Hate to get into this, but didnt they say only one ball was deflated out of 12, 11 balls deflated was misinformation.
And didnt Brady do better after halftime when balls were all inflated properly.
So lots of rhetoric over nothing.
Then the rules say 25k fine for messing with equipment so if your opinion right the fine is out of line.
Then this is the fifth discipline overturned by courts recently, so this is likely worse for league image than anything.
Of course there is even precedent for people destroying a phone and not being punished.
So mistake was made by nfl trying to entrap someone due to unproven speculation.
The case being appealed is about the nfl process so not even about deflated balls.
This year i think they are using calibrated guages, measuring each ball before game and halftime, and keeping in possession of nfl till needed. Things that in hindsightvshould havevalways been done.
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