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The National Football League has been the subject of multiple high-profile scandals involving competitive integrity, player conduct, and league governance. A dispute over the inflation level of game footballs used by the New England Patriots became a major league controversy known as Deflategate.

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Timeline

  1. 2015-01-18 · eventPatriots-Colts AFC Championship Game sparks football-inflation dispute
  2. 2015-05 · eventNFL fines Patriots and strips draft picks for Deflategate
  3. 2015-05 · eventNFL suspends Tom Brady four games over Deflategate
  4. 2015-05 · document_releaseWells Report on Deflategate released
  5. 2015-07 · eventRoger Goodell upholds Brady Deflategate suspension on appeal
  6. 2015-09 · eventFederal judge vacates Brady’s Deflategate suspension
  7. 2016 · eventBrady serves four-game Deflategate suspension to open season
  8. 2016-04 · eventFederal appeals court reinstates Brady Deflategate suspension
  9. 2016-07 · eventTom Brady drops further appeal and accepts Deflategate suspension
  10. 2016-09 · document_releaseDartmouth study on Deflategate conspiracy beliefs published
  11. 2024 · investigationCalifornia and New York AGs open probe of NFL workplace practices and culture

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