Heh, pretty amusing, Akwolffan: I support the Pats and whichever team is playing Dallas myself. (Chalk it up to all that nauseating America’sTeam! hype back in the day.).But yeah, I hear you. In ANY OTHER SPORT, even if the Patriots were guilty as hell, no one would care. Carry an illegal stick in hockey, and that’s a 2-minute minor penalty. Doctor a baseball, and the pitcher’s tossed out of the game. Major League Soccer and the NBA don’t even HAVE penalties for “tampering” with the balls — they just replace ones that don’t meet the standards.
Heh, pretty amusing, Akwolffan: I support the Pats and whichever team is playing Dallas myself. (Chalk it up to all that nauseating America’s Team! hype back in the day.).But yeah, I hear you. In ANY OTHER SPORT, even if the Patriots were guilty as hell, no one would care. Carry an illegal stick in hockey, and that’s a 2-minute minor penalty. Doctor a baseball, and the pitcher’s tossed out of the game. Major League Soccer and the NBA don’t even HAVE penalties for “tampering” with the balls — they just replace ones that don’t meet the standards.