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Post by stevez51 on Jan 23, 2015 11:12:40 GMT -5
Pointing to the fact that is was a 45-7 blowout to say this didn't impact the game is ridiculous. They had a distinct advantage from the start of the game, and once they got a lead, each team plays differently. There is just no way to know what the outcome would have been with a level playing field. It's interesting to note that the Colts have been accused on more than one occasion of piping in artificial crowd noise, which is a violation of NFL rules and not simply a breach of etiquette. To be fair, they've never officially been found of any wrongdoing, but John Harbaugh alluded to it before the Ravens played the Colts in Indy this season. Chuck Pagano was not happy with Harbaugh's comments.
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Ravens fans traveling to Indy for games have said that they pipe in crowd noise......
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Post by stevez51 on Jan 23, 2015 11:21:35 GMT -5
This situation could be avoided altogether if the NFL would just supply all footballs for all games from now one. It's a multi-billion dollar industry, yet teams are required to furnish their own balls as if they were playing a pickup game on some sandlot. This is what the league should do, henceforth. The officials bring the balls and keep them until they're needed. Of course the league is having trouble finding evidence of tampering. If tampering did occur, it would have to be very subtle. The only chance the league has of proving anything is if (1) there actually was tampering, and (2) the guy who did it comes forward, and (3) has proof. Considering they couldn't be bothered (so it is claimed) to find the video from inside the elevator during the Rice case, there's little chance they'll push hard on this. But also considering his past, there will be those who smell the stink on Belichick going forward. I might be one of them! ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) The way the handling of the footballs was changed in 2006 to the teams in control. It was put forth by Brady and Manning ......
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Post by Ranger John on Jan 27, 2015 17:33:03 GMT -5
I agree with mdrunning. About all the league can credibly do at this point is put new procedures in place to prevent ball tampering from happening in the future. Oh, and put Belichick on "double secret probation" because once they fix this he'll find some new way to cheat. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) And if the league does take control over all game balls because of this, one result is that Brady will have made 31 new enemies, but that's the way it goes. No quarterback uses new balls in a game; they'd rather get sacked 10 times in the first quarter. This is true. Quarterbacks are very big on intimately knowing their balls. So much so, that they would instantly know if a ball was under-inflated the second he picked it up. Even if they find no evidence of anything else, Tom Brady is a cheater.
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Post by davinci on Jan 28, 2015 10:01:50 GMT -5
I agree with mdrunning. About all the league can credibly do at this point is put new procedures in place to prevent ball tampering from happening in the future. Oh, and put Belichick on "double secret probation" because once they fix this he'll find some new way to cheat. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) Agreed. Love the experts calling for much longer bans than the dude who KO'd his girlfriend in the elevator. Unbelievable! ![::)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/eyesroll.png)
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Post by alienrace on Jan 28, 2015 10:07:39 GMT -5
Agreed. Love the experts calling for much longer bans than the dude who KO'd his girlfriend in the elevator. Unbelievable! ![::)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/eyesroll.png) I wanted Rice permanently barred from the league. Can't get any longer than that ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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Post by Evil Yoda on Jan 28, 2015 13:00:30 GMT -5
David Letterman has an interesting theory. When the Patriots tricked the Ravens and Harbaugh didn't take it well, Brady apparently said something like, "read the rulebook" to them. This infuriated Harbaugh who got on the phone to Pagano and told him to watch for underinflated footballs. The idea being to turn the rulebook against Brady. It's amusing, at least. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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Post by Ranger John on Jan 29, 2015 17:04:26 GMT -5
Apparently the Cheatriots have been cheating since 2006: Yahoo
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