Tom Brady is George Costanza

[ClusterFreak]

Seriously, what IS the difference between this classic Seinfeld moment, and Tom Brady's pathetic performance at Gillette Stadium, playing dumb before the cameras about Deflate-gate?

[radiclib]

1. Tom Brady is Larry Craig

[ClusterFreak]

2. Ain't THAT the truth too!

[CTyankee]

5. Oh, Jesus, you gave me my first belly laugh of the day...

[ellennelle]

3. quick question

so, i hate football. cannot stand the game. have not watched a televised match of jocks in decades. this from an AL girl who was in HS when bryant and namath ruled bama tide. but still, now i cannot stand the game itself (professionally, i see people with head injuries; 'nuff said), i cannot stand the culture (our own modern gladiators - mostly black - given oodles of money for their owners to make many more oodles and live like fat cat racist pig kings at the expense of local taxpayers) or the mindless fawning over the whole thing. everyone goes all slack jawed, riveted to stats that ultimately erase the human lives involved, and seems to forget how *gasp* shocked we all were last fall at the domestic abuse and coverups. the whole sloppy mess is just beyond disgusting, and i cannot for the life of me figure out why any clear thinking individuals will persist in supporting the insanity. none of the obscenities - economic or civic or humane - will stop until there are no viewers.

that said, i have this simple question of logic. how would deflating footballs only help one team? even if only one team knew they were deflated, even if only the q-back knew, how would that really give anything like an advantage? i mean, everyone is going after the ball, right, no matter offense or defense. so how would offense benefit from having a deflated ball?

not to mention the fact that the pats hardly needed any tricks to get the score they got. none of the outcry makes any sense.

i'm sure i'm missing some terribly subtle detail that exposes my ignorance, but on this matter, i wear my ignorance with great pride.

[ClusterFreak]

4. Both teams supply the official footballs for each game...

When a football is deflated just a little bit it becomes easier to grip and to catch. In any NFL game, both teams supply 12 balls to use on offense over the course of the game (i.e. when their quarterback is on the field), and the balls are supposed to be inflated to a certain level. All but one of the Patriots balls in their last game were discovered to have been inflated to below the allowable level and that's how they got in trouble.

[CTyankee]

6. Why doesn't the NFL have a third party in charge of supplying the game balls?

That way, neither team has access to them prior to the game.

It seems like such a simple solution...

[ClusterFreak]

7. That's the million dollar question.

I have no earthly idea why an unbiased third party doesn't control ALL of the footballs for both teams.

[CTyankee]

8. What is your "guess"?

[ClusterFreak]

9. Maybe it was a contract bargaining chip?

I think it's a relatively new rule, but I'm not sure. Maybe the players bargained for control of the balls during the last contract talks with the owners? Maybe the officials didn't want the responsibility anymore, figured they'd had enough on their plate?

Total guesswork on my part though lol.

[CTyankee]

10. sounds right, actually and I know nothing about football...but this seems so simple...

the League should get this DONE and DONE RIGHT. I think people are tired of hearing about these fuckups.