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Report: Falcons alleged to have piped in crowd noise

RicFlair : 2/1/2015 11:30 am
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/02/01/report-falcons-alleged-to-have-piped-in-crowd-noise-nfl-discipline-expected/
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Good teams  
Big Blue '56 : 2/1/2015 11:49 am : link
who visit, couldn't care less
I've been there multiple times  
halfback20 : 2/1/2015 11:54 am : link
And they never seemed all that loud.
Next thing you'll be telling me  
Bobby Humphrey's Earpad : 2/1/2015 11:55 am : link
WCW piped in Goldberg chants.
The PA system should be muted during play anyway  
Dave in PA : 2/1/2015 12:04 pm : link
Until the whistle blows then it can be unmuted to announce the play. That should be league wide standard to address not only this issue but all the other annoying crap that is played incessantly during the game
Cool  
MetsAreBack : 2/1/2015 12:06 pm : link
when will the Seahawks face similar discipline?
maybe atlanta will lose their 8th slot?  
fskfred : 2/1/2015 12:11 pm : link
..Maybe giants move up to #8????
Seattle  
NDMedics : 2/1/2015 12:20 pm : link
has been doing this for decades. It's fairly obvious when you are there.
Cheating is cheating, regardless of whether you do it personally or  
Marty in Albany : 2/1/2015 12:31 pm : link
whether your fans do it for you.

You can't deny that crowd noise is primarily to interfere with the visiting team rather than to support the home team. Come on! The scoreboard says "Let's make some noise!" when the visiting team has the ball.

And yes, I leave the game hoarse from screaming, but I know what cheating is and this is much worse than under-inflated footballs.
Seattle does it too  
dpinzow : 2/1/2015 12:40 pm : link
but why aren't they disciplined for it
Maybe they should stop. It's making them suck.  
Trophy Husband : 2/1/2015 12:45 pm : link
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RE: Good teams  
BigBlueShock : 2/1/2015 12:46 pm : link
In comment 12117903 Big Blue '56 said:
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who visit, couldn't care less

Completely misses the point.
Good teams shouldn't care about slightly  
SomeFan : 2/1/2015 12:53 pm : link
deflated footballs either.
Crowd noise and juicing  
SomeFan : 2/1/2015 12:54 pm : link
have an impact not a slightly deflated football
RE: Crowd noise and juicing  
PhiPsi125 : 2/1/2015 12:59 pm : link
In comment 12117996 SomeFan said:
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have an impact not a slightly deflated football


How would you know? Seems to me that changing the football to make it easier to throw in the cold air would certainly impact the game.
RE: Crowd noise and juicing  
BigBlueShock : 2/1/2015 1:04 pm : link
In comment 12117996 SomeFan said:
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have an impact not a slightly deflated football

So, the ability to hold on to the football in inclement weather doesn't affect the game? I slightly deflated football is much, much easier to grip and hold onto.
RE: maybe atlanta will lose their 8th slot?  
bceagle05 : 2/1/2015 1:29 pm : link
In comment 12117935 fskfred said:
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..Maybe giants move up to #8????


Now that would be freaking fantastic.
The Seahawks claim they don't do it.  
GeofromNJ : 2/1/2015 1:58 pm : link
They say their fans have a tradition of screaming at the top of their lungs when the opposition has the ball and the shape of the upper deck bounces the sound back down to the field. It could be true. Attendees at last year's SB who had been in MetLife stadium before claim they never heard it so loud.
next  
natefit : 2/1/2015 2:22 pm : link
we'll be hearing how some team's visitors showers ran out of hot water.
Low attendance:  
old man : 2/1/2015 2:32 pm : link
artificial 12th man.
Atlanta sucks  
trueblueinpw : 2/1/2015 2:48 pm : link
One of the all time worst sports towns.
Man  
Mike in Long Beach : 2/1/2015 2:52 pm : link
Combine the Giants' lackluster season and all of the cheating going on in the game today... I dunno...
Which Came First in Seattle?  
clatterbuck : 2/1/2015 3:09 pm : link
The "tradition" of fans screaming at top of their lungs or a stadium designed to maximize noise? I'd like to know if/how that stadium is fine-tuned to enhance crowd noise. Could be a real scandal as opposed to a hysterical reaction to deflated footballs.
ever go  
TommyWiseau : 2/1/2015 3:16 pm : link
To a Redskins home game? They pipe in crown noise like crazy over there. Sat near a speaker, was deaf by the time I left there
If you're old enough  
sphinx : 2/4/2015 1:30 pm : link
you're used to artificial noise. I used to listen to Dodger away games broadcast on the radio. The announcer was not at the game but in a studio somewhere in NY. There would be a fake teletype machine in the background and the "crowd" would roar with every play ... at different decibels according to "good" plays or "bad" plays for the Dodgers. Fun times.

RE: Good teams  
BrettNYG10 : 2/4/2015 1:54 pm : link
In comment 12117903 Big Blue '56 said:
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who visit, couldn't care less


2007 Patriots:

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The National Football League cleared the Colts on Monday of complaints made by the Patriots — and first reported by Yahoo Sports — that the Colts had pumped artificial crowd noise into the RCA Dome during Sunday’s game.

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