The New England Patriots’ claim that the footballs they used in last year’s AFC Championship game were underinflated as a result of natural pressure loss was shot down by a team of scientific consultants hired to assist the NFL investigation into the “Deflategate” scandal.
“The reduction in pressure of the Patriots game balls cannot be explained completely by basic scientific principles, such as the Ideal Gas Law, based on circumstances and conditions likely to have been present on the day of the AFC Championship Game,” read the report.
Criminal attorney Ted Wells, author of the report, enlisted the support of Exponent, described as “one of the leading scientific and engineering consulting firms in the country,” and Princeton University physics professor Daniel R.