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A 10-year-old kid won a science fair by proving Tom Brady is a cheater
Yahoo Sports ^ | January 24, 2019 | Liz Roscher

Posted on 01/24/2019 5:58:12 PM PST by EdnaMode

Some kids make baking soda and vinegar volcanoes for their science fair projects. Others find a way to turn their passion into a science fair project.

Meet Ace Davis, a 10-year-old kid from Lexington, Kentucky who created a science fair project about Tom Brady. While kids in New England might be trying to figure out how to scientifically prove that Brady is the greatest quarterback who ever lived, Ace decided to go in a different direction. He created a science fair project that proves that Brady is a cheater.

Ace sought to prove that Brady was a cheater through science. He wanted to show that deflated footballs gave Brady a competitive advantage. On his poster, he included the results of experiments he did with his mom and sister. Each of them threw footballs of varying inflation, and he measured the distance of each one and calculated the average. He found that the least inflated football traveled the farthest, therefore giving Brady a competitive advantage.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Education; Science; Sports
KEYWORDS: acedavis; brady; deflategate; football; local; nfl; patriots; society; tombrady
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To: yesthatjallen

Each team uses their own footballs.


21 posted on 01/24/2019 6:13:58 PM PST by shotgun
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To: EdnaMode

File this under:
How to get your ass kicked when you’re 10 years old.

Made me think of this oldie but goodie.

https://rense.com/general79/jcpenny.htm


22 posted on 01/24/2019 6:14:07 PM PST by logitech
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To: dfwgator

Yo,bi*** !!!!!!!!!!!!

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23 posted on 01/24/2019 6:15:07 PM PST by Mears
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To: hoagy62

If the refs would have called defensive holding on Browner who had Kearse by tge shoulder pads it wouldn’t have mattered...


24 posted on 01/24/2019 6:15:53 PM PST by shotgun
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To: hoagy62

If the refs would have called defensive holding on Browner who had Kearse by tge shoulder pads it wouldn’t have mattered...


25 posted on 01/24/2019 6:15:53 PM PST by shotgun
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To: yesthatjallen

Yeah no kidding, the science project proved this as well. They all threw farther with a deflated ball, so the other teams qb would throw farther too.

Idiots. How is it cheating if both sides get to use the same ball?


26 posted on 01/24/2019 6:15:59 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: EdnaMode

Since Deflategate, Brady’s completion % is 66.5 vs. 64% for his career. That, FRiend, is settled science!


27 posted on 01/24/2019 6:16:39 PM PST by jjotto (Next week, BOOM!, for sure!)
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To: Trump_the_Evil_Left
Be real, this is a totally UNscientific b.s. project.

He'd fit right in with Global Warming "scientists".

28 posted on 01/24/2019 6:16:58 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: yesthatjallen

It would be an advantage if it was intentional and both teams used the same ball. If you accept that under inflated balls travel further, the QB would have to practice with them in order to develop the right touch or feel to accurately target the receiver. Otherwise he would tend to over throw them. So it would hurt the opposing QB, causing overthrown passes. It would also imply it was no accident, that in order to be effective Brady would have had to practice. What would really make a difference is a quantification of the difference. I’m sure altitude, temperature, humidity, wind, all affect passing performance too. Would a QB even notice the difference due to pressure changes amid all the other influences?


29 posted on 01/24/2019 6:17:06 PM PST by ThunderSleeps ( Be ready!)
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To: willyd
Which step did he miss?

The question? Did Brady cheat?

Background research? Where the balls under-inflated?

Hypothesis? Do under inflated balls travel further?

Test with an experiment. Multiple levels of inflation thrown by different people, log distance vs pressure vs thrower.

Procedure working? Yes they were all capable of throwing the ball, the distances and pressures were able to be measured.

Analyze data and draw conclusions. Data shows that under inflated balls travel farther for each thrower. Therefore under-inflated balls give an advantage.

Results align with hypothesis.

Communicate results, well DUH, that's what he did!

30 posted on 01/24/2019 6:17:33 PM PST by null and void (Build the wall, or don't get paid at all.)
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To: EdnaMode

What’s always puzzled me about this is, if a QB can throw a football better with a little less air pressure, why not let all teams’ QBs use a ball inflated to grip and throw best for them?

Are the the NFL rules intended to make the QBs less effective and efficient?


31 posted on 01/24/2019 6:18:33 PM PST by Will88 (The only people opposing voter ID are those benefiting from voter fraud.)
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To: shotgun

I guess football gods figured it needed to be posed twice.


32 posted on 01/24/2019 6:18:48 PM PST by shotgun
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To: EdnaMode
Q. If you could share a message with Tom Brady what would you say to him?

A. Gimme some of your money, you don’t deserve it.

Yes, this kid is a budding Democrat for sure!

33 posted on 01/24/2019 6:19:04 PM PST by SamAdams76
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To: noiseman
Ummmm, isn't that precisely what was proved?

By SCIENCE!

34 posted on 01/24/2019 6:19:06 PM PST by null and void (Build the wall, or don't get paid at all.)
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To: EdnaMode

On his poster, he included the results of experiments he did with his mom and sister.

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Gee, what a surprise. Dad wasn’t around to help.


35 posted on 01/24/2019 6:20:41 PM PST by bramps (It's the Islam, stupid!)
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To: shotgun

Do they switch balls at every interception?


36 posted on 01/24/2019 6:21:29 PM PST by yesthatjallen
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To: null and void

Sorry, my wording was awkward. I meant that the fact that Brady is a cheater is now settled science.


37 posted on 01/24/2019 6:22:26 PM PST by noiseman (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.`)
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To: EdnaMode

Why should they?

Everyone ignored an MIT professor, and a student at Worcester tech when they demonstrated how temperature affects ball inflation.

Roger Goodell ignored deflated balls in a Steelers game the following year.


38 posted on 01/24/2019 6:22:45 PM PST by CTyank
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To: null and void

Agreed...The Fair is about learning scientific METHOD... not just super technical topics.


39 posted on 01/24/2019 6:23:01 PM PST by SomeCallMeTim ( The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them!it)
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To: noiseman
Good, we are on the same page!
40 posted on 01/24/2019 6:24:24 PM PST by null and void (Build the wall, or don't get paid at all.)
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