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Cali_Democrat

(30,439 posts)
Mon Jan 26, 2015, 05:30 PM Jan 2015

Report: NFL investigation has “zeroed in” on Patriots locker room attendant

Looks like the Patriots found their fall guy.

Let me guess, a ball attendant making 10 bucks an hour went rogue and deflated the balls prior to the game. He did it all on his own and with no direction from Belichick or Brady.

So when does this guy get paid off?....if he hasn't been already.

Meanwhile...Goodell gives his buddy, Robert Kraft, a wink wink.

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http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/01/26/report-nfl-investigation-has-zeroed-in-on-patriots-locker-room-attendant/

Last week, the NFL released a statement saying they were continuing their investigation into under-inflated footballs used by the Patriots during their AFC Championship game victory over the Colts to determine if the deflation was “the result of deliberate action” by the Patriots.

Coach Bill Belichick and quarterback Tom Brady both denied any knowledge of what happened and Belichick offered up an explanation via scientific experimentation on Saturday, but Jay Glazer of FOX Sports reports that the league has “zeroed in” on a team employee in their investigation.

Per Glazer, the league has interviewed a Patriots locker room attendant who allegedly took footballs from the officials locker room after they had been inspected and approved “to another area on way to field” before the start of the game. There’s reportedly video of this attendant with the balls, although Glazer adds that the league’s investigators are “still gauging” if the attendant, called a “strong person of interest,” had anything to do with the deflation.


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Report: NFL investigation has “zeroed in” on Patriots locker room attendant (Original Post) Cali_Democrat Jan 2015 OP
I wonder if he was on the prison work release program KamaAina Jan 2015 #1
The Snowplow game...LMAO. Shadiest organization in all of sports. nt Cali_Democrat Jan 2015 #2
So, he's guilty? chelsea0011 Jan 2015 #3
No surprise here. Ohio Dem Jan 2015 #4

Ohio Dem

(4,357 posts)
4. No surprise here.
Mon Jan 26, 2015, 08:04 PM
Jan 2015

We all knew they would find someone who deflated the balls without the knowledge of either Brady or Belichick. I'm sure low level employees do things all the time in the Patriots organization without the permission or knowledge of those two. It isn't like either of them are perfectionists or control freaks.

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