Obama on Deflate-gate: NFL Should Not Let Teams Prepare Their Own Footballs

GUTHRIE: "I don't know if this makes it into your presidential briefing book, but have you been following deflate-gate? And do you have an opinion about whether the Patriots cheated?" 
OBAMA: "Here's what I know. The Patriots were going to beat the Colts regardless of what the football looked like. The one thing I did not realize and I'll bet most fans didn't, was that each team prepares its own footballs and brings them to the game. I don't think there's any other sport like that. So I'm assuming one of the things the NFL's going to be doing, just to avoid any of these controversies is figuring out how the officials are in charge of the footballs from start to finish." 
GUTHRIE: "But if it happened, do you think it's cheating?" 
OBAMA: "I think if you break the rules, then you break the rules."