The home team must make 12 backup balls available, and the visiting team may bring another 12 backup balls for games to be played outdoors. Several years ago, in an effort to prevent any doctoring of ...

New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick played scientist and movie buff on Saturday, defending his team against allegations of deflating game balls and presenting evidence that he said ...

2) The lack of smoking gun in re: violating league limits. The Wells Report asserts that references to deflation and to Brady’s preference for softer game balls in the texts exchanged between ...

According to NFL.com, the league's rule book states game balls must be inflated with between 12.5-13.5 pounds of air. Each team must provide 12 primary balls for testing prior to the game.

Thorn said if the balls were at 7 psi and the specifications were 7.5 in 1973, “the referees wouldn’t have used the ball.’’ ...

At page 13, the NFL makes clear that Goodell chose as a result of the arbitration hearing over which he presided not only to adopt the findings of non-independent investigator Ted Wells but to expand ...

During his appeal hearing with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, Tom Brady denied any wrongdoing or participation in the alleged deflation of footballs by the Patriots.