In the red state/blue state mindset that has engulfed pro football fandom, many think no one can have an opinion without that opinion being in some way compromised. And so it’s no surprise that those who view #DeflateGate through an anti-Patriots prism instantly looked for some basis for smearing the American Enterprise Institute, which has deemed the Ted Wells report to be “unreliable.”
Some have suggested that AEI was merely serving one of its masters, since AEI receives funding from the Kraft Foundation. And that indeed would be a potentially problematic connection — if, of course, the Kraft Foundation had any connection with the Krafts who own the Patriots.