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Originally Posted by transplant99
I'm not sure what to take away from this whole sideshow. On one hand it says you can "cheat" and lie about it with no ramifications, yet it also says the commissioner cannot decide punishment for his league? (Dangerous slope to get on imo)
Obvious that the infraction was as minor as it can get but it's still against stated rules.
What a cluster Fata this whole episode is.
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Where was there proof that Brady cheated? There were multiple reports that came out, but many of these had been proven false. The big one was Chris Mortenson saying that 11 out of 12 balls were 2.0 PSI below the limit of 12.5. This turned out to be patently false, and Mort finally deleted the tweet last week. Of the balls tested at halftime, three of the four Colts' balls were below the 12.5 level. Some of the Patriots' balls were in the acceptable range, but that varies depending on which gauge was used. Even in the Wells report the gauges were photographed incorrectly to negate differences and bent needles.
You can think Brady might have done something, but nothing was ever shown or proven. It's like how people think Spygate was some rouge maneuver, when in fact what they were doing was legal, but where they were doing it from was illegal. There are reports that no one was able to see the tapes, but they were shown to the media on a loop, and Jay Glazer still has one. Relying on misinformation passed on from the league and/or media doesn't make Brady a cheater.