i am not a fan of the Patriots.
I am also not a fan of the NFL and its process of investigating and policing itself. This entire investigation has more holes in it, than the targets at any given police academy.
But what the hell is going on with Walt Anderson?
Before the game, Anderson used 1 gauge to approve the footballs. Anderson thinks it was the Wilson gauge, but is not sure. Guess its his age.
After the Colts complained at half, Anderson used 2 gauges. One measured the 11 Patriot footballs low. The other gauge measured them on the high end.
I think it matters which of those 2 gauges Anderson used before the game started, and that theaverage measurement at half was not substantially low for the NE footballs.
Wells says the gauges do not matter.
[h=1]Deflategate investigators say it doesn’t matter which gauge was used[/h] Posted by Michael David Smith on May 12, 2015, 2:39 PM EDT
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On the key question of which gauge was used by referee Walt Anderson to test the PSI levels of the footballs used in the AFC Championship Game,
Deflategate investigator Ted Wells punted.
Instead, on a conference call today, Wells turned that question over to his partner, Lorin Reisner. And Reisner then claimed that it doesn’t matter.
“The question of which gauge was used by Walt Anderson before the game — it just doesn’t effect any of the ultimate conclusions,” Reisner said. “The difference in the pressure drops between the two teams was found to be statistically significant regardless of the gauge used.”
But why, when Anderson says his best recollection is that he used a gauge with a Wilson logo on it, does the Deflategate report conclude that Anderson actually used a different gauge?
“It really doesn’t matter because regardless of which gauges were used, the scientific consultants addressed all the permutations in the analysis,” Reisner said.
That’s an odd answer. The two gauges that were used to measure the PSI levels of the footballs on that Sunday in January came up with different measurements, and it’s necessary to know the precise PSI levels of the footballs to know whether there was a rules violation at all. Determining which pressure gauge Anderson used seems important, and that’s a determination the investigators weren’t able to make.
I am also not a fan of the NFL and its process of investigating and policing itself. This entire investigation has more holes in it, than the targets at any given police academy.
But what the hell is going on with Walt Anderson?
Before the game, Anderson used 1 gauge to approve the footballs. Anderson thinks it was the Wilson gauge, but is not sure. Guess its his age.
After the Colts complained at half, Anderson used 2 gauges. One measured the 11 Patriot footballs low. The other gauge measured them on the high end.
I think it matters which of those 2 gauges Anderson used before the game started, and that theaverage measurement at half was not substantially low for the NE footballs.
Wells says the gauges do not matter.
[h=1]Deflategate investigators say it doesn’t matter which gauge was used[/h] Posted by Michael David Smith on May 12, 2015, 2:39 PM EDT
On the key question of which gauge was used by referee Walt Anderson to test the PSI levels of the footballs used in the AFC Championship Game,
Deflategate investigator Ted Wells punted.
Instead, on a conference call today, Wells turned that question over to his partner, Lorin Reisner. And Reisner then claimed that it doesn’t matter.
“The question of which gauge was used by Walt Anderson before the game — it just doesn’t effect any of the ultimate conclusions,” Reisner said. “The difference in the pressure drops between the two teams was found to be statistically significant regardless of the gauge used.”
But why, when Anderson says his best recollection is that he used a gauge with a Wilson logo on it, does the Deflategate report conclude that Anderson actually used a different gauge?
“It really doesn’t matter because regardless of which gauges were used, the scientific consultants addressed all the permutations in the analysis,” Reisner said.
That’s an odd answer. The two gauges that were used to measure the PSI levels of the footballs on that Sunday in January came up with different measurements, and it’s necessary to know the precise PSI levels of the footballs to know whether there was a rules violation at all. Determining which pressure gauge Anderson used seems important, and that’s a determination the investigators weren’t able to make.
