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Patriots Owner Robert Kraft Expects Apology If No Culprit Is Found

January 27, 2015 By Grant Hamersma Leave a Comment

KraftThe New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft has stated that he expects an apology from the NFL if no culprit is found responsible for the deflategate scandal within the organization.

Ever since the accusations of the Patriots using under inflated balls in the AFC championship game against the Indianapolis Colts, the entire organization has been under the magnifying glass of the NFL ever since.

The investigation since that game has been one of the major media stories throughout the entire sports world. The investigation did in fact turn up the fact that 11 of the 12 game balls used by the New England Patriots in the AFC championship game were deflated outside of NFL guidelines.

Although the balls have been found to be deflated, the NFL investigation has yet to identify the individual responsible for the actual act of deflating the balls.

The investigation, being led by attorney Ted Wells, is still looking for a culprit and, unless one is found, there will likely be minimal punishment for the organization as a whole. That said, Robert Kraft still expects an apology from the NFL is no individual is found to be responsible.

“If the Wells investigation is not able to definitively determine that our organization tampered with the air pressure on the footballs, I would expect and hope that the league would apologize to our entire team, and in particular, coach [Bill] Belichick and Tom Brady for what they have had to endure this past week,” said Kraft is a statement.

Kraft vouched for the sanctity of his team and his organization, saying, “I want to make it clear that I believe unconditionally that the New England Patriots have done nothing inappropriate in this process or in violation of NFL rules.”

While there is still time for the investigation to turn up new results, focus will certainly be on the Patriots this week in the lead up to Superbowl XLIX.

 

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: Deflategate, New England Patriots, NFL, Robert Kraft

Investigation Into Deflated Balls Ongoing

January 23, 2015 By Grant Hamersma Leave a Comment

deflategate'Since last Sunday’s AFC Championship game between the Indianapolis Colts and the New England Patriots, the NFL has been caught up in investigating allegations that game balls being used by the Patriots were under inflated to the point of not falling in line with NFL allegations.

Since the allegations were originally investigated when the inflation of the balls was retested at halftime, 11 of the 12 balls that were being used by the Patriots were under inflated and not by an insignificant margin.

The league has been continuing the investigation all week and has conducted over 40 interviews with various personnel who may have light to shed on the situation.

“While the evidence thus far supports the conclusion that footballs that were under inflated were used by the Patriots in the first half, the footballs were properly inflated for the second half and confirmed at the conclusion of the game to have remained properly inflated,” the NFL’s statement read.

“The goals of the investigation will be to determine the explanation for why footballs used in the game were not in compliance with the playing rules and specifically whether any noncompliance was the result of deliberate action. We have not made any judgments on these points and will not do so until we have concluded our investigation and considered all of the relevant evidence.”

So far the NFL has not conducted any interviews with any individual players, nor have they announced any kind of ramifications, nor who is wholly responsible for the incident.

The reason the deflation of the footballs could be so important is that under inflated footballs could provide a competitive advantage as the balls are more easy to grip for wide receivers, and they are easier to throw for the quarterbacks.

This new scandal known as “deflategate” doesn’t appear to be drawing to a close, as there are still a number of questions that need to be answered.

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: Deflategate, Indianapolis Colts, New England Patriots, NFL

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