Here are facts about the Ted Wells report:
1) It doesn't include 99% of the interview with
Tom Brady
2) The "science expert" the league used ("Exponent") provided data actually contradicts the findings that the balls couldn't have deflated that much due to the temperature changes.
3) They claim that the Patriots science was flawed, though the science they used was the same science used by the Head of the Boston College Physics Department and a Professor out of Carnegie Mellon.. Both of whom are more prestigious in the world of Physics than the "expert" that the NFL used. And both of whom came out and said that the science the Patriots used was correct.
4) It shows that Goodell lied about when he knew about the Colts claims. His original interview said he didn't find out until after the AFCCG. The Wells report says that Goodell knew a full week before the game of the claims of impropriety.
5) It shows that the league did not notify the Patriots prior to the AFCCG of any claims of impropriety regarding the footballs, though league rules mandate that the Patriots were supposed to have been informed.
6) In conjunction with the previous, despite the league not informing the Patriots and Goodell lying about when he was notified, the Wells report claims that the league did no wrong..
7) The report claims that thirteen footballs were presented to the referees prior to the game for "inspection". Yet, the standard is to present only 12. And every report prior had said that the Patriots had only provided 12.
8) Most of the content from the various interviews was not provided.
9) They do acknowledge that Brady likes the balls to be at 12.5 to 12.6 psi. Which is the lower legal limit.
10) 3 of the 4 Colts footballs measured during half-time were measured to be below the 12.5 psi limit by one official.
11) All 4 of the Colts footballs tested post game tested below the allowed psi by one official. None of the Patriots balls that were tested post-game tested low after having been filled at half-time to 13.5 psi.
12) Glaring information missing from the measurement data? The time and temperature at which the measurements were made.
13) The league actually sent factually incorrect information to Kraft after the AFCCG that over-stated how badly under-flated the balls were.
This things are just the surface of why that report is laughable and that Brady and Yee should take the NFL to task..
