[Amnorix]

First, Stephen A. Smith. Who said it was "something he heard". I'll await a somewhat more reliable source thanks.

Second, this case has become much more about power and perception than about justice, fairness or science.

Amusingly, meanwhile, the NFL has dramatically revised procedures around game ball handling and measurement, tacitly admitting that it had lousy procedures in place before, and certainly that it has no real way of knowing how the real world has affected game ball PSI for the last 70 years. It will be especially interesting to see if a year of data exonerates the Patriots.