So, here we are. A legendary quarterback and the GOAT accused of cheating and suspended for 4 games (at a personal cost of 2 million dollars and a tarnished legacy). A flagship franchise stripped of 2 draft picks and fined 1 million dollars despite the fact that the Wells Report cleared them of responsibility. Two low-level employees all-but-fired. All because of a report that suggests that air wasn't even let out of the footballs, unless you choose to find a way to twist the math.
To assign the level of scientific integrity that has been assigned to this study, I'd expect to have the pre-game measurements carefully recorded, along with the room temperature at the time of the recording. I'd also really expect for you to know which gauge you used to make this measurement. All other pressure measurements should only be made with gauges that are calibrated to the original pressure gauge. It'd be nice to know what the atmospheric pressure was at all times too. And the relative humidity. I know Exponent did their best to try to determine what these all probably were, but we don't know what they actually were at the times in question. For example, the room in which the balls were checked pre-game could have been 70°F normally, but what about if there are a dozen officials in the room? There are just so many factors that could be in play that change all of this, knowing solid numbers for everything that would affect these measurements is extremely important to the science.
None of this recording happened. And we are to assign a level of certainty to this process that passes scientific scrutiny? I'd bet even Bill Nye would agree that this is all a bit absurd.
