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Originally Posted by Amnorix

No, the point is nobody paid any attention to it until NOW. When others do X, then nothign happens. When the Patriots do X, then HEADS MUST ROLL.

It honestly seems to me that this is probably something people have looked the other way on for years. Quarterbacks are allowed to EXTENSIVELY manipulate balls prior to games. If the NFL wants to have firm rules in place, and enforce them, then they should probably say so rather than backtracking and selectively punishing one team for doing what many teams do (at least three others, so far, apparently).

This all assumes, of course, that the Patriots actually DID anything, which has not yet been established.

Those poor Patriots