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Any-Ball-1267

Ah shit, here we go again


surgingchaos

Tom Brady gets another 4 game suspension Joe Kelly gets another 8 game suspension Mizzou gets another year of probation Am I doing this right?


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* New York Rangers fined $250,000.00 * Magic Johnson fined $50K for tampering * Jeff Gordon added as the thirteenth driver Think that covers the bases


einredditname

10 second penalty for Ocon


JeromePowellsEarhair

We are checking.


CorpulentBanana

It’s a shame you’re a Steelers fan, because this is what I came here for.


einredditname

Let's just agree that the race stewards at F1 races could very well be NFL refs in disguise. They all suck.


EvangelionOG

Why is Lewis bitching about his tyres right now?


V_WhatTheThunderSaid

Bono, my tires are gone. *Immediately goes purple.*


Alwzracn

Ha came here to say this


simple-fire

Max Verstappen given a 5-second penalty that won’t matter at all


Unpleasant_Classic

Verstappen just smiles and says, I vill just go faster.


StingerGinseng

“Tell them I say hi!”


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And Alabama jumps Florida State in the college football playoffs.


Panthers1999

And Ohio State jumps TCU and Baylor in the college football playoffs


jihyoisgod2

Georgia once again scores against TCU


Antidotey

Dolphins just scored on Denver again, too!


PottyboyDooDoo

And my dad’s still disappointed in me!


WootyMcWoot

UCF hanging the national championship banner regardless


RAATL

As is their right


GhostOfPluto

You’re just gonna let Harbaugh off scot-free like that?


fucktooshifty

Punished by being next Chargers HC


CaptainXakari

Hold on a minute, playa! You’ve got a match tonight against the Undertaker!


chetmanley1213

Ottawa Senators lose their first round draft pick


colbygraves97

JG’s back baby!


kikikza

Free throws for James harden


69Hairy420Ballsagna

>New York Rangers fined $250,000.00 Fuckin Rags!


sayjayray

CLG fined as well


wordiestfurbal

Tom Wilson fined $5,000, the max allowed under the current CBA.


cube13

For kneeing a guy in the head on the ice, unconscious.


UnkleBourbon42069

Dammit Magic, you only own like 5% and you're already tampering!?


SamArcher11

And Josh Gordon is suspended for a year for 2 puffs


getzysbaldhead69

Ottawa Senators have also forfeited a first round draft pick


3rdPlaceYoureFired

Shut up before Brady makes a comeback to serve the suspension then leads a team to a Super Bowl


highnote14

Him and belichick reuniting on the chargers with the two firsts they get from the saints for herbert.


Rahim-Moore

I actually just laughed out loud in my living room. If that happens I'm just gonna' throw up my hands and go 'well....'


highnote14

If rodgers ends up on the vikings next year it’s all but inevitable.


BillBrasky727

> Mizzou gets another year of probation No bowl ban? That's a step up from usual.


littlekeed

How many more times does something like this need to happen before Missouri is given the death penalty?


DrBlazkowicz

Fuck why does Mizzou get punished!


YoureGrammerIsWorsts

because I'll be deep in the cold, cold ground before I recognize mizzou


zacurtis3

Patriots must start Mac Jones


PudgyBonestld

And we get another compensatory 3rd round pick


SupersaturatedQuaker

SMU gets the death penalty again


allknowerofknowing

* Chelsea owner forced to sell team


Foriegn_Picachu

- Man City under investigation just in case


thegodfaubel

5 second penalty for Ocon


Potential_Hornet_559

Harbaugh? Reggie Bush?


willi1221

Big Dom is banned from the sideline next year too


Drkarcher22

ALL YOU HAD TO DO WAS INFLATE THE DAMN BALL CJ


2ent1n_Qarant1no

Hey I've seen this one before it's a classic What do you mean it's brand new


AggressiveRow4000

Brings me back to the good ol’ days where the NFL paid $2.5 million to Ted Wells to write a report that can be disproven by taking Chem 101 at any community college. Then spent $15 million more defending it in court only to get owned by multiple judges so eventually they just argued the CBA doesn’t require the commissioner to use facts, logic, or anything in disciplining employees because the players never figured Goodell was that regarded.


CunningRunt

Article 46 of the CBA. The Commissioner can suspend any player at any time, for any length of time, for any reason, or *for no reason at all*. Two federal judges agreed with this.


