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
First, per a league source, the other “area on way to field” is a bathroom. The bathroom consists of one toilet and one sink and a door that locks from the inside.
Second, according to the same source, the person carried two bags of balls into the bathroom: the 12 balls to be used by the Patriots and the 12 balls to be used by the Colts.
Third, from the same source, the evidence comes from a surveillance video that was discovered by the Patriots and given to the NFL early in the investigation.
Fourth, again from the same source, the video shows the employee in the bathroom for approximately 90 seconds.
Here is what happened. He hid the deflated balls on the toilet seat of stall. He locked stall after leaving balls on toilet seat. Locked stall from inside & climbed over stall. When balls was checker by refs, he took them to bathroom & switched balls. 90 seconds tells it all. Not enough time to pee but enough time to make switch. He has been doing it all year. What els can he do to account for the 90 seconds in room. You heard it here 1st
Well, the refs mark each ball when deemed ready for play. Might make it hard to switch..
And wouldn't surveillance show someone leaving with a different bag at some point? Let me guess they have a trap door under the sink.
Watched ESPN last night (maybe it was the NFL Network)
they have a panel of 4 experts, including Mort & Chris Carter
One guy says they're now reporting and have video of the ball boy going into a room where he manipulated the footballs (again, paraphrasing). Really? that loser just created his very own facts
Carter says (like so many people around here) the Patriots are blaming this on the ball boy, they're insulting my intelligence. Again, more lies, no such words have been spoken by anyone on the Patriots
Mort defiantly calls the Patriots liars, when that scum lied about the ball pressure, creating a report making the balls significantly worse than they were
it's a goddamn circus out there, run by the clowns, actually run by the monkeys trained to do tricks is a better analogy
they're not reporting the truth people, they're changing facts in some instances and simply creating facts in others