hypnotiq
TUG Member
If this were a criminal case the Patriots would clearly be found Not Guilty. However, if this were a civil case where the legal standard is a preponderance of the evidence the Patriots would be found Guilty.
There's a fair amount of circumstantial evidence that the Patriots were indeed intentionally deflating footballs to gain a competitive advantage and their startling lack of fumbles IMO shows that they did gain that competitive advantage.
Being the Patriots fan that you are, you can continue to bury your head in the sand and scoff at it all, but the preponderance of the evidence clearly shows that they cheated.
More importantly, the NFL has set the precedent in handing out penalties in the past by using the "more probable than not" as their standard.
Question is whether they will be consistent given who it is and the relationship of Goddell/Kraft.