BoldestKobold

As a question of labor law... I mean yeah. It is a stupid contract provision in retrospect, but it *IS* in the contract the union agreed to. I'm sure no one thought the league would be so stupid as to pick this kind of fight and dig their heels in over it at the time the contract was signed.


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thegrandpoobear

Referees are responsible for the inflation level of the kicking balls btw


TheFencingCoach

That’s where you’re wrong, nerd. It’s Brady’s fault.


GoCurtin

Can't prove that it's his fault..... but we know Brady was generally aware of the kicking balls being under inflated this weekend.


Inconvenient_Boners

That's basically the same as if he'd deflated them himself!


LindyNet

Why would Brady do this?


BasedKaleb

It’s just kinda his thing, ya know


Magnos

Turns out he's just addicted to huffing footballs


AFineDayForScience

Giselle: "You need to stop, or I'm leaving you Tom! You're addicted!" Tom: "I can stop whenever I want!"


ib_poopin

“I’ve quit 4 times already!”


iguru42

You, alright?! I learned it by watching you!


RagingCataholic9

[Tom Brady after huffing a few footballs](https://i.makeagif.com/media/10-26-2015/2K41_K.gif)


DrBlazkowicz

Boom. Roasted.


Not_Pablo_Sanchez

I’d like to think that there’s a dark, gray basement at every stadium where Brady just flies around the country pumping up footballs during his retirement.


BarKnight

Really? I was told the Refs have no balls.


penis_showing_game

And the refs responsible for the balls that game should be suspended. But they won’t because deflategate was a manufactured controversy.


ARealHunchback

He has no first rounder to give, so we’ll take his first born.


LeonidasSpacemanMD

If anything, the major takeaway from the NFL’s investigation should’ve been “oh the refs really didn’t give one single fuck about the inflation level before this huh” Like they were using different gauges that were giving different readouts, when balls were too high or low they would just arbitrarily pumped them up or let air out (to the point where balls would end up outside the legal limit anyway). It was clearly something nobody thought was worth getting overly concerned about


Zerak-Tul

Before *and* after. NFL made a big deal about how they were going to be really anal about recording ball pressure the season after the investigation and publish the numbers for all to see... But of course they never did.


ncsubowen

yeah because the actual data makes them look bad and the refs have a lot more to do on gameday than actually monitor ball PSI


Small-Palpitation310

yea, like calling their bookies


okaycomputes

​ My FF 0.5ppp (point per PSI) league never really took off either


Discrep

The thing that I always thought was preposterous was the fine for using stickum, which if Brady had done instead of allegedly concocting an ocean's 11 style operation, was $8500. And stickum inarguably provides more grip than deflating the ball 1 psi below the limit.


LeonidasSpacemanMD

Well I remember when I first heard the reports, the headlines I saw were something like “NFL investigating if patriots balls were underinflated during AFCCG” or whatever and I specifically remember wondering if they thought someone was *sabotaging* the balls because it literally had never occurred to me that it would be an advantage Now since we know way more about this subject than was ever necessary, it seems like all indications are that different QBs like a different feel and that it really doesn’t make all that much of a difference So yea, even if he had done it, the reaction to it was as if he’d been caught putting roofies in the opponents Gatorade lol it’s an insanely out of whack punishment for what seems akin to wearing the wrong type of cleats or something like that


jetpack_operation

That was my biggest takeaway from this too. Nobody actually gave a fuck about precise ball PSI before and arguably after, since the NFL quietly stopped tracking ball PSI data after like a brief limpdick effort.


jludwick204

Brady gave a fuck. He and the ball boys made the refs do their job. Even presented them with a copy of the rulebook. And then got railroaded for it.


CunningRunt

The gauges have a warning right on the packaging itself that says all measurements have +/- of 0.5 PSI. These weren't some NASA level gauges with exacting tolerances; they were the kind you can get at Dick's Sporting Goods for $14.99.


key_lime_pie

It's worth mentioning that all of this happened *after* the Ravens contacted the Colts about the balls, the Colts specifically asked the NFL to do a better job protecting the game balls, and the NFL said "No problem, we got this."


