The New England Patriots have been catching a lot of flak from NFL fans and the media in the wake of the scandal that people are calling "Deflategate." The controversy stems from the accusations that the Patriots intentionally deflated their footballs for the AFC championship game.
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The NFL subsequently found out that several of the Patriots' footballs had, in fact, been deflated. Now, many are calling for the Patriots to be punished, as if some deflated footballs were the entire reason that the Patriots took the Colts behind the woodshed.
The backlash is not confined only to New England, however. Carolina Panthers kicker Graham Gano has come under fire after accidentally defending the Patriots with some tweets about how the weather can affect pressure in the football.
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Gano posted the following series of tweets on Tuesday:
(1/4)When checking the game balls, the refs check the psi indoors. This is frustrating bc the ball loses some pressure in cold weather...
— Graham Gano (@GrahamGano) January 21, 2015
(2/4)... During our home playoff game this year I asked the official if he could check the psi outside again bc the ball felt flat and he... — Graham Gano (@GrahamGano) January 21, 2015
(3/4)...said he could not. I guess you can't blame the official for that. Rules are rules. Maybe the league will make some changes this...
— Graham Gano (@GrahamGano) January 21, 2015
Twitter users immediately jumped all over Gano about defending New England and their supposed cheating ways, prompting him to post this:
Listen all of you Twitter haters. I'm only talking about the Kicker footballs lol. Not the Patriots ones...
— Graham Gano (@GrahamGano) January 21, 2015
And while it is basic science that cold weather would cause the air pressure in the footballs to drop, people have taken any opportunity to accuse the Patriots of cheating ever since Spygate.
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