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 Should the Patriots/Brady be punished? (9)

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Should the Patriots/Brady be punished?

Here is the report on deflate-gate. Should the league punish the team/Brady? If so, how much?

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Yes. The Wells report is said to meet the standard of proof required to find that a violation of the competitive rules has occurred. Some of the text exchanges between Jastremski and McNally seem to contradict Brady's own statements claiming he knew nothing the deflation of footballs. In addition, the Patriots and Brady were less than cooperative with the investigation. Furthermore, the Patriots are repeat offenders (of rule violations).

I think the 4 game suspension of Brady are reasonable. The $1 million fine and loss of draft picks may be a little excessive. Still, the NFL wants the integrity of its sport maintained, so they needed to punish the Patriots too.

Brady is such a great QB. Why would he take the risk of circumventing the rules is beyond me. I doubt he gained that much of a competitive edge.

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This report directly contradicts the previous report that said nothing was wrong with the footballs. Why should we believe this one? This report claims to have hard evidence that it itself claims doesn't exist and that was previously announced by the NFL a not existing, so where did it come from?

JustIgnoreMe(4290) Clarified
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the previous report that said nothing was wrong with the footballs

Which previous report? I only remember this story (though I haven't paid much attention).

Why should we believe this one?

Presumably because this one is the result of a fuller investigation than any previous report(s).

This report claims to have hard evidence that it itself claims doesn't exist

Like what?

Cartman(18192) Clarified
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Which previous report? I only remember this story (though I haven't paid much attention).

That is a news story that discusses the report I think. From what I remember the report said that 1 ball was under inflated and the others were right at minimum.

Presumably because this one is the result of a fuller investigation than any previous report(s)

It just looks like a guy who gets paid by the page.

Like what?

They say no one wrote down any of the pressures during the game, then the pulled out the list of air pressure measurements.

Update: The NFL did suspend Tom Brady for 4 games. I think it was a fair decision.