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Depends which thermometer you used
So 2 things:
- If this is important, why don't the gauges match each other league-wide?
- If this is important, why didn't the ref write down anything about his observations?
- Finally, if this is supposed to be a "fact finding" report, what "fact" - other than the pre-arrived conclusion - supports flipping the only testimony you actually have on which gauge the official was using, the official's own testimony on the subject?
I half expect Walt Anderson to appear in a press conference defending the Wells "Report," blinking "torture" in morse code.
Because the conclusion came first then the fact finding, or fact manipulation came later.
To your first part, I don't agree, because in the leagues eyes, its not psi that is important, its a scheme to violate rules to gain an advantage. And I get that. Had the Patriots actually developed a scheme to get balls down to 11 psi because Brady felt he threw a ball below spec psi better than one at the requirement, and they manipulated the system to trick the ref into approving the ball the snuck off and deflated it, they woul deserve the penalties they got. Of course the problem is they didn't do that.