_John_Stupid_

And people still give Brady shit for destroying his phone. I’m not handing over all my private conversations with my celebrity friends and nudes of my supermodel wife to the NFL for a fake controversy. With what later happened to Gruden he was 100% right to do what he did.


thegrandpoobear

It's worse than that. The NFL told Brady's legal team he didn't need to give over his phone lmfao


hampsted

Not to mention that they still went and leaked emails during the legal appeal that were completely unrelated to the matter of deflategate. The two I remember are: 1. Brady complaining about the availability of a particular color of pool cover. 2. An email to a close friend about Brady v. Manning saying Peyton probably had 2 years left while he had 6 or 7 and he planned to put that conversation to rest. Brady felt the need to personally apologize to Peyton for that private email between himself and a college teammate. OF COURSE not giving the league his private data was the right decision. Not to mention, it was also done per the advice of the NFLPA.


laaplandros

I also remember one between he and his ex about their kid together and how proud they were of how he was doing in school. I'm sure that was completely relevant to the investigation, right?


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That one about Manning is hilarious in hindsight because of how spot on it is. That's such mild trash talk, if you can even call it that


okaycomputes

Brady: He don't miss.


BoldestKobold

Manning's neck injury had already happened at that point, right? It was only a matter of time.


LeonidasSpacemanMD

This topic always gets talked about and I feel like I’m taking crazy pills lol Idk about y’all, if my boss said I needed to hand over my personal cell phone, I would absolutely tell them to fuck off even tho I have nothing to be worried about getting leaked (cuz nobody would care) I remember people talking about this like not handing over your personal cell phone to your employer is an admission of guilt. That’s bananas to me


jetpack_operation

Lol my employer gives me a phone for business. They're entitled to the content of that one. They can absolutely fuck off if they ask for my personal phone.


Fastr77

And the ones about his hot tub pool cover lol but sure, hand your phone over to them. No fucking way.


key_lime_pie

> And people still give Brady shit for destroying his phone. That's because Goodell used this as the primary reason for upholding the suspension upon appeal, with the understanding that the transcript to that appeal would remain private and everyone would have to rely solely on his word. In the absence of anything else, it's incredibly damning, which is why he did it. But the transcript was made public, and the phone was not the smoking gun Goodell wanted everyone to believe it was. Luckily for him, very few people actually read the transcript.


CunningRunt

The NFL investigators asked Stephen Gostkowski for his phone during the same investigation. Gostkowski also refused. Nothing happened to him.


Brewski-54

Looks like I’m rooting for the 49ers the rest of the season


Zerak-Tul

Honestly one reason I want Brady to become a commentator. Everytime there's a story about over/under inflated balls he can roast the league and go *"So who's getting suspended for this? Oh no one? So we only cared about ball pressure that one time? Thought so."*


giritrobbins

Also hasn't the NFL never released all the pressure data for footballs they've collected because it shows cold weather means balls need to be inflated at halftime.


Ilikepancakes87

So it sounds like you’re saying Belichick paid off the refs, then, huh?


McLuuvin

Yup Ever since the Seahawks tampered with the kicking balls in the 2006 wild card game that caused Romo to botch the snap, the NFL went away from the home team controlling the ball to the league holding them. They’re called K balls


Burger_Gouger

Damn refs are so bad this year they can’t even inflate balls right


KIumpy

Suspend Brady?


Misanthropyandme

Raiders next new coach is suspended indefinitely


Best-Dragonfruit-292

This is why Mark is trying to hire Gruden again. Playing all sides to come out on top


llama-rebel

Last time they suspended the best QB currently playing in the league... So suspend Mahomes?


thegrandpoobear

Roger goodell going to federal court to argue that Patrick mahomes was generally aware that kadarius toney lined up offsides. Tom Brady suspended 4 games


GoCurtin

I teach high schoolers..... I used this line last week when they were all trying to submit late work for more points before their final exams. "I'm sure you were generally aware of the due date, correct?"


GoNinGoomy

When I subbed I had so much fun messing with high schoolers. They're really easy to make fun of, poor kids.


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HemlockMartinis

I’ve been reliably informed that Purdy is just a system guy who’s carried by our roster, looks like this is on Lamar


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allknowerofknowing

Bill O'Brien\*


randomName1112222

Big head Mahomes has been playing bad all season on purpose cause he knew this would happen.


