Yes, there is, Pats fans just refuse to see it.
Was it legal for Pere Carroll to tamper with the ball pressure and was he trying to gain a competitive advantage by intentionally breaking the rules?
If yes, he was cheating. Just like the Pats. When given motive you guys deny it. When given video evidence of opportunity you shrug it off, when given the history of the organization's willingness to break the rules, you deflect and ask why other teams don't share your same poor reputation. It's really pathetic. The fact you spend all this time arguing whether or not others did it, and what effect it could or couldn't have ignores the bottom line: it's against the rules.
If a rule is not enforced, is it really a rule?
If a lineman blatantly holds or if a QB escapes from In The Grasp after his forward motion is stopped, but the ref doesn't blow the whistle, is he suppose to just concede the down?
Brady may absolutely have submitted under inflated balls for approval (just as Aaron Rodgers admits he hopes to get a number of over inflated balls through the process.), but it's the referee's responsibility to be 100% sure the balls are within regulation. If they cannot claim that (and I don't believe they can), the Patriots cannot be found guilty.
I will repeat for the record, I am a Redskins fan and as such I have a moral obligation to root against the Giants. That only leaves the Patriots in the Northeast, especially with media coverage covering this ridiculous "scandal."
