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A group of New England Patriots fans have sued the NFL in an effort to recover the first-round draft pick taken from the team as punishment for the ''Deflategate'' scandal. The seven fans include a season ticket holder from Connecticut who said the scandal has left his 7-year-old daughter disillusioned and a Florida man who said the NFL's sanctions have caused him stress and lost sleep. The complaint filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Boston says the NFL made an ''arbitrary and capricious'' decision to revoke the pick in this month's draft even though there is no proof the team deliberately deflated footballs in the Jan. 18, 2015, AFC Championship game against the Indianapolis Colts.
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