Quote:To a point ? That's not how responsibility works.


The refs checked 12 balls before they handed to them. All were game ready as far as air goes.


They didn't lose pressure as the game went. This too has been proven based on Indy's footballs and science. In the time frame given I t was impossible for the balls to lose what they did due to the weather.


If someone let air out on purpose falls all on the shoulders of the Patriots and their responsibility. Once in their possession anything that occurs is on them.

And those game balls that were checked out to be ok is exactly where I want to know what, if any, funny business went on. What happens after the balls are checked? Ref brings them to the sidelines and thats it? Does the ball-boy go pick them up in the backroom where they are checked and have ample opportunity to alter them?

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