It should be noted that the Student Manager said that «he had, without the knowledge of, or instruction from, any USC student - athlete, coach, staff member or administrator,
deflated those game balls after they had been tested and approved by officials prior to the game.»
The Patriots are now under investigations over allegations that they intentionally
deflated game balls.
If the league's investigation does determine that the Patriots intentionally
deflated their game balls, most expect them to lose a draft pick and be subject to some heftier fines than the minimum.
On USC's website, they released a statement saying that a Student Manager admitted to
deflating game balls prior to the game, after they were inspected by officials.
It was more «probable than not» that Brady was at least generally aware of the actions, as it was unlikely that an equipment assistant and a locker room attendant would
deflate game balls without Brady's «knowledge»,» approval», «awareness» and «consent»;
Not exact matches
Every Sunday during the NFL season the FED will have control of the official
balls for all NFL
games because the central bank has proved it will never let anything
deflate.
«I'm just struck by the fact that somebody like Ray Rice gets a two -
game suspension and Tom Brady, over
deflated balls, faces a four -
game suspension.
Mertesacker knows that the Gunners need to be a lot more on the
ball than we were in the first home
game against West Ham, when all the positive energy built up over six months went out of the stadium like a
deflating balloon.
The report included the assessment that Tom Brady was more than likely, «at least generally aware» that locker room attendant Jim McNally and equipment assistant John Jastremski were
deflating Patriot
game balls beyond the legal limit.
Russell Wilson said god
deflated those
balls to make it a less dramatic
game.
Well, we can apply this to
Deflate Gate and look at the pressure of the football at two different instances: when the
ball was inflated and when the
ball was used in the
game.
Some dogs like a soft toy while others, like mine, will play this
game with a squeaky
deflated ball.