The most talked about conversation right now leading up to Super Bowl XLIX concerns itself with a possible cheating scandal conducted by the New England Patriots against the Indianapolis Colts. Detailing in which the Patriots used 11 out of 12 game balls that were deflated under the legal limit.
These findings leave many fans of the NFL wondering whether or not, Tom Brady and the New England Patriots knew about the deflation of the pre-game approved game balls.
In press conferences yesterday, Bill Belichick and Tom Brady denied all accusations and refused to know of any wrongdoing in the deflation of the predetermined game balls. The rule stated in the book requires the game balls to be weighed in the range of 12.5-13.5 pounds per square inch.
The questions many NFL fans and former players are asking right now are, what happened in between the time they were tested and the start of the game? And, did someone request for these balls to be tampered with for personal preference?
Brady in an all-out blitz press conference, looked as if he took a hit to the head and didn't know where he was and what to say. Brady elaborated on the fact that he doesn't squeeze a football to see if it's underinflated. Yet, he stood by a comment last fall that he likes a football inflated on the low side of the margins, to about 12.5 PSI.
After statements as such, this opened a conversation across the league on how truthful former players thought Tom Brady was being.
Mark Brunell, a former NFL quarterback and now an ESPN analyst did not find him to be believable. He stated, "I did not believe what Tom had to say. Those balls were deflated. Somebody had to do it and I don't believe there's an equipment manager in the NFL who, on his own initiative, would deflate a ball without the starting quarterback's approval. .... I started 151 games. There wasn't one game ball I didn't put my hands on. There is a protocol. There is a process."
Obviously, these are ones opinions and hopefully the NFL decides to get to the bottom of this for the integrity of the game. Overall, even at the end of the season one can't focus on the big game on Sunday because of the awakening of another NFL scandal.
Terrible year for the NFL.
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