The NFLPA announced that the league has decided to not question Patriots players about the deflated footballs used in the AFC title game before the Super Bowl on Sunday.
NFLPA head De Smith says league made decision it won't talk to #patriots players re ball inflation issue until post-SB
— shalise manza young (@shalisemyoung) January 29, 2015
Smith also said a union lawyer must be present whenever a player is interviewed by the league
— shalise manza young (@shalisemyoung) January 29, 2015
The entire Deflate-Gate topic has been an enormous distraction leading up to the Super Bowl, so I would say the league was trying to avoid distracting, but they have already created one. I will be glad when we are able to move past this entire issue, because this entire conversation about deflated footballs is old and I am tired of hearing about it. Unfortunately if New England does end up winning on Sunday we will probably continue to hear about this for the foreseeable future.