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Deflategate investigation: Tom Brady ‘generally aware’ of balls being under-inflated

The lengthy investigation into the New England Patriots allegedly tampering with footballs was released on Wednesday, and good luck to you if you can get through all 139 pages of it. The main takeaway from Ted Wells’ findings is that the Patriots likely deflated footballs intentionally, and Tom Brady probably knew about it.

Wells wrote that it is “more probable than not” that Patriots employees participated in cheating before the AFC Championship Game. The report also concluded that it is “more probable than not” that Brady was “generally aware of the inappropriate activities” of two equipment managers.