After hearing the last chapter of this saga one thing came to mind. I remember about 20+ years ago watching a movie about the great "Brinks Job". I think most fans, me included, were/are under the impression that the NFL is a huge well organized iron clad well oiled machine when it comes to game day ck lists. In actuality, much like Brinks which was all show and reputation with some of the worst security ever seen ( place was barely even locked up), the everyday rules are overseen by guys much like us. The league and it`s officials have apparently been giving lip service to "game ball " procedures for awhile and it bit them in the ass. Strangely it now sounds like at least one NFL higher up was aware of this before kick off. The more that comes out the more I`m leaning towards the Patriots being 100% in the clear and the league left with just another botched rushed to judgement fiasco. My 2 cents..........
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