{"id":5032,"date":"2016-05-25T08:04:44","date_gmt":"2016-05-25T15:04:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spijue.wpengine.com\/news\/engineering-physics-professors-weigh-in-on-brady-appeal\/"},"modified":"2016-05-25T08:04:44","modified_gmt":"2016-05-25T15:04:44","slug":"engineering-physics-professors-weigh-in-on-brady-appeal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/sports\/engineering-physics-professors-weigh-in-on-brady-appeal\/","title":{"rendered":"Engineering, physics professors weigh in on Brady appeal"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK<\/strong> \u2014 Nearly two dozen engineering and physics professors weighed in Tuesday with a federal appeals court being asked to review New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady\u2019s four-game suspension for \u201cDeflategate.\u201d<\/p>\n

Papers filed with the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said these experts believe the 2nd Circuit\u2019s ruling upholding the suspension lacks any scientific proof and the appeals judges should reconsider an April decision that reinstated Brady\u2019s suspension.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the name of science, we support the petition for rehearing,\u201d the papers said.<\/p>\n

The documents said it was no surprise to any scientist when the NFL discovered that the Patriots\u2019 footballs had lost pressure when New England routed the Indianapolis Colts 45-7 in the 2015 AFC Championship game. They said deflation happens naturally when a closed vessel such as a football moves from a warm environment to a cold one.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is not tampering. It is science. And it pervades the NFL. Games routinely are played with footballs that fall below the league\u2019s minimum pressure requirement,\u201d the papers said. \u201cCourts should not be powerless to consider the absence of scientific proof when a proceeding is so interlaced with laws of science.\u201d<\/p>\n

The legal brief was filed on behalf of 21 professors from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of California, Berkeley, University of Michigan, Stanford University, University of Southern California, University of Delaware, Purdue University, University of Pennsylvania, Boston College and the University of Minnesota.<\/p>\n

The filing came a day after lawyers for Brady and the NFL Players Association asked the appeals court to reconsider the ruling by a three-judge panel that found the NFL acted properly in suspending Brady last year. The suspension had been rejected by a lower court judge last September, but the 2nd Circuit panel reversed that ruling.<\/p>\n

The controversy that was dubbed \u201cDeflategate\u201d has raged since before the Patriots won the Super Bowl last year.<\/p>\n

Lawyers for Brady and his union are hoping the three-judge panel that reinstated his suspension reconsiders its 2-to-1 ruling or that the full court of 13 judges will vote to rehear the case.<\/p>\n

The full appeals court in Manhattan has heard only a handful of cases since the turn of the century, and it is unclear how soon the 2nd Circuit might respond to the request for a rehearing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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