I heard this, but i wasnt sure if this was a rumor or a proven fact. Do you know of any other cheating tactics that have been proven FACT ? (besides video-taping the sideline signals; of course)
2007-09-21 04:55:35 · 6 answers · asked by DaDirtySouth 5 in Sports ➔ Football (American)
Now, don't get me wrong: New England probably did deserve to be punished by the commissioner for getting caught videotaping New York's defensive staff as it signaled plays in to its players. But a first-round draft pick? Methinks the punishment doesn't fit the crime.
Is this really worse, for instance, than Mike Tice scalping Super Bowl tickets? Or a Detroit assistant coach getting caught naked at a drive-in? It's common knowledge (trust me) that teams look at defensive signals through binoculars, and have been doing so for years. That the Pats took another step, and started taping them, is a clear violation of an NFL edict. But make no mistake: they're not the only people trying to learn their opponents' signals. That's a practice as tried and true as eye black.
So is the fact that they used videotape so heinous that we should have 31 first-round draft picks in the '08 draft, instead of 32? Let me put it this way: There's no way on Earth the commissioner takes away the Patriots' first-rounder if they hadn't had two (one from San Francisco, and their own). But because the Pats did have two, Roger Goodell could "make an example" of them, and show his critics that he's not the butt-boy of Bob Kraft, one of Goodell's biggest supporters on his way to winning the commissioner's job. The world will keep spinning on its axis, but this heavy-handed punishment does not fit the crime.
2007-09-21 05:21:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
This has not been proven fact and the league issued a comment stating that they have no evidence supporting this claim. Everything out there is just hater-opinions or irresponsible media dribble.
2007-09-21 07:27:04 · answer #2 · answered by nepalmertx 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The NFL looked into it, got all video the Pats had on other teams, and destroyed it, and didn't find any evidence on the radio frequencies...They lose a first round draft pick next year...and Belichick was fined $500,000 and the team was fined $250,000...Its pretty much done and over with...
2007-09-21 05:04:47 · answer #3 · answered by Terry C. 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
can anybody really say they dident after all thet have done i wouldent put anything past the pats they are total scum and an embarassment to the nfl, tey will be forever remembered as cheaters and rightfully so, the fact that they did have more tapes and they were destroyed is pretty suspect to me it looks like the nfl is covering something up, i have lost all respect for the pats they are garbage
2007-09-21 06:56:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to the NFL there was nothing to support the accusation that the jets made regarding recording audio signals
2007-09-21 05:13:41 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Just another conspiracy theory from NE-haters.
2007-09-21 05:06:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