Ka taƙaita labarin:  (CNN) Za a fara zaben NFL a ranar 30 ga Afrilu, kuma yayin da Tampa Bay Buccaneers ke kan agogo tare da zabin lamba 1 gaba ɗaya, agogon har yanzu yana aiki ga wata ƙungiyar - New England Patriots - yayin da suke jiran sakamakon binciken "Deflategate", wanda ya riga ya wuce fiye da watanni uku. A watan Janairu, NFL ta kaddamar da bincike kan 'yan Patriots don gano dalilin da ya sa 11 daga cikin kwallaye 12 da suka bayar don wasan AFC Championship ba su cika ba. Ƙungiyar ta ɗauki lauya Ted Wells - wanda shi ma ya binciki zargin cin zarafin 'yan wasan Miami Dolphins - don gudanar da binciken. Jeff Pash, mataimakin shugaban NFL kuma babban lauya, yana taimakawa Wells a kokarin. Har ila yau, ƙungiyar ta riƙe Renaissance Associates, kamfanin bincike tare da ƙwarewar ƙwararrun likitocin shari'a, don taimakawa wajen nazarin bayanan lantarki da bidiyo. Amma watanni uku bayan haka, har yanzu ba a san lokacin da za a kammala binciken ba da kuma lokacin da za a sanar da sakamakon. "Ba mu sanya wani lokaci ba a kan Ted Wells", in ji Kwamishinan NFL Roger Goodell a ranar 25 ga Maris. "Mun tambaye shi ya zama cikakke, cikakke kuma lokacin da ya gama da wannan - zai ba mu wannan kuma ga jama'a gaba ɗaya". A ranar Litinin, CNN ta tuntubi Wells da NFL don samun sabuntawa kan binciken amma ba a ji ba. A ranar 18 ga Janairu, Patriots sun doke Indianapolis Colts da ci 45-7 don ci gaba zuwa Super Bowl. Sun ci maki 28 a rabi na biyu - bayan jami'an wasan sun tura kwallayen zuwa matsin lamba - don haka ba zai yiwu cewa matsin kwallon ya yi banbanci sosai a sakamakon wasan ba. A watan Fabrairu, Babban Manajan Colts Ryan Grigson ya ce a NFL Combine a Indianapolis cewa kafin wasan AFC Championship, tawagarsa ta sanar da gasar game da damuwarta game da ƙwallon ƙafa. "Mun shiga cikin wasan, muna da wasu batutuwa, amma za mu yi abin da za mu iya kuma wannan shi ne shiga tare da gasar da kuma binciken kuma jira har sai rahoton Wells ya fito, "Grigson ya ce Fabrairu...
Hukumar kwallon kafa ta NFL tana binciken dalilin da ya sa kwallaye da New England Patriots suka bayar don wasan gasar ba su cika ba. Ba a san lokacin da lauya Ted Wells zai kammala binciken ba. ' Yan kishin kasa sun ce suna bin dokoki kuma suna tsammanin za a wanke su kuma su nemi gafara.