A Brief Physics and Logistics Lesson for the Haters Who Can't See Straight
What advantage does a deflated football give you?
It is easier to grip, but also will not travel as far, so trying to throw long puts you at a disadvantage. A softer ball also helps with kicking, and John Hairball noticed and his kickers noticed that the balls used for kicking a week earlier seemed softer, and they chalked that up to the weather...and guess what, neither team has possession of those balls at any time. Never. The balls used for kicking are held by the officials at all times. Hairball said they noticed nothing about the other balls. Besides, more inflation makes for longer throws...so that's why Aaron Rodgers overinflates his. Tom likes his underiunflated so they inflate at the absolute minimum and guess what, the absolute minimum is still legal.
Can weather affect the inflation, yes, and while some I noticeed are complaining that the weather was in the 50's so weather wasn't a factor, that's an interesting rewrite of history...it varied from 40 to low 50's, not cold, but yes, it will affect the balls, as will the actual play, such as spiking the balls. But surely not 2 pounds! Were all the balls two pounds less? No, at least one was, but again, creative lack of reasoning led the haters to assume all were that deflated, which, makes the plausibility of tampering with the footballs even more ludicrous because the person would have to have the time to deflate them equally, in plain sight. And this leads us to...
Logistics...how could they have tampered with the balls? Simple, the haters say, enabled by the nitwits in the media, just take a pin out. Well, considering that the Colts were wary of something from their first thrashing by the Patriots, they would have been watching them closely, don't you think? Oh wait, you don't think, that's why this is a manufactured controversy. Besides, the former head of NFL Operations says that can't be done...I'll listen to him over some tool on ESPN.
Ok, now you're foaming at the mouth. But, but, but, Bilicheat! Cheatriots! They ALWAYS cheat! Always. They had Spygate in 2007...jump ahead to 2015 and there's this...but, but, but, how DARE YOU deny me my consitutional right to jump immediately from Point A to Point G? I say they always cheat and facts be damned. Let's not forget the Broncos had a more recent version of Spygate, their one controversy like the Pats, and no one says they always cheat...why?
Because this non-controversy fits in with the storyline a lot of sports writers and haters want to think about the Patriots for whatever reason. For ESPN it's about filling dead air,a nd let's face it, Bill is not all warm and cuddly. For others? Well, I have my theories, but I don't want to be banned. All this morning reading the stupidity here and even in GD irritated me...now I'm very amused. If the Pats win in a week and a half, it's a legitimate victory, like all their others. If the Seahawks win, then they were the better team this year...end of story.
Oh, you can reply, but I'm done with this and won't be checking back.
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