I'm maybe too obtuse to see it...I can't find the "controversy"...I can see bits where the "established academics" might dismiss due to the contradictory nature(IMO...and this might just be due to my lack of understanding) of some sentences...but nothing controversial (again IMO) obvious. Perhaps the amount of hours spent and the areas covered over this 8 year period seems, to the academics, insufficient....Just an idea. You might well be right and because you aren't of their "status" perhaps they are dismissing you as an interfering amateur.....If I've read the report wrong I'd appreciate the controversial bits cut & pasted in bold....cheers