a difference. That is undeniable. Throw in how many receivers and QB's have spoken up claiming that it absolutely does make a difference (both crowd noise and the inflation of footballs) should also tell you that it makes a difference.
This doesnt even talk about that its a rule. If its a rule, lobby to change it if you must, but abide by it til its changed. The fact that the pats had people changing the balls after the refs examined them means that they knew they were breaking a rule. The fact that they lied about it also means they knew they were breaking a rule.
Btw, piping in crowd noise and underinflating footballs after they have been examined is not bending a rule. Its breaking a rule. The rule is in place and no one tip-toed that line. They blew that line away and gave a middle finger to the NFL.