pbmax
09-17-2015, 05:27 PM
Information that actually helps tie together the entire Deflategate story has now finally be unearthed by the Indianapolis Star. But it immediately raises three questions
1. Why didn't the NFL have a record of this?
2. Was he interviewed by the NFL?
3. Why speak up now?
“He always asked for the footballs way, way before he was supposed to get them,’’ Baltz said. “If he could get them 10 or 15 minutes before he was supposed to get them, instead of the usual two minutes before the game — and there were some crews that let him do that — he would do it. I wouldn’t let him take them early, and I think he eventually figured that out because he stopped asking after a while. I probably did 10 to 15 games up there [in Foxboro] and those first few times, he’d always ask. I always thought it was very suspicious. He certainly acted in a suspicious manner.’’
That sounds exactly like the kind of thing you would have heard about from other crews, but no one else spoke up (or was not asked). However, some of his story makes zero sense:
"What I specifically reported him for several years ago, and I thought this was really unusual, he’d run out on the field with the footballs before the game and the next thing you know, he’s playing pitch-and-catch with [Tom] Brady. Then, next thing, he’s on the sidelines right next to [Bill] Belichick, like he’s a [bleeping] assistant coach or something.”
Why would playing catch with Brady or talking to Belichick be suspicious to this guy in 2007? It sounds more like after he learned about Deflategate and McNally, some things he saw looked suspicious. I would love to know what his complaint actually said at the time.
from: http://www.wthr.com/story/30056286/kravitz-blogindy-based-nfl-official-baltz-was-suspicious-of-mcnally-years-ago
via: http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/09/17/former-nfl-official-reported-mcnally-six-or-eight-years-ago/
1. Why didn't the NFL have a record of this?
2. Was he interviewed by the NFL?
3. Why speak up now?
“He always asked for the footballs way, way before he was supposed to get them,’’ Baltz said. “If he could get them 10 or 15 minutes before he was supposed to get them, instead of the usual two minutes before the game — and there were some crews that let him do that — he would do it. I wouldn’t let him take them early, and I think he eventually figured that out because he stopped asking after a while. I probably did 10 to 15 games up there [in Foxboro] and those first few times, he’d always ask. I always thought it was very suspicious. He certainly acted in a suspicious manner.’’
That sounds exactly like the kind of thing you would have heard about from other crews, but no one else spoke up (or was not asked). However, some of his story makes zero sense:
"What I specifically reported him for several years ago, and I thought this was really unusual, he’d run out on the field with the footballs before the game and the next thing you know, he’s playing pitch-and-catch with [Tom] Brady. Then, next thing, he’s on the sidelines right next to [Bill] Belichick, like he’s a [bleeping] assistant coach or something.”
Why would playing catch with Brady or talking to Belichick be suspicious to this guy in 2007? It sounds more like after he learned about Deflategate and McNally, some things he saw looked suspicious. I would love to know what his complaint actually said at the time.
from: http://www.wthr.com/story/30056286/kravitz-blogindy-based-nfl-official-baltz-was-suspicious-of-mcnally-years-ago
via: http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/09/17/former-nfl-official-reported-mcnally-six-or-eight-years-ago/