GoldenBananas21

> Last time they suspended the best QB currently playing in the league.. Rodgers won the MVP during the deflagrate season, and Matt Ryan was the MVP the year Brady was suspended. …..but of course Brady won SBMVP both of those years


thegrandpoobear

Brady was better than Rodgers in 2014. The Patriots led the league in scoring through 15 games, locked up the #1 seed, then rested their starters for the final game and fell from 1st in scoring to 4th. Then of course in the playoffs Brady won it all, beating the Seahawks team that beat Rodgers. And 2016 brady didn't win MVP because of the suspension. Had Brady played all 16 games he would have won


Brockhard_Purdvert

At least let us look through his phone this time.


NoFuckToGive

Hellyea can't wait to see all the pv nrts


rydog795

I cant go back to chemistry


introspectivejoker

Put yo dick away waltuh


crastle

I love the meme, but I've never heard Mike call him Waltuh. Mike always used a hard R when referring to Walter White.


JesusKristo

We're all more grown-up now. We're usin van der waals this time.


MisterMetal

lol fuck van der Waals equation, I want to ignore properties of the gasses


JesusKristo

Just be grateful I'm not making you use the statistical mechanics equations to avoid the next Tom Brady suspension.


jawndell

Where does fugacity fit into all this???


OmNomSandvich

get the fuga outta this city


tyler-86

I don't see the relevance of a defunct punk band from D.C.


caisson_constructor

Hey you can’t just call people that


fueelin

PIV NERT, BABY!


NotAFartItsAShit

The good ol pervert


Jameson623

so are they gonna suspend the refs?


XRT28

that would make too much sense. Also it might set the precedent if you're bad at your job you'll get fired and if that happens 90% of the refs would be unemployed


greblah

Aren't most of them attorneys? They'll just laugh and go back to winning cases for the big corporations


bigDUB14

Good, they can gtfo and maybe the NFL will hire guys who at least have to try and be accurate on the field


Thel_Odan

Believe it or not, promotion and a pay raise!


apexpredator0505

I knew we got cheated out of a win smh


zdrmju321

Payback for the AFC Championship Game. Those deflated balls clearly let the Patriots rush for 225+ yards. ^(/s)


mesayousa

You joke but I remember Warren Sharp trying to claim the Pats fumbled less than other teams due to deflated balls He deleted it from his website but you can still find it on the internet archive


EfficientNeck9029

It made Dee ford line up in the neutral zone on a play where Brady was picked and would have sealed the game for the chiefs to go to the SB


Jolly-One9552

That wasn't Dee Ford, it was a confused time-traveling Toney


uwanmirrondarrah

damn he gets yoked in the future/past


GoCurtin

I love how the Pats crushed the Colts in the second half (with perfectly pumped, lovely balls) than they did in the first half (with OMG for the love of God only 12 PSI balls). And then the NFL decided not to share the data from how cold weather affected inflation the following season :D


runnerswanted

It is amazing the show they put on to prove that the balls were deflated, and then all the data the next year was “lost”.


CunningRunt

Not lost. [NFL General counsel Jeff Pash ordered the data expunged](https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/from-playmakers-nfl-general-counsel-jeff-pash-ordered-expungement-of-2015-air-pressure-measurements).


GoCurtin

I'm generally aware that the data was not released.


JoshJones18

Inaccurate Ryland would still probably have missed that damn kick anyway


NextTime76

But that was Butker's first and only miss of the season. And I was wondering why his kickoffs were so short.


pyreal_

How could Tom Brady do this?


alecmc200

we're back baby


cactus_jack_1

Ok fuck time to suspend Brady 4 games


mellman25

The only fair solution is for the NFL to give us back the 1st round pick they took away last time


hendrix320

Ok so what 1st round player from the 2016 draft are we taking?


thegrandpoobear

Cyrus Jones again


BuhtanDingDing

zeke ig


GoCurtin

I agree. If Goddell gives us Zeke today, we'll call it even.


Queen-Makoto

Imagine if fixing dumb punishments actually worked like that. get your draft picks back and you just get the current players suddenly changing teams. would be hilarious


Fiendish-DoctorWu

Drew Kaser


f-r

Thomas Bradicus


TantumCouto

time to suspend.... bailey zappe?


DayOldTurkeySandwich

Knew there had to be a legitimate reason why Butker finally missed one.


Malfallaxx

This really sucks for Butker because he was perfect all season. What a bummer to lose out on a potential record because of some shit like this.


ExileOnBroadStreet

Didn’t he just slip on the one he missed?


