ESPN: Patriots Attendant Attempted to Put Unapproved Football in AFC Championship Game
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Doug Pensinger/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The New England Patriots have won Super Bowl XLIX, but the “Deflate-gate” non-troversy plods along.
According to “Outside the Lines,” 48-year-old Jim McNally, a Patriots locker room assistant, attempted to insert a non-approved kicking ball into the AFC Championship game.
The referee assigned to the game, Walt Anderson, followed standard procedure by marking footballs during pre-game inspection. McNally attempted to hand a non-marked football to alternate official Greg Yettle on the sideline during the game.
Yettle found the practice to be odd, as locker room attendants do not have ball handling responsibilities during the game. Yettle then informed Mike Kensil, the NFL vice president of football operations, who was residing at the stadium in the press box.
The NFL is currently investigating the incident.
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