Case Analysis : ' Deflategate ' Scandal

It appears that after roughly 18 months of madness, which included false reports, “outside” investigations, Bill Belichick versus Bill Nye “The Science Guy” and a lot headaches, the “Deflategate” scandal has finally come to an end.

The use of an underinflated football can provide an unfair advantage, as it is believed they can be better gripped, thrown, and easier to catch because the ball is softer.

Tom Brady and the New England Patriots were accused of deflating footballs to give them an advantage in the January 18th AFC Championship game against the Indianapolis Colts. Deflated footballs are easier to grip and throw, giving their team a direct advantage over the Colts. The Indianapolis Colts equipment manager first suspected the balls did not meet the NFL’s minimum standard right before half time and after measuring the balls he notified officials. Most all of the balls the Patriots had were not measuring to the correct standard and they found that Tom Brady knew of the violation and said nothing. Punishment from the NFL was a one million fine, four game suspension without pay and the loss of not only their 1st round draft pick in 2016 but also their 4th round draft pick in 2017. In addition, the two equipment staffers responsible for the incident were also indefinitely suspended. (ESPN.com) However, Tom Brady recently won his court appeal overruling the 4 game suspension and will be a starting player in the upcoming

The game that America has come to know and love may have more behind it than everyday viewers and fans realize. Physics fuels every aspect of the game of football and is evident in the collisions that take place on every play. Watching a game of football can be a great learning tool to anyone interested in better understanding the laws of physics. Many great examples are provided on every snap. Mass, force, momentum, velocity and torque all play significant roles in the tackling action performed by players and the better you understand these terms the better you can begin to understand the game itself.

NFL rules stipulate that footballs must be inflated between 12.5 and 13.5 pounds per square inch and weigh between 14 and 15 ounces.

Football is game of speed, strength, and strategy. The best way to be a better player is working on becoming bigger and stronger while maintaining the speed, but when the players mass, strength, and speed all get better the forces the can produce a greater force with their hits. According to Timothy Gay, Physics professor at the University of Nebraska and author of The Physics of Football, a Defensive Back at the average one-hundred and ninety pounds that runs a 4.56 forty-yard dash can produce sixteen-hundred pounds of tackling force, which easily can break any bone of the human body. Due to the extreme forces the players are exposed to, it is necessary for each player to wear pads that help reduce and spread out the forces, and helmets

Throughout the basis of this position paper, I will be debating on the controversy of concussions present in the National Football League (NFL) and the sport of football in general. Currently in the National Football League, concussions are looked at as a dangerous aspect but most definitely a recoverable feature. Concussions are an

In conclusion, if a player plays the game of football right with the help of his coaching staff, the risk of getting injured is greatly decreased. Along with good coaching, the Improvement in equipment and the penalties for Head to Head contact and blocks below the knees all make football a safer sport to play. Without these three things, football would be a ruthless sport with almost a guarantee of getting injured. These three things make football a much safer sport to play and it gives one physical activity, bonding with teammates, memories and just plain old

For this study, footballs filled with different gases, with air being the control group and helium, nitrogen, argon, and carbon dioxide being the independent variables, were shot 15 times from a Snap Attack Machine. The hang times in seconds of the footballs were recorded and placed on a spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel. There were 2 experiments. The first experiment had the footballs filled to 6 PSI and the second experiment had the footballs filled to 9 PSI. The change in PSI was suggested by a graduate student, helping the researcher, because the lower PSI in the first experiment caused the Snap Machine to shoot the footballs and produce results all over the place with no precision (see Table 1 and Graph 1). The second experiment provided more precise results because the Snap Machine could shoot the footballs better (see Table 2 and Graph 2). The first experiment results were nullified for the error. The means, standard deviations, and standard errors of

Contests in skill, strength and speed have occupied an important place in every culture throughout the ages. The meaning of the term sport and the effect that sport has on society is always changing. Sports have especially changed in the last two decades and can certainly be evidence by the growing number of labor disputes and court cases involving all sports.

The Black Sox scandal is similar to what is going on today with the New England Patriots football team, and their quarterback Tom Brady. Brady has been suspended for four games in the upcoming season, because “he ruined the integrity of the sport”, for is actions in deflategate. The players involved in the Black Sox scandal were suspended and never reinstated for their part in the throwing of the 1919 World Series against the Cincinnati Reds.

A football involved in the Deflategate scandal involving the New England Patriots, their quarterback Tom Brady, and the National Football League (NFL), has sold at auction, fetching $43,739.99, according to The Washington Post.

The football’s unique shape has changed the way that the game of football is played at all levels of the sport, but the current thing that you see when you hear the word football has not always been the same. The shape, length, weight, and visual features of the football has changed multiple times since its beginnings.

First of all, students who practice football start to gain physical attributes such as body muscles which leads them to have high confidence on themselves. They build up muscles and lose weight because of the many hours of exercise and training that the sport requires. Football is based on discipline, it requires on tackling and pushing other players during the game. Because of the rules of the game and

How can lightweight football pads, equipped with equal protection, benefit an athlete as compared to the use of standard weighted shoulder pads?