Dr Pain
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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/28/s...r-patriots-deflated-footballs.html?ref=sports
"William Zajc, another Columbia physicist who was aware of the request by Reisner, said that he was tempted to field the questions because of all the flawed physics discussions he had seen in news media reports.
“I’m amused,” Zajc said of the query. But in the end, he said, “I didn’t do it.”
Zajc said he believed there was little chance that atmospheric effects alone could account for the discrepancies in the football pressure.
“I think it’s more likely than not that they were manipulated,” Zajc said."
gee can they try it in the lab perhaps?
"William Zajc, another Columbia physicist who was aware of the request by Reisner, said that he was tempted to field the questions because of all the flawed physics discussions he had seen in news media reports.
“I’m amused,” Zajc said of the query. But in the end, he said, “I didn’t do it.”
Zajc said he believed there was little chance that atmospheric effects alone could account for the discrepancies in the football pressure.
“I think it’s more likely than not that they were manipulated,” Zajc said."
gee can they try it in the lab perhaps?