Deflategate

They can prestress jeans, they ought to be able to do it with footballs right at the factory.

 

It amazes me that a $10 billion industry handles its games balls the way it does.

 

Yeah, I don't get why they come from the factory so slick. But MLB rubs down the balls (heh-heh) with that mud before all the games, so no reason to think the NFL couldn't come up with a standard way to break them in and provide the balls.

 

So the assistant professor of statistics (does that even qualify as an expert?) arguing against the theory is a Patriots fan, but that has nothing to do with his attack on Sharp's analysis? Of course it doesn't. I'm sure he is every bit as objective about all this as Rhody.

 

Rhody's just looking for answers OOP.

 

Blandino gave us some of them today.
The Goodell presser should be interesting.
BTW, Doyel - who has been killing it in Indy - compared DeflateGate to the 1919 Black Sox.

 

Shocking that Doyel would overreact to something.

 

It's going to be so great when the Patriots face no penalty for cheating, but the Falcons lose a draft choice.

Adam Schefter:

Falcons being investigated for piping artificial crowd noise into their stadium the past two seasons, per sources. The offense is expected to result in discipline with the Falcons being fined and quite possibly losing a draft choice. A Falcons team spokesman said: “We were informed during the season that the league office is looking into crowd noise during our games. We have cooperated fully with them, and we’re awaiting the outcome." Atlanta is accused of piping in the noise while the opposing team was huddling, trying to call its play. The tactics originated from the Falcons' game operations department, per sources. Some around the league have argued that silent counts have rendered crowd noise more irrelevant and it’s difficult to discern how much of an advantage it gave the Falcons. But it was enough to have the league look into it, and now the Falcons are facing stiff penalties.

 

I wonder, is there a distinction be made between rule breaking and gamesmanship? I think of watering down the infield or letting the grass grow a little longer in baseball. If so, where is the line drawn here football people?

 

This makes sense. I've always felt that Home Depot piped in artificial fork lift and circular saw noise.

 

Don't forget the sawdust scent.

 

and chirping birds in garden center during springtime