Deflategate: NFL Official Reportedly Fired for Selling 1 of Balls in Question

[YardRat]

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2369259-deflategate-nfl-official-reportedly-fired-for-selling-one-of-balls-in-question

Wednesday marked another twist in the New England Patriots' Deflategate saga.

Bart Hubbuch of the New York Post cites ESPN's reporting that a now-fired NFL (http://bleacherreport.com/nfl) official sold one of the deflated footballs used by the Patriots in the AFC Championship Game

[Strongman]

Sounds like the NFL runs a real tight ship. You have an NFL official selling a game ball for maybe a grand or two at most...

And the NFL wants us to believe their officials are beyond reproach and could never be bought off.

[Bill Cody]

Refs Union denies this report and demands apology. The NFL leaks like a sieve and most of what leaks turns out to be bogus. Anyone buying these reports as fact is like Charlie Brown thinking he's going to kick the football.

[GingerP]

Refs Union denies this report and demands apology. The NFL leaks like a sieve and most of what leaks turns out to be bogus. Anyone buying these reports as fact is like Charlie Brown thinking he's going to kick the football.

The refs union is upset because everyone read "official" and thought it was someone on the referee crew. It wasn't, it was a person who worked for the league office as part of the game representatives. One of the guys who take care of the K balls. Unlike the regular balls, the K balls are supposed to be kept by someone from the league. They don't even get sent to the teams, the K balls get sent directly from Wilson to the refs hotel, where they inspect the balls and hand them over to a league representative to keep on game day. One of those guys was stealing the balls.

[Bill Cody]

The refs union is upset because everyone read "official" and thought it was someone on the referee crew. It wasn't, it was a person who worked for the league office as part of the game representatives. One of the guys who take care of the K balls. Unlike the regular balls, the K balls are supposed to be kept by someone from the league. They don't even get sent to the teams, the K balls get sent directly from Wilson to the refs hotel, where they inspect the balls and hand them over to a league representative to keep on game day. One of those guys was stealing the balls.

Ok so fill me in here- I have a job so I can't devote full time to this gripping saga. I heard this woman on the radio who wrote a column blaming a Patriots worker, some guy named McNally, for "knowingly trying to put a kicking ball in play that was not approved". How does this guy stealing balls fit in with that?

[chris66]

The nfl employee that took the correct ball was the same person that handed Mcnally the unmarked ball who then in turn handed it to an alt. ref.

So basically outside the lines ran the story without checking facts. what else is new for espn

The thing that sucks is it was this that prompted Kensil to check the balls at halftime

[CommissarSpartacus]

The nfl employee that took the correct ball was the same person that handed Mcnally the unmarked ball who then in turn handed it to an alt. ref.

So basically outside the lines ran the story without checking facts. what else is new for espn

The thing that sucks is it was this that prompted Kensil to check the balls at halftime

It's a set-up and Kensil was in on it...

[Bill Cody]

The nfl employee that took the correct ball was the same person that handed Mcnally the unmarked ball who then in turn handed it to an alt. ref.

So basically outside the lines ran the story without checking facts. what else is new for espn

The thing that sucks is it was this that prompted Kensil to check the balls at halftime

hmm...