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Tom Brady has NOT thrown enough footballs in his career to sense a two psi difference in inflation pressure? Anybody believe that?
May be he's always used underinflated balls.Tom Brady has NOT thrown enough footballs in his career to sense a two psi difference in inflation pressure? Anybody believe that?
Does anyone know if there's a standard they use to measure football pressure? How long does it take for the footballs to condition to constant temperature? Is pigskin really used to make them, and is there a way to determine the rate pigskin leaks air, especially while it's in use? Is there an actual pigskin standard? When the pressure was measured after the game, did they do that to all the balls? Is it routine to do so? My god, am I actually thinking this much about footballs?
How Officials Check Ball PressureOne week ago it would have counted as deep football nerdery. Now, though, the procedure by which officials confirm the air pressure inside game balls ...
That's the big question that crossed my mind: equipment manager inflates balls, and they're supposedly checked; stored on sideline through game, can moisture freeze in the "valves" and slowly leak down? And, there's no provision for checking?is there a way to determine the rate pigskin leaks air,
Considering he specified in the press conference exactly what [legal] pressure he prefers (12.5 psi), no.Tom Brady has NOT thrown enough footballs in his career to sense a two psi difference in inflation pressure? Anybody believe that?
Rape and spousal abuse? Unimportant. Twitter and Youtube, on the other hand, are potentially catastrophic.The league takes this stuff seriously. It's not some minor misstep like repeatedly beating or raping people
For the NFL to lose its tax-exempt status, now that would be a true catastrophe!Rape and spousal abuse? Unimportant. Twitter and Youtube, on the other hand, are potentially catastrophic.
Not A chance.any less than slightly longer than 2 weeks
WHAT? No. No. Uh-uh. No. Can't be. Is it?tax-exempt status
Does anyone know if there's a standard they use to measure football pressure? How long does it take for the footballs to condition to constant temperature? Is pigskin really used to make them, and is there a way to determine the rate pigskin leaks air, especially while it's in use? Is there an actual pigskin standard? When the pressure was measured after the game, did they do that to all the balls? Is it routine to do so? My god, am I actually thinking this much about footballs?
Maybe it was an honest mistake - like checking the pressure while they were in a 200 degree oven.Tom Brady has NOT thrown enough footballs in his career to sense a two psi difference in inflation pressure? Anybody believe that?
[PLAIN]http://espn.go.com/nfl/story...xempt-status-challenged-us-senator-tom-coburn[/PLAIN] [Broken]WHAT? No. No. Uh-uh. No. Can't be. Is it?
I think the more interesting question here is, if deflated balls supposedly are more beneficial to the team on offense, how did the Patriots make sure the balls were deflated when they had the ball, but when the ball was in the Colts' control, it was
1. magically re-inflated to proper pressure, or
2. the Colts offense was too inept to take advantage of a deflated ball to boost their offense like the Patriots allegedly did.
What did Dreamboat know and when did he know it? Is there any possibility that Gisele is behind this?
Does anyone know if there's a standard they use to measure football pressure? How long does it take for the footballs to condition to constant temperature? Is pigskin really used to make them, and is there a way to determine the rate pigskin leaks air, especially while it's in use? Is there an actual pigskin standard? When the pressure was measured after the game, did they do that to all the balls? Is it routine to do so? My god, am I actually thinking this much about footballs?
Each team uses its own set when they are playing offense.
May be he's always used underinflated balls.![]()
Sharp’s idea was to look at fumbles. That led him to a more refined topic: how well the Patriots held onto the ball both before and after the 2006 season, which happened to be the year Brady and Peyton Manning pushed for a rule change which allowed each team to provide their own footballs for games.
“Something significant changed from 2006 to 2007 that allowed them to retain the football,” Sharp said by phone Tuesday, “and that continues today.”
I used to play Magic the Gathering, which is a card game. You're allowed to have as many cards in your deck as you want, but the minimum is 60, and that's the amount me and my friends always played with. Strategically, you want as few cards as possible so the card combinations you have in the deck are most likely to come up.Tom Brady has NOT thrown enough footballs in his career to sense a two psi difference in inflation pressure? Anybody believe that?
Or the referee room where the air pressure is checked has low air pressure. That 12.5 to 13.5 psi is a relative air pressure. The air pressure in the ball is 12.5 to 13.5 psi greater than the external air pressure.Maybe it was an honest mistake - like checking the pressure while they were in a 200 degree oven.![]()
Each team uses its own set when they are playing offense.
This rule changed in 2006 to allow each team to use their own game balls when on offense. Tom Brady and Peyton Manning, among other quarterbacks, lobbied pretty hard and successfully for this rule change.I am not an American football fan and thus do not really follow the game at all, but this statement above is astounding to me. Up until this point, I have always thought that the individual stadium or the NFL itself would provide standardized balls in all games, so that every team will use the same ball, as I believe is the case in every other sport where a ball is involved (e.g. soccer, lacrosse, basketball, baseball). However, correct me if I'm mistaken about this.
(May 9, 2015) – According to the New York Daily News, an announcement with details regarding Tom Brady’s suspension is expected next week.
The New York Daily News reports that it’s no longer a matter of “if” NFL commissioner Roger Goodell will suspend Brady, but it’s a matter of “how long” he will suspend him.