I think it's a giant time waster and smear campaign. People already don't like the Pats for whatever reason and this just gave them an opportunity to throw stuff around at them. Anyways, I don't think it would have made any difference anyways. A few psi, probably, sure, that would have made a difference, but 1 psi? I don't see it. If it would have made a difference to the feel of the balls the refs would have noticed since they were constantly handling both teams balls and were able to compare. Hehe, handling and comparing their balls
I heard that they apparently used to until Peyton Manning and a group of other quarterbacks petitioned the league to change the rule so that teams provided the balls