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kpete

(71,984 posts) Tue Jan 27, 2015, 12:17 AM Jan 2015

NFL Will Try To Pin 'Deflategate' On A Locker Room Attendant [View all]

Breaking news: sources tell @FOXSports the NFL has zeroed in on a locker room attendant w Patriots who allegedly took balls from officials locker room to another area on way to field. Sources say they have interviewed him and additionally have video. Still gauging if any wrong doing occurred with him but he is strong person of interest
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Deflategate has taken another twist.

FOX Sports has learned that the NFL has zeroed in on a New England Patriots locker-room attendant in connection with the scandal of improperly inflated footballs used in the AFC championship game against the Indianapolis Colts.

The person of interest was already interviewed by the league. The NFL is trying to determine whether any wrongdoing by this individual occurred, sources tell FOX Sports.

There is surveillance video showing the attendant taking the footballs from the official's locker room into another room at Gillette Stadium before bringing them out to the field, sources tell FOX Sports.

The NFL confiscated 11 of 12 footballs at halftime that were under the league-mandated air pressure of 12.5 PSI. The league has since launched an investigation into the matter.

http://www.foxsports.com/nfl/story/deflategate-fallout-nfl-focusing-on-patriots-locker-room-attendant-012615
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/26/deflategate-locker-room-attendant_n_6549608.html

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NFL Will Try To Pin 'Deflategate' On A Locker Room Attendant [View all] kpete Jan 2015 OP

latest- ball boy took two bags of balls - 12 in each - into a bathroom for NRaleighLiberal Jan 2015 #1

Simple MohRokTah Jan 2015 #7

If you want to make such an outrageous claim, you'd better have a big sack of balls. Orrex Jan 2015 #9

What if there is another person or two in the bathroom to help? Are_grits_groceries Jan 2015 #10

And aliens padfun Jan 2015 #52

I was positing a real solution Are_grits_groceries Jan 2015 #54

is this the guy? MisterP Jan 2015 #2

LOL! Or... pinboy3niner Jan 2015 #8

Did it take 18 minutes to do? nt msanthrope Jan 2015 #53

guy wont care and wont talk. dilby Jan 2015 #3

Oh what a bunch of shit bluestateguy Jan 2015 #4

Yep! Hope it works. Too much distraction from yeoman6987 Jan 2015 #5

NFL said they have proof he had plastic surgery to have the pimples applied. n/t benz380 Jan 2015 #15

Sources are saying that the sticking point preventing him from completely coming forward... egduj Jan 2015 #6

So an employee of the Patriots did it. Iggo Jan 2015 #11

But pipi_k Jan 2015 #25

Under whose directive? I'm guessing another employee of the Patriots. Iggo Jan 2015 #37

And Tom Brady couldn't tell they were underinflated Greybnk48 Jan 2015 #12

And multiple officials couldn't tell moondust Jan 2015 #14

Again, only in the USA do people blame the officials joeglow3 Jan 2015 #19

It's not blame. moondust Jan 2015 #20

The only people I have seen say that are Patriot fans joeglow3 Jan 2015 #35

And the only people I've seen advance it are Patriot haters. nt Dreamer Tatum Jan 2015 #41

I was rooting for Patriots before this joeglow3 Jan 2015 #44

It is the job of the officials to determine the balls former9thward Jan 2015 #32

That is secondary joeglow3 Jan 2015 #36

Agreed joeglow3! Greybnk48 Jan 2015 #50

Yeah, what a strategy!! pipi_k Jan 2015 #30

Just the latest in a seemingly endless parade of "bad apples". Frank Cannon Jan 2015 #13

Like the official Steriod Mule of the Seattle Seahawks, I'd wager. Dreamer Tatum Jan 2015 #42

ALL NFL teams use the juice. Sadly, I accept that as a given. Frank Cannon Jan 2015 #48

This was as predictable as the sun rising in the east. bullwinkle428 Jan 2015 #16

wonder if any office pools were betting on when it would happen. KittyWampus Jan 2015 #28

Seems like he had practice to be so efficient. nt geek tragedy Jan 2015 #17

Ball pin, pressure gauge, and a thumb pressure release. MohRokTah Jan 2015 #29

Almost as if he does it all the time. Iggo Jan 2015 #38

Ages ago I worked in a tire shop. MohRokTah Jan 2015 #47

It's 7 seconds per ball. Frank Cannon Jan 2015 #49

Especially if you've been practing the trick since 2006. eom MohRokTah Jan 2015 #51

Do locker room attendants distribute the steroids too? B Calm Jan 2015 #18

I hope I'm not expected to believe they did this without any prompting from above CreekDog Jan 2015 #21

Another person of interest... pipi_k Jan 2015 #22

lmao KMOD Jan 2015 #40

Belichick hired Clemenza to hide the deflation apparatus... meaculpa2011 Jan 2015 #23

:) fishwax Jan 2015 #34

Snerk! cwydro Jan 2015 #24

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But here's the hilarious thing... pipi_k Jan 2015 #33

Here's another hilarious thing... Iggo Jan 2015 #39

Patriots will win the Super Bowl oberliner Jan 2015 #43

Preferable to scumbag Sherman preening and howling. nt Dreamer Tatum Jan 2015 #45

Or Russell Wilson crediting his lord and savior for the victory oberliner Jan 2015 #46