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Professor MacKinnon has no business or personal relationship with the Patriots. When news of the investigation became public, he offered his scientific expertise to the team.
The Wells report concluded “within the range of likely game conditions and circumstances studied, they could identify no set of credible environmental or physical factors that completely accounts for the Patriots halftime measurements or for the additional loss in air pressure exhibited by the Patriots game balls, as compared to the loss in air pressure exhibited by the Colts game balls”. I do not agree with this conclusion. Let me explain why.
In summary I believe the data available on ball pressures can be explained on the basis of physical law, without manipulation. The scientific analysis in the Wells Report was a good attempt to seek the truth, however, it was based on data that are simply insufficient. In experimental science to reach a meaningful conclusion we make measurements multiple times under well-defined physical conditions. This is how we deal with the error or ‘spread’ of measured values. In the pressure measurements physical conditions were not very well-defined and major uncertainties, such as which gauge was used in pre-game measurements, affect conclusions. Finally, the claim of a statistically significant difference in pressure drop between the two team balls regardless of which gauge was used did not account for the fact that the Colts balls were apparently measured at the end of halftime since the officials ran out of time and made only four measurements – in other words, the Colts balls were measured after the Patriots balls and had warmed up more. For the above reasons, the Wells Report conclusion that physical law cannot explain the pressures is incorrect.
Wow... I just perused the letter from D. Gardi to Kraft.
Near the bottom, he lies about a Patriots football at 10.1 psi when the NFL knew the actual recordings at the half and there were no footballs measured that low.
Furthermore, he lies again when he claims the Colts footballs all met the requirements when 3 actually came in under 12.5 psi and the other ball may have been gauged improperly...
Unreal...
A Nobel Laureate craps on the Wells report and the League:
http://wellsreportcontext.com/mackinnons-scientific-conclusion/
Nobel Laureate Roderick MacKinnon > > Bill Nye the Science Guy
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