Is it science or cheating? That has been the big question for a lot of football fans for the previous four months. It only takes one word for football fans to either roll their eyes or start an argument. What is this I am talking about? Deflategate.
What is Deflategate? Deflategate is an American football controversy. A team is suspected of cheating by lowering the air pressure of the football, making it easier to grip. According to Gregory DiLisi et al, “Athletes and physicists have since agreed that using underinflated footballs gives several unfair advantages to the offensive team.” Why is it that one word sends football fans into some sort of frenzy? The main reason it sends everyone into a frenzy is because of the team that is suspected …show more content…
The report given by Theodore V. Wells Jr., Brad S. Karp, Lorin L. Reisner states that “There was no deliberate attempt by the Patriots to introduce to the playing field a non-approved ball during the AFC Championship Game” (Wells). That statement alone makes a lot of people wonder if there was ever any cheating.
This debate has even caused younger generations to take action. One high school chemistry teacher and her students came up with a project to test if the footballs can naturally deflate. The main question asked in this project is “Could the underinflated footballs used by the New England Patriots have been caused by environmental conditions during the game?” (Megonigal). They tested what they knew about gases and how they react in several weather conditions. In the report given by Wells et all “Basic thermodynamics, including principles such as the Ideal Gas Law, the temperature, and pressure inside a football will drop when it is brought from a warmer environment into a colder environment and rise when brought back into warmer …show more content…
The suspension is more than what Ray Rice received for domestic violence on his wife. His suspension was only two games. How could they give the New England Patriots quarterback a longer suspension for probably cheating when someone who was found guilty of domestic violence only be given a two game suspension? To me, there is not enough conclusive evidence to suspend Tom Brady and also make the New England Patriots give forfeit their first round pick in the 2016 NFL Draft. The NFL should take more time thinking about punishments given. A domestic violence case is deserving of a harsher penalty than probably cheating. These professionals are role models for younger kids. With these punishments, they are saying that they would rather have someone beat a female than to probably cheat. Both of these are bad but with there not being conclusive evidence to prove the New England Patriots did cheat their penalties are
What is Deflategate? Deflategate is an American football controversy. A team is suspected of cheating by lowering the air pressure of the football, making it easier to grip. According to Gregory DiLisi et al, “Athletes and physicists have since agreed that using underinflated footballs gives several unfair advantages to the offensive team.” Why is it that one word sends football fans into some sort of frenzy? The main reason it sends everyone into a frenzy is because of the team that is suspected …show more content…
The report given by Theodore V. Wells Jr., Brad S. Karp, Lorin L. Reisner states that “There was no deliberate attempt by the Patriots to introduce to the playing field a non-approved ball during the AFC Championship Game” (Wells). That statement alone makes a lot of people wonder if there was ever any cheating.
This debate has even caused younger generations to take action. One high school chemistry teacher and her students came up with a project to test if the footballs can naturally deflate. The main question asked in this project is “Could the underinflated footballs used by the New England Patriots have been caused by environmental conditions during the game?” (Megonigal). They tested what they knew about gases and how they react in several weather conditions. In the report given by Wells et all “Basic thermodynamics, including principles such as the Ideal Gas Law, the temperature, and pressure inside a football will drop when it is brought from a warmer environment into a colder environment and rise when brought back into warmer …show more content…
The suspension is more than what Ray Rice received for domestic violence on his wife. His suspension was only two games. How could they give the New England Patriots quarterback a longer suspension for probably cheating when someone who was found guilty of domestic violence only be given a two game suspension? To me, there is not enough conclusive evidence to suspend Tom Brady and also make the New England Patriots give forfeit their first round pick in the 2016 NFL Draft. The NFL should take more time thinking about punishments given. A domestic violence case is deserving of a harsher penalty than probably cheating. These professionals are role models for younger kids. With these punishments, they are saying that they would rather have someone beat a female than to probably cheat. Both of these are bad but with there not being conclusive evidence to prove the New England Patriots did cheat their penalties are