Leave it to a 7th-grade science project to finally prove Tom Brady's innocence in the "Deflategate" scandal.
Ben Goodell, no relation to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, showed in his science project that footballs he tested and subjected to different weather conditions lost pressure.
The project, "How weather conditions affect PSI of a football," won Outstanding Project Award at the February science fair, according to The Daily Item.
"Every single time I did this test the PSI dropped at least 2 PSI," Goodell, 12, a student at St. Pius V Elementary School, told Boston.com. "That means it was scientifically proven that Tom Brady didn't deflate the footballs, and it was just the weather conditions."
Brady was given a four-game suspension after footballs for the AFC title game were far below the league-regulated pressure. The suspension was overturned by a federal judge and is still working its way through appeals.
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