Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  (CNN) Ka tīmata te NFL Draft i te 30 o Aperira, ā, i te wā kei runga i te karaka ngā Tampa Bay Buccaneers me te kōwhiringa tuatahi, kei te haere tonu te karaka mō tētahi atu kapa - ko ngā New England Patriots - i a rātou e tatari ana ki ngā hua o te "Deflategate" rangahau, kua roa kē atu i te toru marama. I te marama o Hanuere, i whakarewahia e te NFL he tirotirohanga mo nga Patriots ki te whakatau he aha te 11 o nga poari 12 i tukuna e ratou mo te whakataetae AFC Championship i raro i te paahitanga. I utua e te riiki te roia a Ted Wells - nāna hoki i tirotirohia te taupatupatu whakaeke a Miami Dolphins - hei whakahaere i te tirotirohanga. Kei te āwhina a Jeff Pash, te tumuaki tuarua o te NFL me te kaitohutohu matua, i a Wells i roto i te mahi. Kua whakawhiwhia hoki e te riiki a Renaissance Associates, he kamupene rangahau whai pūkenga matatau, hei āwhina i te arotake i ngā mōhiohio hiko me ngā ataata. Engari e toru marama i muri mai, kaore ano kia marama ka oti te rangahau, a, ka whakapuakina nga kitenga. "Kāore mātou i whakatakoto i tētahi wā mō Ted Wells", i kī te Komihana NFL a Roger Goodell i te 25 o Maehe. "Kua tonoa e mātou kia tino tika, kia oti, ā, ina oti i a ia, ka hoatu e ia ki a mātou, ki te iwi whānui hoki". I te Mane, i tae atu a CNN ki a Wells me te NFL mo te whakahou i te rangahau engari kaore ano kia rongo. I te Hanuere 18, i whiua e nga Patriots nga Indianapolis Colts 45-7 ki te eke ki te Super Bowl. I eke rātou ki te 28 o ā rātou tohu i te haurua tuarua - i muri i te whakapiki a ngā kaiwhakahaere i ngā pōro ki te pēhanga ture - nō reira kāore pea i nui te rerekētanga o te pēhanga pōro ki te putanga o te kēmu. I te marama o Hui-tanguru, i kii te Kaiwhakahaere Matua o Colts a Ryan Grigson i te NFL Combine i Indianapolis i mua o te whakataetae AFC Championship, i whakamohio tana kapa ki te riiki mo ona awangawanga mo nga whutupaoro. "I haere mātou ki te kēmu, i whai take mātou, engari ka mahi mātou i ta mātou e taea ai, ā, ko te whai wāhi atu ki te riiki me te rangahau, me te tatari kia puta mai ra ano te pūrongo a Wells", i kī a Grigson i te Hui-tanguru...
Kei te tirotirohia e te NFL he aha i iti ai te pupuhi o nga poipoi i whakawhiwhia e nga New England Patriots mo te whakataetae toa. Kāore i te mārama i te wā ka oti ai te rangahau a te roia a Ted Wells. E mea ana ngā patereona e whai ana rātou i ngā ture me te tūmanako kia whakatikaia, kia whiwhi ki tētahi amuamu.