League has no record of PSI in Patriots' footballs
When referee Walt Anderson checked the game balls for the AFC Championship Game, he did not log the PSI. He just approved them.
NFL head of officiating Dean Blandino was asked Thursday if the league has any proof beyond Anderson's word that the footballs were inflated to the required 12.5-13.5 pounds per square inch.
"We did review what happened pregame, and from everything that we reviewed and all the information we had, the balls were properly tested prior to the game,” Blandino responded, acknowledging there's no record of the exact PSI.
"And then there was an issue that was brought up during the first half,” Blandino said. “A football came into question, then the decision was made to test them at halftime. There's an investigation going on, I can't get into too many specifics but really that's the chain of events that occurred.”
The halftime check showed the Patriots' footballs were underinflated. The NFL is trying to determine whether it resulted from "deliberate action." The league has video of a Pats employee taking the Patriots' and Colts' game balls to the bathroom for 90 seconds, on his way to the field, per Pro Football Talk.
But now the league has admitted it won't be able to prove how much the footballs were deflated.
In this ongoing investigation, "a detailed log of the inflation levels of each football is a piece of evidence the NFL should have," PFT said.
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