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Originally Posted by Superturtle
Did under inflation make it easier for Blount to stick the ball up their asses? I get that it's the principle of the matter, but it wouldn't have changed the outcome too much.
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When I originally heard about this, my reaction was that people should just shut the **** up about it, because it obviously was not the reason why the Patriots blew out the Colts.
But the fact that 11 out of 12 balls were apparently tampered with has caused me to change my mind. Given the Patriots' history, it's clear that (to use an NCAA term) there is a complete lack of institutionalized control. They look for every edge they can get, and they knowingly and deliberately break the rules. They need to be given a strong incentive to stop doing this. The best way to do that is to strip some draft choices from them. Make it hurt.
College teams lose scholarships when they break the rules. If they break too many rules, they are banned from postseason competition. Hell, do the same thing here. Take away some draft choices and put them on probation. Tell them that if they break other rules, they will be banned from the playoffs for a year or two. THAT would get their attention.