Archeearl92

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  1. The refs didn't forget to check anything. Report is that the officials checked and certified all balls before the game. That means after they were certified, someone took it upon themselves to deflate 11 of the 12 Patriots balls. The Colts balls were untouched as were the 12 alternate balls.

    And it's ridiculous to try and lay blame for this on officials. They have 30 things they are checking between the end of one play and the start of another. They are under the assumption that the balls are within regulation because they just certified them a couple hours beforehand.

    Trying to blame officials for the Patriots cheating is like blaming the police for the act of a robbery because they weren't there to stop the robbers. Regardless of anyone else involved, the act of cheating is on the perpetrator(s).

    I also read reports that they didn´t check the balls properly and they didn´t mark the balls as checked. Also more and more Players admit that they use/used to deflate/inflate balls because of what they prefer. If the Pats did deflate the Balls after the Refs checked the balls, they should be punished (whatever punishment, Draft Picks, Suspensions, Money...), but if the Refs did do a mistake it´s their fault as well. I am pretty sure the Pats are not the first team to play with deflated balls, they are just the ones who get blamed for it now. Their has to happen something within the rules and the Pats organisation, but now only blaming them is wrong as long as we do not know how that happened.

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  2. I am pretty sure its not the first time someone uses deflated balls...and if tge playoff refs forget or dont care about the procedure of checking the balls before a game its their fault as well...When a LB is the one who notices that the Balls are deflated, what does that say about the Refs who touch the Ball every single play? lets be honest...a lot of people did a lot of mistakes so that could happen...

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