NFL official fired for stealing AFC Championship football". Youtube. February 18, 2015 . Retrieved February 23, 2015. Gantt, Darin (May 11, 2015). "The Deflator, Pats equipment assistant suspended indefinitely". NBC Sports . Retrieved May 11, 2015. Many Patriots fans and New England media members assailed the report for its ambiguous allegations, including phrases such as "more probable than not" and "generally aware" in relation to Brady's knowledge of the situation, and the report's minimization of the NFL's wrongdoing in relation to the air pressure of the footballs. [40] Many New England fans were furious at ESPN, especially at Chris Mortensen, for broadcasting news stories that were seen as painting the Patriots in a negative light. [41] Mark Brunell and Jerome Bettis strongly criticized Brady on ESPN, saying that based on their playing experience, it was unlikely that the balls had been underinflated without Brady's awareness. [42]

Deflategate fatigue: Media have a field day with NFL scandal". MSN Sports. Archived from the original on November 17, 2015 . Retrieved October 21, 2015. What really happened during Deflategate? Five years later, the NFL's 'scandal' aged poorly". ESPN.com. January 18, 2020 . Retrieved February 27, 2020. I spent a year washing dishes and scrubbing toilets. Then I landed a job in Atlanta coaching elite girls’ football. As I had played in college, they waived the training requirements for me. I loved my team and I soon got used to a life of privilege again. Football became about winning – about having the best and being the best, above anything else. Mark Maske (August 18, 2015). "As DeflateGate fatigue descends, Tom Brady's court case rolls on sans settlement". The Washington Post . Retrieved October 21, 2015. DeflateGate weariness has set in, both inside and outside the NFL. Volin, Ben (March 3, 2016). "Brady's lawyer feels pressure from judges". The Boston Globe . Retrieved April 26, 2016.The report illustrateda period of 1 minute,40 seconds when McNally took approved footballs into the bathroom before the 2014 AFC title game asthe allegedtime and location of thedeflation.McNally's time spent in the bathroom"was a sufficient period to deflate thirteen footballs using a needle," the report said,citing an accompanyingstudy from the engineering and scientific consulting firm Exponent. a b Orr, Conor (July 15, 2016). "Tom Brady won't further pursue suspension appeal". NFL.com. NFL Enterprises, LLC . Retrieved July 15, 2016.

McNally later said he regularly took footballs into the bathroom before games, but the report did not find those claims plausible. Dan Wetzel (January 22, 2015). "Most troubling news out of Tom Brady's deflate-gate comments: NFL hasn't talked to QB". Yahoo! Sports. Frank Schwab (January 22, 2015). "The five most unbelievable opinions about the deflate-gate controversy". Yahoo! Sports . Retrieved February 27, 2015. We test them. It's 12.5 to 13.5. We put 13 in every ball. ... Dean tested a couple in the office and had one underinflated and one to specs, and you really couldn't tell the difference unless you actually sat there and tried to squeeze the thing or did some extraordinary thing. If someone just tossed you the ball, especially in 20 degree weather, you're going to pretty much play with the ball. They are going to be hard. You're not going to notice the difference. [34]Fitzgerald, Matt (February 18, 2015). "NFL Refutes Report That Official Was Fired for Selling Deflategate Ball". Bleacher Report . Retrieved December 18, 2018. Using the equation above, 72 degrees F for room temperature, and an atmospheric pressure of 14.59 psi measured in the Boston area at the start of the AFC Championship, a ball with only an initial 11.5 psi at room temperature would measure at an acceptable 12.5 psi if the measurement occurred while the air in the ball was still at about 92 degrees.

The 2019 Women’s World Cup: In a match between France and Brazil during the 2019 Women’s World Cup, the match ball deflated in the 37th minute of the game. The referee stopped the match to allow a new ball to be brought onto the pitch, but not before the incident caused frustration and confusion among the players and fans. That football match changed everything about how I define success’ … Luma Mufleh at the school. Photograph: Courtesy of Fugees Family In a series of text messages detailed in the report, McNally at one point refers to himself as "the deflator" in a text to Jastremski in May 2014. Newspaper headline writers have been having fun with this over in the US, while chat show hosts such as Conan O'Brien, Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel have predictably taken aim. Goodell, Roger (June 12, 2015). "Final Decision on Article 46 Appeal of Tom Brady" (PDF). NFL.com. NFL Enterprises, LLC . Retrieved September 20, 2015.

How to Check Your Football’s Air Pressure

Tom Brady's suspension appeal is in federal court". CBS News. July 30, 2015 . Retrieved July 31, 2015. If I had to stake my reputation and my career on it, the Patriots' balls match the ideal gas law prediction, and I don't know why people can't get that." — John Leonard, "Taking the Measure of Deflategate" @ 47:37