NFL Finds Patriots Used Deflated Balls In First Half, Then Reinflated Them

[Little Star]

The National Football League on Friday said that a preliminary investigation found that the New England Patriots used under-inflated footballs during the first half of their AFC Championship victory over the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday.

“While the evidence thus far supports the conclusion that footballs that were under-inflated were used by the Patriots in the first half, the footballs were properly inflated for the second half and confirmed at the conclusion of the game to have remained properly inflated,” the league said in a news release, its first on deflate-gate.

The NFL also said the investigation is being led by NFL Executive Vice President Jeff Pash and attorney Ted Wells of the law firm of Paul Weiss. Wells was brought on to offer an independent perspective, according to the release.

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