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Hope this blows over as fast as the heated balls BS from the Titans. NFL should quash this today since it's their officials who are responsible.
 
The league needs to kill this "story" immediately. Kravitz needs to be disciplined for irresponsible reporting if not officially then by his bretheren.

There is no accountability in this country anymore starting from the top down.


Shameful.
 
Kravitz claims that the refs "weighed" the ball. You don't weigh balls to check air pressure, you use a pressure gauge. The weight of a ball won't change based on pressure unless you're using something other than air to inflate it.

Kravitz is a hack who wasn't even good enough for the Indy Star.
 
bideau said:
kravitz claims that the refs "weighed" the ball. You don't weigh balls to check air pressure, you use a pressure gauge. The weight of a ball won't change based on pressure unless you're using something other than air to inflate it.

Kravitz is a hack who wasn't even good enough for the indy star.
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this is true

hasselback just said he talked to his brother who knew nothing about this and you would think a qb would be the one to report soft balls seeing how his hands are always on them. He also said that the league inspects the balls after team works them over and the only one who touches them after are kids (like himself years ago) who are one the sidelines and the odds of a kid with a needle letting air out of teh balls is highly unlikely.

The only possibility is if it was a different game
 
bideau said:
Kravitz claims that the refs "weighed" the ball. You don't weigh balls to check air pressure, you use a pressure gauge. The weight of a ball won't change based on pressure unless you're using something other than air to inflate it.

Kravitz is a hack who wasn't even good enough for the Indy Star.
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And yet, every news outlet in the country has picked up the story and given it legs. The story might get squashed, but it has already imprinted in the minds of football nation.

I remember when there was a stop in the game, and nobody knew why. I did see a new ball get tossed to the official. Simms or Nantz said something about they may have had a kicker's ball and they were switching it out to a game ball, one has a slicker surface, one has a rougher surface. What I'd like to know is who tipped off the officials to even check the gauge mid-game? Because that would be the first person I would look at if this story bears out.
 
mikiemo83 said:
this is true

hasselback just said he talked to his brother who knew nothing about this and you would think a qb would be the one to report soft balls seeing how his hands are always on them. He also said that the league inspects the balls after team works them over and the only one who touches them after are kids (like himself years ago) who are one the sidelines and the odds of a kid with a needle letting air out of teh balls is highly unlikely.

The only possibility is if it was a different game
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All this being said, I'm sure the mediots won't let the facts get in the way of a good scandal.

Mike & Mike dismissed it as a non-story. But until the NFL answers, the haters will continue to speculate.
 
bideau said:
All this being said, I'm sure the mediots won't let the facts get in the way of a good scandal.

Mike & Mike dismissed it as a non-story. But until the NFL answers, the haters will continue to speculate.
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It is slightly heartening to hear ESPNers did that though. What irks me more than this story in particular is the state of the freaking countrythat knee jerk reacts to every thing anyone with a twitter account can post whether it is factual or not.
 
My motto has always been, "Win if you can, lose if you must, but always cheat".

I'm not seeing the problem.

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Well the NFL confirmed the investigation, I'd still be shocked if they come up with anything
 
League confirms ball-deflation investigation

Posted by Mike Florio on January 19, 2015, 7:45 AM EST
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So much for the Colts-Patriots game being not nearly as intriguing as the Packers-Seahawks game.

Via Bob Glauber of Newsday, the NFL has confirmed the existence of an investigation regarding whether the balls were properly inflated in the AFC title game.

Rule 2 of the official NFL rule book requires that each team make “12 primary balls available for testing” two hours and 15 minutes before kickoff. The home team must make 12 backup balls available, and the visiting team may bring another 12 backup balls for games to be played outdoors.

Several years ago, in an effort to prevent any doctoring of balls used in the kicking game, the NFL adopted a rule that six new, specially-marked kicking balls would be used for each game, with the boxes opened by the officials two hours and 15 minutes before kickoff.

All balls remain under the supervision of the referee until they are delivered to the ball attendant shortly before kickoiff.

The existence of the investigation, as initially reported by Bob Kravitz of WTHR-TV in Indianapolis, suggests that the referee failed to properly check the specifications of the balls, the referee didn’t properly secure the balls before they were given to the ball attendant, or something happened to the balls after they were given to the ball attendant.
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I can't believe Bill would be stupid enough to let this happen.
 
PatsFanLisa said:
League confirms ball-deflation investigation

Posted by Mike Florio on January 19, 2015, 7:45 AM EST
deflated-football
Getty Images
So much for the Colts-Patriots game being not nearly as intriguing as the Packers-Seahawks game.

Via Bob Glauber of Newsday, the NFL has confirmed the existence of an investigation regarding whether the balls were properly inflated in the AFC title game.

Rule 2 of the official NFL rule book requires that each team make “12 primary balls available for testing” two hours and 15 minutes before kickoff. The home team must make 12 backup balls available, and the visiting team may bring another 12 backup balls for games to be played outdoors.

Several years ago, in an effort to prevent any doctoring of balls used in the kicking game, the NFL adopted a rule that six new, specially-marked kicking balls would be used for each game, with the boxes opened by the officials two hours and 15 minutes before kickoff.

All balls remain under the supervision of the referee until they are delivered to the ball attendant shortly before kickoiff.

The existence of the investigation, as initially reported by Bob Kravitz of WTHR-TV in Indianapolis, suggests that the referee failed to properly check the specifications of the balls, the referee didn’t properly secure the balls before they were given to the ball attendant, or something happened to the balls after they were given to the ball attendant.
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I guess I'm starting to see Bob Kravitz's point. With properly inflated balls, there's no way that LeGarrette Blount would have ran all over the Colts like that. The Colts probably would have held Blount to under 50 yards, and Pats likely would have been the team turning the ball over instead of Indy.

Those cheating cheaters who cheat, did it again.

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To all the opposing fans out there buying this bullshit...

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Is it any wonder that Tomase follows Kravitz on twitter?
 
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