Deflategate
If you have been in America over
the past year and have turned on the TV to Sports Center, ESPN, or Yahoo news,
the most overrated and over discussed about topic is the deflagategate. To give
some background, during a conferences championship game last season, the
Patriots beat the Colts 45-7 in a rain soaked, lopsided game. After the game
was over, the Colts came out and reported that they had caught one of the
Patriot's footballs and noticed that it was slightly deflated. In case you have
never thrown a wet football, it is much easier to grip and throw slightly
deflated wet ball than a fully inflated one. Officials later reported that all
of the Patriot's football were slightly deflated, about 1 or 2 psi under the
regulated mark. From then on, countless
news reports and articles have been written about this topic. At home, I
thought that this incident would blow over and people would stop talking about
if after the season. It's been 8 months and new reports are still coming out,
especially after the Patriots superstar quarterback Tom Brady was suspended for
4 games. I really don't see what the point is. It was a lopsided game. Sure
throwing a deflated ball might have been easier, but the Colts lost by 5
scores. The game was clearly a mismatch and the ball had nothing to do with it.
The Patriots scored about half of their points running the ball. People blame Brady for cheating, but its most
likely that most quarterbacks in the NFL have done what he did. Former USC
Heisman Trophy winner and NFL quarterback Matt Leinart said that "Every
team tampers with footballs, just ask any quarterback in the league, this is
ridiculous." This is coming from a guy who actually played in the NFL! You
know when that the whole situation is blown so out of proportion when Bill Nye
the Science Guy has appeared on Sports Center to discuss psi. The whole thing
and all the court cases should just be dropped. People should really look
forward to watching the game for its excitement and intensity, not whether
deflated footballs helped a team to win a game.
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