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jberryhill

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19. And so what if they like to use steroids

Reply to backwoodsbob (Original post)

Fri Jan 30, 2015, 10:01 PM

Jan 2015

Last edited Fri Jan 30, 2015, 11:06 PM - Edit history (1)

I'd personally like to see the pharmaceutical Olympics. Get the drug companies to sponsor teams, try out new performance enhancing drugs, and you can watch them perform with the strength and lack of pain to literally tear their own limbs off.

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deflategate:the final word [View all] backwoodsbob Jan 2015 OP

That's effectively what they do. PeteSelman Jan 2015 #1

Absolutely. What need have we for standardized rules in organized sport? . . . Journeyman Jan 2015 #2

yep that is exactly what I said backwoodsbob Jan 2015 #3

Speaking as a former defenseman... MannyGoldstein Jan 2015 #33

I was playing with my balls at work today underpants Jan 2015 #4

I do not think this sounds like you think it sounds. :) Sort of reminds me of KingCharlemagne Jan 2015 #12

Whaaaaa? underpants Jan 2015 #15

You do NOT have an even playing field with different ball pressures. MohRokTah Jan 2015 #5

how so? backwoodsbob Jan 2015 #7

On running plays he would call for the one inflated to 5 psi indie9197 Jan 2015 #11

No, it woudl not. eom MohRokTah Jan 2015 #13

No. Both teams playing with the same ball would be the most fair. Iggo Jan 2015 #22

you're exactly right Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2015 #34

They just need to add that the pressure be measured on the field- right before the game indie9197 Jan 2015 #14

Do a check before any ball enters play. eom MohRokTah Jan 2015 #17

Good idea! eom indie9197 Jan 2015 #18

Why stop there? As long as we're making regulations optional... DanTex Jan 2015 #6

why stop there? backwoodsbob Jan 2015 #8

Apparently the PSI actually is a big deal. DanTex Jan 2015 #9

Not according to the Patriots mythology Jan 2015 #20

Outrageous OP. nilesobek Jan 2015 #10

Yes, Seahawks have taken the high road. It was two other teams R B Garr Jan 2015 #25

What if they want to play it with a baseball and a tennis racket? Can we still call it football? nt Xipe Totec Jan 2015 #16

Sure, but it's gonna be a lot harder to kick the puck hifiguy Jan 2015 #21

And so what if they like to use steroids jberryhill Jan 2015 #19

Players that have done that have been suspended. That would be appropriate in this case, too. pnwmom Jan 2015 #28

I think we should give fieldgoal kickers a remote IDemo Jan 2015 #23

Tom Brady seems to like the Rule Book when it benefits him: R B Garr Jan 2015 #24

The rule is inherently arbitrary onenote Jan 2015 #26

There's no such thing as an exact number in physical systems MannyGoldstein Jan 2015 #29

There is no reason the balls can't be exactly the same out the door. onenote Jan 2015 #31

They can't be the same MannyGoldstein Jan 2015 #32

think it's to allow some degree of Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2015 #35

Right. If the Patriots want to change the change the game rules on their own, without telling pnwmom Jan 2015 #27

Not logical rufus dog Jan 2015 #30

think I agree with you. you make sense Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2015 #36