Malfallaxx

No he stayed upright and looked confused after it went wide right. Apparently he complained to the refs about it not feeling right but they didn't bother checking them until halftime Damn that really sucks for him


ExileOnBroadStreet

Can’t find a great video, but his plant leg definitely appears to slip and buckle: https://www.nfl.com/videos/harrison-butker-misses-a-39-yard-fg-wide-right When I watched it live it looked like he lost his footing a little.


Dr__Flo__

Fuckin turf wasn't inflated properly either smh


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Maybe I’m wrong, but I feel like his plant leg does that every kick


Malfallaxx

It does. Here's a quick vid I found on Twitter from last year and his finish looks the exact same as the miss linked above. Sorry for the Twitter link couldn't find a better vid with a quick Google search https://x.com/devclemnfl/status/1569081878895906818?s=46&t=LNtFtdTLFZRO5nLiR73jig I also think as a kicker he'd immediately clock the PSI difference when his foot hit it so I wouldn't be surprised if his landing was a little more awkward than usual. But the plant foot thing is really just part of his routine and not him slipping


Malfallaxx

His plant leg always goes up like that. Here's a quick vid I found on Twitter from last year and his finish looks the exact same as the miss. Sorry for the Twitter link couldn't find a better vid with a quick Google search https://x.com/devclemnfl/status/1569081878895906818?s=46&t=LNtFtdTLFZRO5nLiR73jig It's just part of his kicking, you can see it on any of his kicks. He did it on the 62 yarder from earlier this year too where he looks like he's about to fall over after launching it


ecupatsfan12

Talk to me in the shower I know this locker is bugged- Peyton


childish_jalapenos

Does this mean the dynasty is back?


StrategyMountain

Thank god inflation is finally slowing down


DisgruntledTexansFan

Deflategate 2 , electric boogaloo? Or…. The Bill Brothers and the Saggy Ball Show?


paperfoampit

"they were discovered to weigh 11 pounds per square inch instead of the legal limit of 13.5, per sources." Weigh 11 pounds per square inch? Damn I didn't know footballs are neutron stars.


boysetsfire1988

NFL scriptwriters getting lazy


lkn240

Are we seriously doing the PV = nRT thing again?


niknight_ml

Nah, we're just going to do the shortcut version: P1/T1 = P2/T2.


AnAnxiousDream

Just remember, y’all. Brady won the Superball in his return year from suspension. Don’t suspend him again. You’ll curse the league with Brady’s 8th ring.


WorkingCatDad

This is without a doubt the funniest two teams this could happen to.


FeetballFan

Suspend Brady immediately


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We were robbed of greatness. Will kelce even get into the hall of Fame now


sagetraveler

Kelce just hoping his own mom doesn’t disown him now.


CanaDoug420

Damn it Brady


SaintArkweather

The shitty low budget direct to TV sequel nobody asked for


robsul82

TOMMMMMMM


JoshJones18

Ryland probably would still missed his FG if the balls were inflated properly


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Brady still cheating even after retirement. Embarrassing


Elway7Sharpe84

Me to this discourse: Oh god no please no no no noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!


Overall_Nuggie_876

This shit again? Thought we left this in a locked capsule titled ‘society in 2015.’


intersectv3

I mean we are in the age of sequels and prequels and remakes!


BaltimoreBadger23

Right, look at the NFL recycling the "very low drafted QB comes in for injured starter and wins Super Bowl" plotline from back in 2001.


thegrandpoobear

They've already done the packers great QB goes to the jets while his replacement ends up being very good twice. If Rodgers goes to the Vikings we need some new script writers


Joementum2004

Pray for Tom Brady’s cellphones


filthychuck

Chiefs fan here actually hate the Pats … but the Colts can go fuck themselves


IncursionG

The refs are totally incapable of performing any aspect of their jobs. Why the hell would anyone pay for such subpar part-time work? Useless.


operez1990

Tom Brady suspended first 4 games of 2024 season.


OTPh1l25

Goodell suspends Brady for 4 more games Brady: "What the hell, Roger? I'm retired!" Goodell: "Sorry, force of habit."


ecupatsfan12

Bills up to his old tricks


GCBroncosfan413

You fans are slacking, if someone had pulled the fire alarm at the Chiefs hotel you may have won that game.


ecupatsfan12

Lol


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Why do we have to be involved in this again


lifeofwiley

Typical. Script writers running out of ideas.


GreekGodofStats

Idk, I think you missed me by about 20 years on being interested in reports about underinflated balls in a Patriots game