#DFG: Canceling the Noise
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Brady: could appeal under CBA terms. Would likely win based on what we know today.Kevin Youkulele said:
Team: No real recourse, but if the penalty is ridiculous, don't expect any pictures of Kraft smiling next to Goodell anytime soon.
Belichick: No real recourse. However, if the league was to attempt to suspend him for a year, given the total lack of evidence of any tampering, he could bring lawyers into the mess.
Um, wow?
https://twitter.com/sportsnation/status/558402271479091200
https://twitter.com/sportsnation/status/558402271479091200
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https://twitter.com/sportsnation/status/558402271479091200
https://twitter.com/sportsnation/status/558402271479091200
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4 days in. 4 days of galactic stupidity on the part of mediot trolls, 2 Patriots pressers already. 4 days in and this story hasn't really been advanced at all since it broke. Mind-boggling. The comical incompetence of the ass-clowns who run this league is breathtaking. How the fuck could they have not even talked to Brady yet?? When is that going to be done, the night before the super bowl? They could have, and still can, effectively end this anytime they want. I'm usually the last guy to buy into conspiracy theories. But I'm coming around on the idea expressed here that the league loves this. Loves the noise, attention, clicks, etc. That they are so mired in becoming 24/7 reality TV, they couldn't care less about shitting over their premier event with this "scandal". God I miss Tags.
Mark Schofield said:
My wife's friend went to Nebraska U for her Masters. She's over right now. She was humiliated by the widespread Nebraska response to BALLGATE.
https://twitter.com/sportsnation/status/558402271479091200Ed Hillel said:
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Yeah, ketchup pal.
Kirk Minihane is going to be on O'Reilly tonight. Kirk Fucking Minihane on Bill Fucking O'Reilly.
This thing had gone beyond insane.
This thing had gone beyond insane.
I can't get off SoSH. I want to get work done, but this story makes the black hole in Interstellar look like small fries. I've already resigned myself that I'm going to be unable to leave this story and these news articles.
Has anyone interviewed the football and get it's take? Sounds like something Borges would excel at.
Edit: Nebraska? Really? I would have thought Maryland or something...Nebraska though?
Edit: Nebraska? Really? I would have thought Maryland or something...Nebraska though?
I get a kick out out of Francesa of saying if Brady were unjustly accused he'd be mad. How the hell does he know how any particular person would react? Is he a psychologist as well as a talk show host now? It's easier to believe he just has a chip on his shoulder about any Belichick team and has for years.
Re: Not being able to tell the difference between the balls at the halftime switch.
Here is another thing that is bugging me. All the Borges types and even Brunell screaming that Brady knew difference in the balls because they would have (or that because it's his job he should know). A 2 PSI difference in pressure and less than a dollar bill difference in weight is noticeable in a driving rain, at 51 degrees with throwing gloves on, and 4 DL coming as hard as they can??? I would love to see that study done - especially when some QBs (ex or otherwise) are stating they can't tell the difference sitting at a desk under perfect conditions when not under stress.
These moronic claims just boggle the mind.
Here is another thing that is bugging me. All the Borges types and even Brunell screaming that Brady knew difference in the balls because they would have (or that because it's his job he should know). A 2 PSI difference in pressure and less than a dollar bill difference in weight is noticeable in a driving rain, at 51 degrees with throwing gloves on, and 4 DL coming as hard as they can??? I would love to see that study done - especially when some QBs (ex or otherwise) are stating they can't tell the difference sitting at a desk under perfect conditions when not under stress.
These moronic claims just boggle the mind.
We don't know that, at all. Even if we believe the leaks, all they said was the the Colts' balls were within the spec at halftime, not that they weren't changed from their pre-game numbers. I've not even seen a leak about where the Colts' balls started and ended up, PSI-wise, and given the contradictory leaks on other fronts I'm waiting for an official report.moondog80 said:
And hat tip to singaporesoxfan's WCW appropriation.
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ifmanis5 said:
Entire generations of graduate Communications students will be mining this story for case studies. Swift Boats, Birth Certificates, and Deflated Balls. The media ought to come in conflict with reality less often.
Historians, please mark this week as the moment society hit the tipping point.
I am hopeful our alien overlords will now cancel this failed planet experiment as we have demonstrated stupidity beyond cosmic comprehension as a species.
I am hopeful our alien overlords will now cancel this failed planet experiment as we have demonstrated stupidity beyond cosmic comprehension as a species.
You would think the NFL would issue a statement and/or make some sort of decision on punishment before next week. Not sure how likely that is considering no one from the league has talked to Brady.
I think the sum total of Bill and Tom's press conferences is very positive -- denial, no admission whatsoever, matter of fact -- and I like the results of the ESPN poll.
One lingering concern is that I hope Tom doesn't feel like Bill hung him out a little with his comments this morning, but that's a pretty low level worry. How could they not have conferred in advance?
All that said, Tom did look a little worn out, and there is the little matter of having to play a very good football team on February 1. Here's to Seattle becoming their number one and two and three and four concern and this madness ENDING. Or at least getting to the point when they all say "football questions only."
One lingering concern is that I hope Tom doesn't feel like Bill hung him out a little with his comments this morning, but that's a pretty low level worry. How could they not have conferred in advance?
All that said, Tom did look a little worn out, and there is the little matter of having to play a very good football team on February 1. Here's to Seattle becoming their number one and two and three and four concern and this madness ENDING. Or at least getting to the point when they all say "football questions only."
cheekydave said:
I was being generous regarding twenty years; it's more like thirty, but why kick a man when he's down.
Did we all watch something different?
https://twitter.com/BillSimmons/status/558407860334247938
Missed Brady press conference cuz I had a work thing. Grantland's office thought it was a disaster. My dad is reeling. My god what happened?
https://twitter.com/BillSimmons/status/558407860334247938
Missed Brady press conference cuz I had a work thing. Grantland's office thought it was a disaster. My dad is reeling. My god what happened?
https://twitter.com/BillSimmons/status/558407860334247938Silverdude2167 said:
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Missed Brady press conference cuz I had a work thing. Grantland's office thought it was a disaster. My dad is reeling. My god what happened?
As I said earlier, short an admission, everyone was going to call it a disaster.
