Bucs QB used altered footballs in Super Bowl

[Jangler]

so they get an asterisk, right?

[Chaos]

So, what I get out of this is that Brad Johnson "paid some guys" "seventy five hundred dollars" to get the balls right and take care of them.

 

 

Sounds like another Eugene Robinson super bowl story.

[fjblair]

I just can't work up any real outrage over this revelation.

[Goondal]

How did he/they managed to get a hold of the footballs?

[Goondal]

If this was Brady instead of Johnson saying this would it change people's opinions of it?

[Darth Biscuit]

I don't necessarily think it's an overreaction.  I don't think that this "deflation" helped the Pats destroy the Colts.  Had the game been closer, could it have made a difference, maybe...

 

Point is it's a rule and someone knowingly broke it.

[Gregg S]

So if true, according to this, it made the balls easier for Johnson to grip.  Would it not make them easier for the other QB to grip also?  Where's the advantage?

[Mr. Scot]

I don't necessarily think it's an overreaction.  I don't think that this "deflation" helped the Pats destroy the Colts.  Had the game been closer, could it have made a difference, maybe...

 

Point is it's a rule and someone knowingly broke it.

 

And we're not talking about first time offenders here.

 

[Mvp2014]

I can just imagine a handful of heavy hitters in a brick room throwing 100 footballs against the walls, how terrifying.

[PghPanther]

The most powerful PEDs are insulin and HGH..............and there are easy ways to circumvent any HGH testing which is very expensive and ineffective to begin with.............and there is no way to test or ever catch insulin usage.......which is the 8,000 lb gorilla in strength and speed sports today.

 

So how do you compete at a sport like football when some are willing to use those to their advantage and you can't keep up?........

 

I got news for all of you...........when it involves money......big money....there is no true sport of any kind any where.......

[Ricky Spanish]

I still don't understand why they won't let the guys mess with the footballs beforehand. Slick footballs means sloppy game which means I am not entertained. 

[TheRumGone]

I still don't understand why they won't let the guys mess with the footballs beforehand. Slick footballs means sloppy game which means I am not entertained.

Very true.

Theyre trying to make this out like its a baseball thing where pitchers doctor balls with Vaseline or pine tar. This is a non story to me.

[bigdog10]

 

 

And the next natural question: So what did the Saints get away with?

 

The saints didn't need to get away with anything.  The NFL handed the Lombardi to them through horrendous officiating in the NFCCG against the Vikings.

[Ricky Spanish]

Very true.

Theyre trying to make this out like its a baseball thing where pitchers doctor balls with Vaseline or pine tar. This is a non story to me.

 

Seriously. I don't think Tom Brady can throw a curveball around a defender. You would think the NFL would WANT the QB's to scuff the balls up so they have better grip. Better Grip = more control = better passes = more points = more money for the NFL.