Quote:What exactly has been going on prior to 2014? Footballs were never measured for possible deflation prior to the AFC Championship game.


If you assume that the Pats were deflating footballs, then sure, it follows that it has been going on for a long time. But the footballs in question for
the only time they were actually measured were within spec with the gauge the ref remembered using. All of the text messages between Brady and the ball guys are also consistent with the possibility that they were asked to make sure the balls were exactly at the NFL minimum. And as far as I know nobody has confessed yet.

I'm no Pats fan and I'm glad the Jags won't face Brady in their game this year, so I'm fine with the suspension
. I just don't think the decision was valid based on the evidence. I'm also fine with the clots getting screwed by the ref in that game, but in fairness I think the ref should be fired for doing so. Anytime the clots get screwed is good in my book, especially after 12 years of concessions to Manning.

Speaking of text messages, when Wells asked for a second interview with the equipment manager to clarify a text referring to himself as "The Deflator" why did Kraft go out of his way to make sure he would never get that interview?

Quote:“I asked for a second interview, I said I would go to New Hampshire, I would interview him in the morning, afternoon night, I would do it whenever he was free. And they said not only could I not interview him, they wouldn’t even tell him of my request for an interview,” Wells said.

When Wells attempted to review Brady's phone guaranteeing to secure his privacy, and even allowing his agent to process the info from his cell and give the information over to Wells in hopes of clearing up the matter once and for all why did Brady decline?

Quote:Wells said Brady cooperated when interviewed but wasn't forthcoming in providing digital evidence from his cellphone. Wells said he told Yee and Brady that the quarterback would not need to surrender his phone, nor would investigators look at private information contained on it. He also said he told Yee he would allow the agent to find the relevant information and provide a printout, yet Yee declined.

Brady and Kraft were both given opportunities to get to the bottom of this once and for all and decided to withhold information. "More likely than not" because there was guilt involved.

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