Mr. Barthold ran an experiment in which he eliminated some major tax expenditures and measured how much of a rate reduction that would permit while remaining revenue neutral.
Mr Prescott insisted all the claims would be investigated, but added it had already led to a major increase in turnout in those areas taking part in the experiment.
The field then suffered a major setback when an Arizona teenager died in a gene therapy experiment in 1999 and two French boys with SCID developed leukemia in 2002.
The game launches on Thursday, and the participation of a major brand like the NFL here means this will be a closely watched experiment of how successful the online business model Quick Hit uses will be.
As New Orleans has just become the first major city to suspend a daily printed newspaper, the city has become somewhat of a social experiment in testing the relevance of print and the written word.