Patriots Deflating Balls

Tensions are beginning to rise and blood is starting to boil as the 49th super bowl comes around on February 2nd with the Seattle Seahawks facing off against the AFC championship's winner the New England Patriots. New England has had to overcome a lot of adversity this year, trying out three running backs throughout the year and Tom Brady making comments about his team in a negative manner. Not to mention the Patriots were finally starting to break out of the spotlight that the Spy Gate scandal brought them a few years ago as the NFL uncovered them trying to steal the other teams plays and officials with binoculars trying to pick off signals of opposing teams. This seems to all have been brought back into speculation and consideration after the American Football League's conference championship, the game before the super bowl, as the Patriots were found to be deflating their footballs by a considerable amount in order to get a better grip on the ball, allowing Tom Brady to make much more accurate and precision passes. No one argues that either way the Patriots would have won that game, it was a complete blow out, but it is the thought of it that matters. Who knows? Maybe the New England Patriots have actually been doing this terrible thing all year and have been gaining a relatively large advantage against opposing teams. I definitely think it would be a good idea for the Patriots to lose draft picks within the next year, if not over the next couple of years. I hate when cheating is exposed in professional sports, fans pay huge amounts of money to see these athletes perform at their highest level and I think it is ludicrous for them to take an unfair advantage just for a few points. I was rather angry the first time this happened, why should the Patriots think they are good enough to cheat other teams. Who knows truly how many games they have won and other teams have lost from this cheating, but in the end of it, it's the thought that counts. If this was an NCAA ordeal or even a high school matter I think this would end up being a much bigger ordeal, definitely resulting in the loss of scholarships, or the taking away of wins and awards in high school. Maybe even the suspension of play and the death penalty for a serious enough offense. (408)