True, Chuck, though in DGPT's defense at least they polled touring pros. Those players haven't done a formal scientific study but at least they have a volume of anecdotal evidence, having played lots of courses, and tend to putt better than, say, people like me. And whether or not they're right about the baskets' catching performances, they seem to know what they like, and don't.
As opposed to, say, people like myself, who may have played on a lot of baskets but predominantly on 1 or 2 models, and who like to blame the baskets for not catching our not-quite-accurate putts.
I might question the need for a higher standard on baskets, but it's not my show.