How can you call a whole team cheaters based on one person?

Question

This should be a simply question for everyone whether your a hater or not. Why do you say ALL the Patriots team are either cheaters or a classless team based on from what i gathered at a Coaches act?

Coaches stay on the sidelines, Players make the plays, now unless BB is somehow throwing or catching a ball how the hell can you blame the whole team? you think the 2nd and 3rd strings let alone many of the first knows what the hell is going on during a game on the sidelines?

So your saying the Players could have stopped something while in the middle of playing against someone who can bench them? good luck with that one.

Oh yeah The whole Patriots roster knew BB was going to tape. good one. thats like me saying ever NFL team knew what their record would be.

I'm calm just being sarcastic to those who think one person in this case BB who depending on your definition either broke a rule or cheated when he broke it despite the tape was never seen by the PAts

Fletch do you even have one shred of evidence?

Answer 1

The term cheat is simply the wrong term, he broke the rules... is that cheating?

If you answer yes then anyone who holds, or grabs a facemask, or interferes with a catch is a cheater too right?

WHat the Patriots did wasn't right but to one think they are the only team doing it is silly. Does the end justify the means?

I don't think fans truley consider any of the Patriots cheaters everyone is looking for the edge and whether it is advanced scounting by taping defensive signals, pumping in fake crowd noise to distract oposing teams or anything else it is part of the game. Everyone does it and no one should rat anyone on it...like fight club... first rule about fight club is...don't talk about fight club.

Remember when you point your finger at someone you have 3 pointing back at you

Answer 2

I think its funny how much people hate the Pats.

Any other team with their stories would be loved by the media. But the media hates the coach because he won't talk to them. So the media tells the fans to hate the coach, and hate the team, and bam, you've got hatazzz.

We're talking about a team that reformed Randy Moss.

We're talking about a team that tragically lost one of its players this past year.

We're talking about a team featuring a starting LB who came back from a stroke, for Pete's sake.

We're talking about a team with Junior Seau, the single happiest person on this planet.

We're talking about the only team in sports that has fully and consistently said "Team first, me second" which according to all the sports movies and such is what you're supposed to say, well the Patriots say that, do that, and win by that better than any other team in the world right now, in any sport.

The only reason I could possibly see to call the Patriots classless is because LaDanian Tomlinson said so after last year's playoff game. Now, I respect LaDanian a lot, he is a smart guy, but he was calling out a few players doing one act. Not calling the WHOLE TEAM classless people. So even though LT said it, it doesn't really go that far.

The only logical reason to explain Pats haters is because the media hates Bill Belicheck because he won't talk to them, and because of that, they tell fans to hate the Pats.

Answer 3

People target the entire team based on one player (in this case, coach's) actions. Because New England keeps winning, to satisfy themselves inside that their team isn't trying to make history, they must constantly bring up the Spygate incident not only to degrade New England, but to try to help their own feelings.

The team had no idea what was going on. Everybody's acknowledged that. New England has won 15 straight since then, and without cheating. Why would Belicheck risk another act like that, and lose another first round draft pick?

Some people TRULY are morons.

Answer 4

Not to defend what went on, but the taping has been going on in various forms for years. Way back in the day, Cleveland Browns head coach Forrest Gregg wanted to have second-floor dorm windows at Baldwin-Wallace College closed during practice times - the facility was on the college campus - because he feared spies could use those areas to steal plays being worked on.

And in the Marion Jones fallout, her teammates in the relays she had to return medals to the IOC are appealing the ruling that they also have to return their medals.

I guess it is win like a team, lose like a team and be blamed for everything because you are on the team.

Answer 5

If they know that cheating was going on....then they are as guilty as the person who did it. But if no one else knew anything about the cheating then I don't think they are guilty. But somehow I don't think the coach was the only one who know about the cheating.

Answer 6

Good point, but that still doesn't change anything. People aren't going to stop thinking the whole team has camcorders throughout the football games.

And also, chill out man. It's just a football game.

Answer 7

Brady had a advantage when calling the plays at the line of scrimmage.. His offensive coordinater saw/seen the defensive signals and fed them into Brady's helmet. Explain to me how that is not dirty cheating.

Answer 8

If you trust your team and in your heart you know that you are good, then why cheat? I have lost all my respect for the Pats. The question is if you're that good then why cheat.

Answer 9

Good question, I've been wondering that too...

Answer 10

If they are truly "Good" then they wouldn't be indifferent to it. They are just as guilty.