Full report is here: https://nfllabor.files.wordpress.co...s-re-footballs-used-during-afc-championsh.pdf
The specific language it uses is "more probable than not", which is enough for the NFL to conclude that a violation has occurred based on their policy:
Section 4 of the Policy provides that “[t]he standard of proof required to find that a violation of
the competitive rules has occurred shall be a Preponderance of the Evidence.” As the Policy
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makes clear, that “means that, as a whole, the fact sought to be proved is more probable than
not.”
So, any guesses as to the punishments?
The specific language it uses is "more probable than not", which is enough for the NFL to conclude that a violation has occurred based on their policy:
Section 4 of the Policy provides that “[t]he standard of proof required to find that a violation of
the competitive rules has occurred shall be a Preponderance of the Evidence.” As the Policy
23
makes clear, that “means that, as a whole, the fact sought to be proved is more probable than
not.”
So, any guesses as to the punishments?