"Still, several loose ends ensure that the controversy is not close to finished. If the Colts’ footballs were properly inflated, as they reportedly were, it might indicate that they were handled differently or inflated more fully to start with. If it turns out that both sets of balls were inflated and handled similarly, the N.F.L. is back to the likelihood that there was tampering by the Patriots."
"Alan Nathan, a nuclear physicist at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, who is known for his work in the physics of baseball, said that field had not garnered such interest since Sammy Sosa, a Chicago Cubs outfielder, was caught with a corked bat in 2003. Nathan eventually concluded that corking a bat did not make much difference, especially for Sosa’s specialty, which was hitting home runs."
Proves corking the bat in baseball isn't cheating either I guess?
Also aren't the balls in a bag? I assume this keeps them warmer than the 50 degrees or whatever temperature pretty much everybody is doing in their testing.
I don't really care if they tampered with it or not. I just find it annoying that Brady says he can't tell the difference yet he says he likes Gronk spiking the ball because it deflates it. “[W]hen Gronk scores – it was like his eighth touchdown of the year – he spikes the ball and he deflates the ball,” Brady said in November 2011. “I love that, because I like the deflated ball."
How the fck can he tell the difference from a Gronk spike and not be able to tell at any other time?
