Robert_Downey_Jr. said:
you act as if the media portrays this in an anti -Patriots manner. Make no mistake they like to brush over this stuff and only cover it for as long as they have to before saying stuff like "say what you will...but Tom Brady is now the greatest QB ever" unless you choose to ignore these never-ending scandals you can't but at LEAST put an asterisk next to their SBs. They are the new age White Sox as far as tarnished legacies go. |
Sorry, the Science just doesn't follow. And the company that the NFL and Paul Tagliabue hired to double check the facts on the Saints case (Which resulted in an overturning of the penalties), has analysed the Wells Report and found:
"Our findings are as follows. First, the Wells report contains sufficient data to explore the question of whether the Patriots deflated their footballs using statistical techniques. Second, the Wells report’s statistical analysis cannot be replicated by performing the analysis as described in the report. Third, the Wells report’s results can (for the most part) be replicated when we use a different, flawed modeling approach that fundamentally differs from the approach described in the report. Fourth, the Wells report failed to recognize the importance of the logical link between two of its areas of inquiry: whether the Patriots balls were deflated more than the Colts balls, and whether the Patriots balls were at a pressure that could be explained without recourse to wrongdoing by the Patriots. When correct tests are performed, the evidence points to a conclusion that is inconsistent with the Wells findings. Our evidence suggests a specific sequence of events. The Wells report conclusions are likely incorrect, and a simple misunderstanding appears to have led the NFL to these incorrect conclusions."
It's not that the media is anti-Patriots, per-se, it's that the media is a bunch of fucking retards, and that most people, including football fans, are so scientifically illiterate, it's a wonder people don't walk around thinking their cellphones are magic. You want to see why the Wells Report bothers me so much? And why the NFL's penalty to the Patriots is concerning to say the least? Read their analysis:
https://www.aei.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/On-the-Wells-report.pdf
They actually provide tables, they provide an analysis of all 4 guage use possibilities, unlike Wells. And they've found that you simply cannot come to the conclusions that Wells did, given a thorough scientific investigation. I've got no problems with hanging a team, or player out to dry if you can prove they did something. However, the Wells Report proved that the NFL basically knows nothing about the games they run. Very likely due to the fact that any game, played in cold, or hot weather, would've used balls at an illegal pressure, at some point or another during the game.
