Belichick "Shocked", Claims No Knowledge of Football Tampering
Bill Belichick spoke with the assembled media on Thursday morning at Gillette Stadium and spoke at length about the media flap over the air pressure of the team’s footballs during the AFC Championship Game Sunday.
Belichick spoke quickly about the issue surrounding “Deflate-gate”, saying he had no knowledge about anything to do with the game balls being deflated.
Belichick said, "I was shocked to learn about news reports about the footballs. I had no knowledge until Monday morning."
Stating further, Belichick stated, "Let me just say, my personal philosophy has always been to make things as difficult for players...the balls we practice with are as bad as they can be...wet, cold, slippery." He went on to say that he hears players talk all the time about the condition of footballs and he has zero sympathy with players or coaches when they complain about it.
Taking a veiled shot at the Colts and Ravens, Belichick said he told his players don’t use the excuse of the condition of the footballs as a reason for performance on the field.
Finally when getting around to the footballs themselves, Belichick said, "In my entire coaching career, never talked to any player or staff member about football air pressure."
Once the question and answer session started, Belichick as expected, deflected all questions as to the current investigation to the league. It is known that the league is still investigating the incident and plans to question players and staff today in Foxboro.
Stay tuned to the latest on this and maybe soon enough, we’ll get to starting talking about the actual game next Sunday between New England and Seattle
