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The 10 Biggest Scandals in NFL History

by YPB Team

Rule changes, lost draft picks and one suspension that went to a federal appeals court. Competitive integrity, argued case by case.

  1. Deflategate — ranked #11
    Deflategate
    The 2015 dispute over under-inflated footballs that ended with a four-game suspension for Tom Brady, upheld on appeal in 2016.
  2. Spygate — ranked #22
    Spygate
    New England was fined and docked a first-round pick in 2007 for filming an opponent's defensive signals from a prohibited position.
  3. Bountygate — ranked #33
    Bountygate
    The 2012 finding that New Orleans ran a pay-for-performance pool rewarding hits, which cost the head coach a full season.
  4. The 2018 NFC Championship no-call — ranked #44
    The 2018 NFC Championship no-call
    An uncalled pass interference late in the Rams-Saints game led the league to briefly make interference reviewable.
  5. The Tuck Rule game — ranked #55
    The Tuck Rule game
    A 2002 playoff ruling reversed a Raiders fumble recovery, kept New England alive and got the rule scrapped a decade later.
  6. Calvin Ridley's betting suspension — ranked #66
    Calvin Ridley's betting suspension
    The receiver was suspended for the entire 2022 season for betting on NFL games while away from his team.
  7. The 1987 strike and replacement players — ranked #77
    The 1987 strike and replacement players
    A 24-day players' strike was played out by replacement squads whose results still count in the record books.
  8. The StarCaps suspensions — ranked #88
    The StarCaps suspensions
    A banned diuretic in an over-the-counter supplement triggered suspensions and years of litigation from 2008.
  9. The Music City Miracle lateral — ranked #99
    The Music City Miracle lateral
    Tennessee's 2000 playoff kickoff return survived review despite a forward-pass argument that has never gone away.
  10. The Miami Dolphins tampering forfeiture — ranked #1010
    The Miami Dolphins tampering forfeiture
    Miami lost a first-round pick in 2022 after the league found impermissible contact with a quarterback and a coach.

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Comments

Three of these ten entries have the same return address in Foxborough, and one of them was settled 2-1 by a federal appeals court in 2016: https://youpick.best/articles/tom-brady-ranked-many-ways

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