It would have been called MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING.
Some facts.
1. On the list of things a team could covertly do to change the outcome of a game, deflating the ball has got to be at the dead ass bottom of the list. Hell, big time gambling on a game and potential gambler-player interaction in this American age where everyone in society wagers is a million times more threatening to the legit scoring outcome than the pressure in the ball. What's the League doing about that? Zip.
2. Back in the days when the Super Bowl was a game between the champions of two different leagues, the AFL and the NFL, each league had its own football which not only had its own design (and they were different), but had different inflation pressures per that design. That was settled by allowing each team to use its own league's approved football when they were on offense. SOMEHOW, PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL WAS NOT DESTROYED BY THIS FACTOR.
3. The punishment in this totally insignificant case exceeds what the Commissioner gave out in some of guilty players in family abuse cases - go figure that. Abusing your woman or child is a minor misdemeanor, but don't screw with that football inflation, we'll get ya big time for that.
4. What the league should do to remedy this petty issue is to establish a range of inflation pressures, and allow teams to adjust per QB desires within that range, with the officials hecking all balls before he game if you really want to get anal about this silly deal.
5. Surely sports commentators have something more important to yak about all month that this dumb thing.
Some facts.
1. On the list of things a team could covertly do to change the outcome of a game, deflating the ball has got to be at the dead ass bottom of the list. Hell, big time gambling on a game and potential gambler-player interaction in this American age where everyone in society wagers is a million times more threatening to the legit scoring outcome than the pressure in the ball. What's the League doing about that? Zip.
2. Back in the days when the Super Bowl was a game between the champions of two different leagues, the AFL and the NFL, each league had its own football which not only had its own design (and they were different), but had different inflation pressures per that design. That was settled by allowing each team to use its own league's approved football when they were on offense. SOMEHOW, PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL WAS NOT DESTROYED BY THIS FACTOR.
3. The punishment in this totally insignificant case exceeds what the Commissioner gave out in some of guilty players in family abuse cases - go figure that. Abusing your woman or child is a minor misdemeanor, but don't screw with that football inflation, we'll get ya big time for that.
4. What the league should do to remedy this petty issue is to establish a range of inflation pressures, and allow teams to adjust per QB desires within that range, with the officials hecking all balls before he game if you really want to get anal about this silly deal.
5. Surely sports commentators have something more important to yak about all month that this dumb thing.
