Wednesday, May 6, 2015

NFL: Tom Brady Was Guilty

After months of investigation, the NFL has written a long report concluding:  Tom Brady did it.

All the NFL had to do was read here, on January 23, 2015, to save time.

http://statement-analysis.blogspot.com/2015/01/statement-analysis-of-tom-brady-press.html

"I think I'm not a cheater..."

10 comments:

GeekRad said...

You are correct Peter. The NFL could have saved time by reading here.

John Mc Gowan said...

Words words words. Listen listen and listen some more. SA gets to the truth!

MsCabinFever said...

How nice that they came to this conclusion AFTER the SuperBowl and AFTER this man already received his reward.

John Mc Gowan said...

NFL finds Patriots employees deflated balls, Brady ‘generally aware’of the rules violations.

The NFL began the investigation after the Patriots won the AFC Championship game in January, when the Indianapolis Colts complained that several footballs were under inflated.

The 243-page report released Wednesday said league investigators found no evidence that coach Bill Belichick and team management knew of the practice.

Here’s an excerpt from the executive summary of the report prepared by Ted Wells, who was tasked with investigating allegations that the Patriots used deflated footballs during the AFC Championship against the Indianapolis Colts:


"For the reasons described in this Report, and after a comprehensive investigation, we have concluded that, in connection with the AFC Championship Game, it is more probable than not that New England Patriots personnel participated in violations of the Playing Rules and were involved in a deliberate effort to circumvent the rules. In particular, we have concluded that it is more probable than not that Jim McNally (the Officials Locker Room attendant for the Patriots) and John Jastremski (an equipment assistant for the Patriots) participated in a deliberate effort to release air from Patriots game balls after the balls were examined by the referee. Based on the evidence, it also is our view that it is more probable than not that Tom Brady (the quarterback for the Patriots) was at least generally aware of the inappropriate activities of McNally and Jastremski involving the release of air from Patriots game balls.

http://q13fox.com/2015/05/06/nfl-finds-patriots-employees-deflated-balls-brady-generally-aware/

Anonymous said...

Peter,

If only they had listened to the words & to you!

LOL :-)

Soph

Lemon said...

Word.

~mj said...

They waited on purpose. This whole investigation was a dog and pony show. Just to not have to face allowing a cheater, cheater, pumpkin eater the privilege of playing in the super bowl. Cowards.

Anonymous said...

Tom Brady was certainly more than “generally aware” of Bob Costas:

Bob Costas: “The league’s investigation will not be concluded until after the Super Bowl. So these are questions, not accusations. If Tom Brady can tell the difference between 12.5, which is the minimum allowable, and 13.5 which is the maximum allowable, and if the ball was inflated to something less than 12.5, 11 or 11.5, wouldn’t he have been able to feel that? He’s a pro. He’s been doing it his whole life. Wouldn’t he be aware?”

Tom Brady: “Well, I think that’s — you know, it’s all up to the individual. On that particular night, you know, I was facing a great defense. you know, it was a wet, chilly night. It was — you know, things are happening pretty quick. So, you know, the last thing I was thinking about was — was, you know, how the ball was inflated. I thought I was trying to deal with the — how I — how the ball felt in my hand. And — like I said, it felt pretty good all night.”

Costas: “Another question frequently asked, whether it be an equipment guy, a ball boy, whatever — hard to believe that that person wouldn’t deflate the ball beneath 12.5, the minimum allowable, without at least having the notion that that’s how Tom Brady wants it, whether you told him that or not. Is that a fair assumption?”

Brady: “Absolutely, I think that’s — absolutely — you know, I could understand why people feel that way. you know, there’s an investigation going on. I’m sure all the things will come out. It’s been a lot of speculation. And I think that’s what led to my hurt feelings. you know, hopefully the facts come out. And — you know, we understand that — you know, whatever happened, happened. And you know, it’s not going to have an effect on this game. And you know, we can move forward.”

Costas: “Are you confident that in the end that fans will be able to say, ‘I have no doubt about Tom Brady, that he’s on the up and up?’”

Brady: “I think — look, everybody’s entitled to an opinion. And, you know, when you play for one NFL team, there’s 31 other NFL teams out there. And they’re probably not much of a fan of you. I mean, if people want to feel whatever they feel, that’ s — it — I have no problem with that. They’re certainly entitled to those beliefs and those feelings. I realize it’s not about me. Not a lot of people know who I am and know what I’m about. And the people that do — you know, they do know what I’m about and what I stand for.”

Continued...

Anonymous said...


Costas: “If the Patriots didn’t have the past history with Spygate or whatever and however people may feel about Bill Belichick, do you subscribe to that belief that it’s closer to gamesmanship than it is to anything worse than that?”

Brady: “Well, like I said, I — I’d like to just wait for the facts to come out before, you know, you — you– you can talk about anything of those things. you know, in some ways to make judgments based on things that I know nothing about — you know, is — is not really fair to whatever the process will end up being. We’re under tough scrutiny, you know…we’ve won a lot of games, and people are very critical of what we do, and they’re critical of a lot of teams. Part of being in this profession is that you’ve got to take the good with the bad. But I’m O.K with it. Our team is O.K. with it. We’ve had great focus this week. Hopefully our best is going to come through on Sunday night, and that’s where our focus has got to be.”

Costas: “And what I hear you saying is, no matter what may or may not have happened, you had no prior knowledge of it.”

Brady: “I…you know, look, I’ve talked about that in the past, and I don’t want that to continue to be a story about this particular game. All the facts will come out after the Super Bowl, and however those facts come out, you know, that will be news to me as well. So that process will all take place at some point. I’m excited about the Super Bowl, and that’s where my energy is. I think there was a little bit of an energy drain, like I said, with my emotions and feelings being involved earlier in the week, but, you know, I’ve got to be able to move past those things and compartmentalize those things, and be mentally tough enough to go out there try to shine through.”

K.M.

Unknown said...

It's not the crime, it's the cover up...

Texts between Brady, and accused ball deflated Jastremski after the story broke.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/suspicious-texts-between-tom-brady-151219208.html