Re: Decision on Deflategate
Of course the counter argument is: prove it. And prove that no one else was doing it if you're going to retroactively punish them without having caught them in the act.
Using the driving analogy I was using, if I pull you over for going 5 mph over, I could just as well give you life in prison, since I could argue this isn't the first time you've sped, you've probably done this thousands of times.
Kinda hard to punish them for crimes they may have committed without any proof of such, no? Not saying that if they did it, that this was the first time, but without proof of such... Kinda why the NFL conducted this 'non-sting' in the first place, to try and catch them in the act. And still bungled it.
Need some perspective here as to the 'crime' as well. We've had Aaron Rodgers coming out and saying they try and over-inflate, knowing the NFL never actually gauges them. Forget who, but someone else came out and admitted to paying someone to let air out of balls before a game. Seems like this isn't some super-secret thing Brady did, kinda has the feel of a regular thing going on similar to scuffing baseballs. And the punishment for doing this is pretty clearly in the rule book as $25k, so not sure how big a deal they want to say it was. Sure it will morph into one so the NFL can claim victory for a change, but it's never been a big deal before.
Real answer is to just have the NFL manage all the balls, like they should have in the first place. They keep them in possession, no funny business. Letting the individual teams screw with them ahead of time opens up this whole mess. Why not have a standard 13 PSI ball out there and call it a day?
Of course the counter argument is: prove it. And prove that no one else was doing it if you're going to retroactively punish them without having caught them in the act.
Using the driving analogy I was using, if I pull you over for going 5 mph over, I could just as well give you life in prison, since I could argue this isn't the first time you've sped, you've probably done this thousands of times.
Kinda hard to punish them for crimes they may have committed without any proof of such, no? Not saying that if they did it, that this was the first time, but without proof of such... Kinda why the NFL conducted this 'non-sting' in the first place, to try and catch them in the act. And still bungled it.
Need some perspective here as to the 'crime' as well. We've had Aaron Rodgers coming out and saying they try and over-inflate, knowing the NFL never actually gauges them. Forget who, but someone else came out and admitted to paying someone to let air out of balls before a game. Seems like this isn't some super-secret thing Brady did, kinda has the feel of a regular thing going on similar to scuffing baseballs. And the punishment for doing this is pretty clearly in the rule book as $25k, so not sure how big a deal they want to say it was. Sure it will morph into one so the NFL can claim victory for a change, but it's never been a big deal before.
Real answer is to just have the NFL manage all the balls, like they should have in the first place. They keep them in possession, no funny business. Letting the individual teams screw with them ahead of time opens up this whole mess. Why not have a standard 13 PSI ball out there and call it a day?
