This case was dishonest from the start. It was dishonest when the NFL leaked false numbers about the deflation level of the Patriots' balls and never corrected the record. It was dishonest when the league employed Exponent, a junk science firm with a record of bending research on second-hand smoke and asbestos to suit clients. It was dishonest when the Wells Report published Exponent's faulty measurements and omitted clear evidence that the footballs in question were most likely deflated by the cold weather and rain. It was dishonest when the NFL ignored an outcry from the mainstream scientific community - including engineers at Carnegie Mellon, the University of Chicago, Rockefeller University and MIT - that Exponent's shoddy methods didn't add up. MIT engineer John Leonard has demonstrated that the Indianapolis Colts' balls were as much out of range as the Patriots' and calls it "an open and shut case" that there was no tampering.