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Showing Original Post only (View all)Should the Patriots be made to forfeit Sunday's game? [View all]
It is has been reported by ESPN and Yahoo Sports that sources with in the NFL have indicted that a preliminary investigation as shown that 11 of the 12 footballs used by the Patriots in Sunday's game were under-inflated by 2lbs psi or more. If this is proven should the Patriots be made to forfeit and have the Colts go to the Super Bowl instead?
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re-play Colts-Patriots game this Sunday in MA | |
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re-play Colts-Patriots game this Sunday and have them lose home field advantage | |
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re-ply Colt-Patriots game this Sunday in Neutral location | |
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Yeah, cause 11 out of 12 footballs are going to just lose 2 lbs of air...
Drahthaardogs
Jan 2015
#177
I'm always amazed at how seriously people take this stuff (including members of my immediate family)
Arugula Latte
Jan 2015
#108
True. Refs, and all of the players, handle enough footballs to know when they are soft or not. nt
TheBlackAdder
Jan 2015
#23
Not exactly. Each team is allowed it's own set of balls, but only the home team is required
hughee99
Jan 2015
#105
I've not heard anything about that yet. Lots of questions about whether they even weighed...
MANative
Jan 2015
#44
That's not the same as saying that the league checked the Colts' footballs when the checked the Pats
onenote
Jan 2015
#151
I agree with you but it seems that many of the good liberals here think cheating doesn't matter
adigal
Jan 2015
#40
The Pats are the most succesfful franchise over the past decade or so...because?
Threedifferentones
Jan 2015
#93
Ya, the leader of the Pats should have resigned after getting caught the first time.
Threedifferentones
Jan 2015
#112
Yes... other than offering bounties for knocking players out of games (Saints),
hughee99
Jan 2015
#153
New Orleans Saints, for paying their players to intentionally injure opposing team players
Dont call me Shirley
Jan 2015
#164
Each team supplies their own balls for offensive play. Balls for kickoffs are...
MANative
Jan 2015
#39
I imagine it is an old policy and the NFL hates to change it to give the Refs even more power
Johonny
Jan 2015
#139
Absolutely not. At worst, they should be fined $275K and *possibly* lost a first round draft pick.
MohRokTah
Jan 2015
#27
Know as much about football as I know about golf and I don't even know which end you hold the caddy
Douglas Carpenter
Jan 2015
#97
Three sets of footbals: one set for Colts offense, one set for Patriots offense, one set for Kickers
Iggo
Jan 2015
#122
They should replay the game and the Patriots have to wear bread bags over their shoes!
Sancho
Jan 2015
#116
The only time they've banned is for gambling and... when someone got caught doing exactly what the
Johonny
Jan 2015
#136
Now you might see a rule change where the refs control game balls up to kick off...
Johonny
Jan 2015
#134
At least their alleged crime isn't criminal, like a certain coach who paid his players to injure
Dont call me Shirley
Jan 2015
#157
Yes. Has me thinking, how much in common does this have with the Black Sox.
closeupready
Jan 2015
#174