F**D
发帖数: 113 | 1 NFL bears plenty of blame for #DeflateGate
Posted by Mike Florio on January 25, 2015, 3:03 PM EST
At this point, it’s unclear whether the NFL will find any evidence to
support the suspicion that someone from the Patriots deliberately caused
footballs to lose air pressure. If the NFL fails to find a proverbial
smoking gun, that alone could become a different kind of smoking gun.
Even if (and at this point it could be a big if) the league finds proof of
foul play, was it really worth it? The NFL has tarnished its own shield by
painting a Super Bowl participant as a cheater without clear evidence of
cheating. As noted on Friday, some believe that former Commissioners (such
as Paul Tagliabue) would have addressed complaints coming from teams like
the Colts regarding underinflated footballs not by trying to lay a trap for
the Patriots, but by letting the Patriots know that the league office is
paying attention to the situation, and that if there’s any funny business
happening it needs to stop, now. Instead, the league office opted to try to
catch the Patriots red handed.
But what has the NFL really found? As one league source has explained it to
PFT, the football intercepted by Colts linebacker D’Qwell Jackson was
roughly two pounds under the 12.5 PSI minimum. The other 10 balls that
reportedly were two pounds under may have been, as the source explained it,
closer to one pound below 12.5 PSI.
The NFL has yet to share specific information regarding the PSI measurements
of the balls that were confiscated and measured at halftime. Which has
allowed the perception of cheating to linger, fueled by the confirmation
from Friday that the NFL found underinflated balls, but that the NFL still
doesn’t know how they came to be that way.
“The goals of the investigation will be to determine the explanation for
why footballs used in the game were not in compliance with the playing rules
and specifically whether any noncompliance was the result of deliberate
action,” the league said. “We have not made any judgments on these points
and will not do so until we have concluded our investigation and considered
all of the relevant evidence.”
Regardless of how hard or easy it could be or should be to get to the truth,
the NFL owes it to the Patriots and the league to get there, quickly.
Instead, the premier American sporting event apparently will be played under
a dark cloud, and anything other than an eventual finding of cheating will
seem anticlimactic and contrived. Even if the conclusion is regarded as
legitimate, it won’t undo the damage that the Patriots and the NFL will
have suffered during this bizarre period of pending allegations that have
not yet been proven.
So at a time when the league office is still reeling from an insufficient
investigation in the Ray Rice case, the league office now faces even more
criticism for a clumsy sting operation that possibly will end up being a
swing and a miss. Surely, much of that criticism will be directed privately
at the league office from the Patriots.
Complicating matters for the NFL is that the bat initially was swung by Mike
Kensil, a former employee of the Jets with a reputation among the Patriots
for being an agitator. (Kensil’s father, Jim, served as president of the
Jets for 10 years from the late 1970s to the late 1980s.) And so on the
same day that the tampering charges filed by the Patriots against the Jets
over Darrelle Revis became the latest chapter in a longstanding feud between
the franchises, the tentacles of acrimony between the two franchises found
a way to erupt into a brouhaha unlike many the NFL ever has seen.
The NFL never should have let this specific situation get to that point.
Even if the league deemed it proper to lay a trap, they should have realized
the challenges of actually making a trap work. In this case, it appears
that they didn’t.
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/01/25/nfl-bears-plent | h*********r
发帖数: 10182 | | A*****a
发帖数: 52743 | 3 只有小鸡在鼎力维持NFL这个职业摇钱树不到，其他猴子们都因为没吃到自己的果子，
在拼命倒这棵树。
by
such
【在 F**D 的大作中提到】
: NFL bears plenty of blame for #DeflateGate
: Posted by Mike Florio on January 25, 2015, 3:03 PM EST
: At this point, it’s unclear whether the NFL will find any evidence to
: support the suspicion that someone from the Patriots deliberately caused
: footballs to lose air pressure. If the NFL fails to find a proverbial
: smoking gun, that alone could become a different kind of smoking gun.
: Even if (and at this point it could be a big if) the league finds proof of
: foul play, was it really worth it? The NFL has tarnished its own shield by
: painting a Super Bowl participant as a cheater without clear evidence of
: cheating. As noted on Friday, some believe that former Commissioners (such
| F**D
发帖数: 113 | 4 主要问题还是高层的权力结构，
NFL commissioner 权力太弱，没有控制力，
你能想象90年代其他队搞公牛吗， 肯定被Stern煽到不能自理
【在 A*****a 的大作中提到】
: 只有小鸡在鼎力维持NFL这个职业摇钱树不到，其他猴子们都因为没吃到自己的果子，
: 在拼命倒这棵树。
:
: by
: such
| A*****a
发帖数: 52743 | 5 fusssssss?
【在 h*********r 的大作中提到】
: a big fuzz of nothing.
| A*****a
发帖数: 52743 | 6 应该让trump来接管
子，
【在 F**D 的大作中提到】
: 主要问题还是高层的权力结构，
: NFL commissioner 权力太弱，没有控制力，
: 你能想象90年代其他队搞公牛吗， 肯定被Stern煽到不能自理
| P****i
发帖数: 12972 | 7 那也不是好事，nba越来越烂
【在 F**D 的大作中提到】
: 主要问题还是高层的权力结构，
: NFL commissioner 权力太弱，没有控制力，
: 你能想象90年代其他队搞公牛吗， 肯定被Stern煽到不能自理
| a********r
发帖数: 626 | 8 为什么给口子截获的球比其他球整整少了一磅，支持NFL查个水落石出, 哈哈 | h*********r
发帖数: 10182 | 9 yeah，能不能说扣子对球做了啥？
【在 a********r 的大作中提到】
: 为什么给口子截获的球比其他球整整少了一磅，支持NFL查个水落石出, 哈哈
| s****r
发帖数: 5546 | 10 一个事实证明气压不足易导致汤哥传球被断！
【在 a********r 的大作中提到】
: 为什么给口子截获的球比其他球整整少了一磅，支持NFL查个水落石出, 哈哈
| d****n
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